Ms. Shamilla Chettiar is the Deputy Director General:  Destination Development at the South African Department of Tourism.  This role involves dealing with planning, investment, the enhancement of tourism spaces, places, routes and experiences and the Expanded Public Works Programme.  Shamilla has gained management skills and experience in an unusually high number of varied disciplines.  These range from strategy and policy development, research, monitoring and evaluation, land use and spatial planning to organisational development, public participation and public private partnerships.  Shamilla holds a BSc, BSc Hons, HDip.Ed. and an MSc in Community Psychology.  Shamilla is a passionate public servant committed to high performance team delivery.