Guarantee Trust

Guarantee Trusts programs focus on the selection, training, placement and monitoring, where required, of HDI (Historically Disadvantaged Individuals) matriculants, graduates and under-graduates into the workplace. Originally Guarantee Trusts programs focused on the accounting profession in conjunction with Fasset, who provide funding and overall gu... idance. More recently we also have a programs focused on banking and microfinance professions as well, in conjunction with BANKSETA. At first represented in Kyalami, the company now has training academies in Midrand, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, Nelspruit, East London, Mahikeng and Polokwane employing over 150 staff. Kevin Wakely-Smith has a background in the financial services sector and ran his own accounting firm for many years. Alan Murray has a background in management consulting and personnel assessing. Kevin and Alan have known each other for many years prior to the formation of GTCSS. The company was founded by Kevin Wakely-Smith, who secured a contract, out of his own initiative, from Fasset in early 2003. This contract allowed Kevin to pilot the selection, training and placement of 20 unemployed PDI commerce graduates in Gauteng into the accounting profession. Upon receiving his contract Kevin contacted Alan to cooperate in the selection process. Kevins contract with Fasset was secured through a company called Guarantee Trust Holdings (GTH) partly owned by Kevin. Alan handled the selection process through his company, Assessment Services, as a service provider to GTH and then became involved with Kevin in the training content and line-up. As this pilot project proceeded the training was subcontracted to Education Alive as a training facility and licensor of some of the courses and was situated in Kyalami in the Crowethorne Shopping Centre. Kevin and Alan cooperated in surveying accounting firms and preparing training material that would be relevant to the needs of the Learners and the accounting firms. Kevin included a course he has ...Read More