Corporate Responsibility Manager and Project Manager for TEC South Africa, Cummins Africa Middle-East 

Avril works to improve the quality of educational systems to ensure that the students of today are ready for the workforce of tomorrow, and that Cummins operations lead to a cleaner, healthier, and safer environment as well as increase opportunity and equity for those most in need.

Embracing one of Cummins’ core values of “caring,” Avril contributes to the organization’s vision of “making people’s lives better by powering a prosperous world.” As a new Rise Up Leader, Avril is excited to tap into her public relations, communications, marketing, and project management experience, and leverage her relationships with different non-governmental organizations and schools to improve the lives of girls and women.

Rise Up Cohort: South Africa 2020