We are most privileged and pleased that Ferose Oaten is joining the Petanque team as a Non–Executive Director.

Ferose Oaten is the Managing Director and Sole Member of AVTS Roadworthy Stations. She serves as President of the RMI (Retail Motor Industry Organisation) and Chairperson of the BWA (Businesswomen’s Association) in the Cape.

On a personal level, Ferose Oaten (neé Chilwan), was born and raised in Athlone on the Cape Flats, the only daughter in a family of 7 children. Passenger transport was the family’s main business as she was growing up. She studied Librarianship at UCT, and then went on to work at the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station for 12 years, occupying positions ranging from information management to human resources, transport management and finally in quality process management. She also completed an Executive Management Programme at the University of Stellenbosch Business School in 1992.

She left Koeberg to join AVTS as the Test Station Manager at the end of 1992, and took over the business, in a buy-out in 1997. Since then, she has grown the business from the one branch, to 7 branches in the greater Cape Town area.

She is 49 years old, married to Brian Oaten, who is an exceptionally supportive husband, and has a 27 year old daughter and a 20 year old son.

She serves on the Board of the Businesswomen’s Association as its National Vice-President and is the current Chairperson of the BWA in the Cape Region. She is also the Regional Chairman of the NVTA (National Vehicle Testing Association) affiliated to the RMI, and has been elected as President of the RMI (Retail Motor Industry Organisation) in August 2006, having taken over the position from Brand Pretorius. She has previously served on the Boards of the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency for 5 years, and before that, the South African Roads Board, both appointments by the Minister of Transport.

Ferose is actively involved in the FREE SAFETY TEST campaigns, where all Cape NVTA members offer free safety critical tests to motorists 3 times per year, prior to the easter, winter school holiday and festive periods.

Entrepreneur magazine published an article on Ferose in its August edition. Read the article here.

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