RetirementWise (RW) is a micro-enterprise that is B-BBEE exempt. The owner and Managing Director of RW is Estie van Coller, who has been working in the retirement fund industry since 1989 and has proven her competency with an illustrious career spanning 35 years, providing member communication services to many of the retirement funds in the country. Estie is also an accomplished public speaker and has written and published articles on member communication for the IRF Focus and other publications.
Estie holds a BA degree in Human Sciences (1989) and a BA Honours degree (1997) in Communication (through UNISA) and completed a Post Graduate diploma in Management through the UCT Business School in 2007 (with Distinction). This programme was an INSETA initiative and Estie was given a scholarship by INSETA to complete this two-year programme.
Estie has also completed the Trustee Toolkit (all 22 new modules) and is a Chartered Principal Executive Officer (Batseta qualification obtained in 2019). Estie is a member of Batseta.
Although RW is a micro–enterprise, Estie has a team of energetic individuals that have worked with her for the past fifteen years. Member communication is our passion and we strive to continuously improve and innovate regarding how best to engage with fund members, how to keep fund information interesting and ultimately, how to make sure members take action when required and avoid taking action when appropriate. We have developed a ‘Call to Action’- methodology and a ‘Good News’ way of writing content, to tell members what is in it for them and why they should act.
We would love the opportunity to work with your Fund to:
improve on and develop communication strategies that will help the Fund members to really understand and engage with their Fund;
assist the Fund to grow its membership through excellence in member communication;
improve the reputation of the Funds and that of the employer/sponsor.
More information on our Approach to Member Communications