Team & board
The people who sit in the room with the business owner.
JRP Socder Projects is led by its founders, supported by a delivery network of facilitators, compliance specialists and sector practitioners. Our team is deliberately small and hands-on.
Leadership
Founders.
Jayshree Padayachey
CEO
25+ years in community and enterprise development
jayshree@jrpsocder.comLeads strategy, partnerships and governance at JRP Socder Projects, with more than 25 years in community and enterprise development across South Africa. She works with funders, corporates and programme owners to design enterprise and supplier development interventions that move owners from informal trading to bankable, contract-ready businesses. She served as Deputy Chairperson of the Department of Social Development's Disaster Management Fund board between 2009 and 2014, and has been recognised as a Woman of the Year in Community nominee by Woman of Stature and one of South Africa's top 10 Difference Makers. She holds the reporting line on every programme: scope, budget, verification and B-BBEE alignment.
- PG Diploma in Management Practice (Corporate Social Investment), UCT Graduate School of Business
- Certificate in Mobilizing Assets for Community-Driven Development, Coady Institute (Canada)
- Women on Board certificate programme, BPWSA
Pauline Paradza
CTO
25+ years across ICT, banking, retail and distribution
pauline@jrpsocder.comLeads programme design and technical delivery at JRP Socder Projects, including the microfranchise replication model, with more than 25 years across ICT, banking, retail and distribution. She began her career in retail buying and merchandising, then led technology, business-process and business-intelligence projects for clients including ABSA, Standard Bank and the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, before founding and heading digital platforms and distribution businesses. She is completing a Master's in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and is a co-founder of Girls in Tech Zimbabwe and Girls in Tech Africa, which has supported more than 700 women in the STEAM space. She turns a sector opportunity into a standardised operating system — brand, supply, training, pricing and compliance — and runs the workshops, diagnostics and owner coaching that carry each enterprise through the journey.
- BSc Honours in Information Systems, University of Hertfordshire (UK)
- Business Systems Analyst Certificate (Canada)
- Certified Business Analyst, Certified Systems Analyst and Chartered Business Analyst (IIBA)
- Google certified; certified coach for Trade Forward Southern Africa
How the team works
Small team, deep involvement, documented delivery.
Programmes are not handed to a subcontractor and left. Founders run intake, facilitation, diagnostics and reporting, with specialist support brought in where the enterprise needs it.
Facilitation
Workshops delivered in the owner's language, on site, in working hours.
Compliance support
CIPC, SARS, COIDA and labour documentation handled or verified.
Sector specialists
Practitioners brought in per enterprise where sector depth is needed.
Measurement
Independent review supported, with raw data available to funders.
Full profiles
Company profile, board composition and CVs are available to partners on request.
For due diligence purposes we share founder CVs, the company profile, programme methodology and pilot evidence pack under a simple confidentiality undertaking.
If you are funding enterprise growth, we should talk.
Development finance institutions, corporate ESD teams and foundations: tell us what you need to see, and we will show you the pipeline, the model and the measurement.