Shanaaz Trethewey, CEO of RentMaster, knows first-hand how quickly the rental process can go from a peaceful dream of passive income to a nightmare of debt collection and emotional stress. As a property owner herself, she knows how time-consuming and risky being a landlord is and she is passionate about spearheading RentMaster, which makes tenants and landlords lives harmonious, fair and stress-free.
Having started her financial career at Deloitte, Shanaaz had fantastic exposure to a diverse client-base early on and was able to travel and fulfil her dream of working in New York. Through her career, she has worked in corporate finance, where she specialised in valuing companies and performing listings in Africa and worked closely with PwC's ex-CEO, Suresh Kana. This experience allowed her to grow and ultimately begin a successful consulting firm with her husband, that serviced the financial services sector.
During her corporate journey, Shanaaz realized that she had a passion for building businesses and that understanding corporate structures and strategic business design fascinated her. Her extensive experience in finance, organisational design, strategy, and workflow all culminate in RentMaster to give property owners the most value possible.
Shanaaz also has a creative flair and has written and published her own children's book and has a fascination with the human mind and is currently studying a psychology degree at UNISA. She is kind and genuine in her longing to help anyone in need, which is evident in her having been a Strengthsfinder coach and in her willingness to upskill and support resource-poor women to launch profitable mobile food businesses so that they too can earn their way to their dreams.
