{"id":5473,"date":"2021-02-23T08:34:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T08:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.casethemes.net\/intime\/?page_id=5473"},"modified":"2026-06-27T15:48:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T15:48:25","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thriveethically.com.na\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5473\" class=\"elementor elementor-5473\">\n\t\t\t\t        <section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f930fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f930fc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n            \n                        <div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended \">\n                    <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d75ab28\" 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data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/thriveethically.com.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-27-174038.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6711\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thriveethically.com.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-27-174038.png 607w, https:\/\/thriveethically.com.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-27-174038-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/thriveethically.com.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-27-174038-600x523.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-528eded3\" data-id=\"528eded3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n        <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                    \n        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c876dc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ct_heading\" data-id=\"c876dc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ct_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ct-heading h-align-center item-st-default\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"item--sub-title style-box-gray\">\r\n            <span>\r\n                Meet Our Founder            <\/span>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\t    <h5 class=\"item--title case-animate-time st-default \" data-wow-delay=\"ms\">\r\n        <span class=\"slide-in-container\"><span class=\"d-inline-block wow case-fade-in-up\">The<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"slide-in-container\"><span class=\"d-inline-block wow case-fade-in-up\">Thrive<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"slide-in-container\"><span class=\"d-inline-block wow case-fade-in-up\">we<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"slide-in-container\"><span class=\"d-inline-block wow case-fade-in-up\">are<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"slide-in-container\"><span class=\"d-inline-block wow case-fade-in-up\">building<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"slide-in-container\"><span class=\"d-inline-block wow case-fade-in-up\">is<\/span><\/span>    <\/h5>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b38e2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-ct_text_editor\" data-id=\"5b38e2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ct_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ct_text_editor-5b38e2a\" class=\"ct-text-editor \" data-wow-delay=\"ms\">\n\t<div class=\"ct-inline-css\"  data-css=\"\n        \t\t\">\n\n    <\/div>\n\t<div class=\"ct-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t<p>An ethical culture embedded in Namibia&#8217;s public and private sector.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b0d6f4f\" data-id=\"7b0d6f4f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n        <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n                    \n                    <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n                    <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n                <section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d6f2667 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d6f2667\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n            \n                        <div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended \">\n                    <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51ca172d\" data-id=\"51ca172d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n        <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                    \n                <section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-41f418c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41f418c7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n            \n                        <div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended \">\n                    <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-24e132c8\" data-id=\"24e132c8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n        <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                    \n        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-185bb841 elementor-position-inline-start elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"185bb841\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"flaticon flaticon-user-6\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRuusa Shipiki\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-662d3f53\" data-id=\"662d3f53\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n        <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                    \n        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-355041f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"355041f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChief Ethical Officer &amp; Founder\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50c11407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ct_text_editor\" data-id=\"50c11407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ct_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ct_text_editor-50c11407\" class=\"ct-text-editor \" data-wow-delay=\"ms\">\n\t<div class=\"ct-inline-css\"  data-css=\"\n        \t\t\">\n\n    <\/div>\n\t<div class=\"ct-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t<p>Ruusa Shipiki holds a BA Law Degree from the University of the Western Cape, an LLB from the University of Natal (Durban) and an International Executive Leadership Development Program from the University of the Witwatersrand.<\/p><p>Ms. Shipiki brings more than 25 years of Corporate Law and Corporate Governance experience across both the Private and Public sectors encompassing both regulatory and governmental realms. She has served on Community-Based and Non-Governmental Organizations such as the Red Cross and Namibia Networks of Aids Service Organizations (Nanaso).<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5fc3f08\" data-id=\"5fc3f08\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n        <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                    \n        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c2802ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-ct_progressbar\" data-id=\"7c2802ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ct_progressbar.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"ct-progressbar ct-progressbar4\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"ct-progress-item\">\n                <div class=\"ct-progress-holder\">\n                    <div class=\"ct-progress-bar\" role=\"progressbar\" data-valuetransitiongoal=\"85\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"ct-progress-meta\">\n                                            <span class=\"ct-progress-title\">Strategic Planning & Risk Management<\/span>\n                                        <div class=\"ct-progress-percentage\">85%<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"ct-progress-item\">\n                <div class=\"ct-progress-holder\">\n                    <div class=\"ct-progress-bar\" role=\"progressbar\" data-valuetransitiongoal=\"82\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"ct-progress-meta\">\n                                            <span class=\"ct-progress-title\">Philanthropic Organization Pairing<\/span>\n                                        <div class=\"ct-progress-percentage\">82%<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"ct-progress-item\">\n                <div class=\"ct-progress-holder\">\n                    <div class=\"ct-progress-bar\" role=\"progressbar\" data-valuetransitiongoal=\"99\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"ct-progress-meta\">\n                                            <span class=\"ct-progress-title\">Compliance & Legal Practice<\/span>\n                                        <div class=\"ct-progress-percentage\">99%<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n        <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d86218 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9d86218\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed27eb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ct_text_editor\" data-id=\"ed27eb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ct_text_editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ct_text_editor-ed27eb8\" class=\"ct-text-editor \" data-wow-delay=\"ms\">\n\t<div class=\"ct-inline-css\"  data-css=\"\n        \t\t\">\n\n    <\/div>\n\t<div class=\"ct-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t<p>In the Private Sector, She served on the Board of First Capital Treasury Solutions (FCTS), NAMPORT as Deputy Chairperson, Egling Brown &amp; Hammer, Mobile Telecommunications (MTC) where she was Chairperson of the Social, Environment and Corporate Responsibility Committee. She is currently the Chairperson of Namibia Infrastructure Development Investment Fund (NIDIF), a subsidiary of EOS Capital.<\/p><p>Ruusa has served as a non-executive director and a former Executive: Corporate Governance at the Namibia Statistics Agency, where she is responsible for guiding and advising the Board and Management on good Corporate Governance practices, Risk Management and Compliance among others.<\/p><p>Some of the courses and interest\u2019s close to her heart is nature conservation, community upliftment, mentoring and coaching young professionals, digitalization and innovations.<\/p><p>Thrive Ethically Consultancy has a multi-disciplinary, futuristic, strategic skillset and values that are ideally suited to be embedded in community based and non-governmental organisations to ensure their sustainability and ethical thriving that transform communities to be self-sustaining.<\/p><p>Thrive Ethically Consultancy (ETC) is aspiring to have an ethical culture embedded in the Public and Private sector and Governmental Institutions. Institutions that thrive through ethical values embedded in their culture \u00a0\u00a0enable them to post double digit profits as they are built on honest ethical foundation<\/p><p>Integrity, risk management, compliance, delegation of authority, performance evaluation are key factors in determining an ethical culture.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0438f1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b0438f1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fc9915 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5fc9915\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t        <section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-428e6545 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"428e6545\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n            \n                        <div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended \">\n                    <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a77d849\" data-id=\"2a77d849\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n        <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                    \n        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19f18733 ct-counter-layout1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ct_counter\" data-id=\"19f18733\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ct_counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ct-counter ct-counter-layout1 \" data-wow-delay=\"ms\">\r\n    <div class=\"ct-counter-inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"ct-counter-number\">\r\n            <i class=\"ct-dashed-icon\">\r\n                <i><\/i>\r\n                <i><\/i>\r\n            <\/i>\r\n                        <span class=\"ct-counter-number-value\" data-duration=\"2000\" data-to-value=\"30\" data-delimiter=\",\">1<\/span>\r\n                            <span class=\"ct-counter-number-suffix\">+<\/span>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"ct-counter-title\">Years of Experience<\/div>\r\n                            <div class=\"ct-counter-desc\">Over 3 decades of legal, governance, and compliance expertise.<\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b11a5d\" data-id=\"3b11a5d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n        <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                    \n        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32f87f99 ct-counter-layout1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ct_counter\" data-id=\"32f87f99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ct_counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ct-counter ct-counter-layout1 \" data-wow-delay=\"ms\">\r\n    <div class=\"ct-counter-inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"ct-counter-number\">\r\n            <i class=\"ct-dashed-icon\">\r\n                <i><\/i>\r\n                <i><\/i>\r\n            <\/i>\r\n                        <span class=\"ct-counter-number-value\" data-duration=\"2000\" data-to-value=\"32\" data-delimiter=\",\">1<\/span>\r\n                            <span class=\"ct-counter-number-suffix\">+<\/span>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <div class=\"ct-counter-title\">Philanthropic Partnerships<\/div>\r\n                            <div class=\"ct-counter-desc\">To build a more egalitarian and equitable society.<\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a203600\" data-id=\"3a203600\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n        <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                    \n        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab02467 ct-counter-layout1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ct_counter\" data-id=\"ab02467\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ct_counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ct-counter 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