Beverley Rufener

Beverley Rufener has extensive experience in people operations and HR management. Beverley currently works as a Senior People Operations Specialist at TestGorilla since May 2023. Prior to that, they served as a People Operations Manager at Tetrate from August 2022 to May 2023. From October 2020 to August 2022, they held the role of Manager, People Operations at GitLab Inc., and before that, they were a People Experience Team Lead at GitLab Inc. from March 2020 to October 2020.

Before joining GitLab Inc., Beverley worked as a Business Support Manager at Meridian People Solutions (Meridian Group of Companies) from July 2019 to February 2020. Prior to that, they held various roles at Meridian Group of Companies, including Talent Attraction and Acquisition Manager from April 2019 to June 2019, and HR Support Manager from October 2017 to March 2019.

In 2016, Beverley worked as a Senior Recruitment Specialist and Marketing Consultant (International Projects) at MECS Africa. Beverley also briefly served as a Client Account Associate at SearchSpecifics TRANSEARCH (Pty) Ltd. in 2016. Prior to that, they gained experience as a Senior Recruitment Specialist (International Projects) at MECS Africa from April 2015 to July 2016.

Beverley's career began in 2013 at BrightHouse Recruitment Consulting, where they worked as a Recruitment and Relationship Specialist until March 2015. Beverley also has earlier experience as an Operations Manager at Konica Minolta (Central) from August 2007 to August 2013.

Beverley Rufener pursued their education at the University of Cape Town from 2014 to 2015, where they focused on Strategic Human Resource Management. Prior to that, they attended the University of Johannesburg from 2003 to 2007, where they earned a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree. Their field of study during the bachelor's program was Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services.

In addition to their formal education, Beverley Rufener obtained two certifications. In January 2014, they became a certified Biometrics Officer from LexisNexis South Africa. Furthermore, in September 2020, they received a certification in Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging for All, accredited by LinkedIn.