Julia Finnis-Bedford
Founder & Managing Director

Julia is a typical entrepreneur who loves to move with new challenges.  She believes in fairness, service, quality and innovation, whilst adding value.  Julia loves the bush, and is at her happiest in the 'veld' watching animals at a watering hole.  Passionate about her family and spending time with her husband and children, she balances work and family life and still manages to fetch the kids from school!

Julia formed Amazing Spaces in 1999 after spotting a gap in the industry whilst working as a production manager in Stills.  She is proud to have been recognised for her achievements by the South African Businesswomen's Association as one of the four finalists in the Regional Business Entrepreneur Category for 2007.

Arina Wessels
Financial Manager

Although Arina is only with us in the mornings, she is a power house to be reckoned with, who takes her work very seriously.  Arina keeps us on the straight and narrow. We reap the benefits daily of this strategic thinker and are able to add huge value to our business with advanced financial analyses. Arina is serious and tenacious, sensitive and witty all at the same time. A scuba dive master, Arina loves the ocean and often does trips to Madagascar. The ‘crazy’ energy in our office is tempered by Arina’s ‘grounding’ energy which is good for all of us.

Dale Bedford
Marketing & Business Development Manager

Dale has been running the Amazing Spaces office in Mallorca and we are fortunate to have managed to lure her back to South Africa to take up the position of Marketing Manager as well as business development.  Dale is passionate about all the latest trends with electronic media, websites and customer relations and we are proud to have her polished style overseeing our brand.  She is tenacious and fastidious, with a powerful prescence and a strategic brain - always with the end result in mind.  Independent, tactful and extremely loyal, we are lucky to have Dale, who is driving not only the strategic but also the green and responsible practice element of our business.  A passion for baking has fellow staff, scouts and clients thrilled when served with one of Dale's cupcakes - you have to taste one to believe it!

Renee Samantha Stirling
Film & Event Location Consultant

Renee deals with Events and Film bookings - whether you're a scout, production or event company or individual needing help in the field, Renee is always willing and very able!  She is focussed in a pastoral way.  Unbendable about service delivery she upholds the brand in a way we are extremely proud of.  Disarmingly unpretentious, Renee is a country-girl who is an accomplished Amateur Actress and regularly performs in local theatre.  Her sense of humour and contagious laugh are an asset to our organisation.  Her natural style and glamour belie her 'farmgirl' upbringing as she could easily be a Hollywood move star!

Jemima-Faye Goodall
Film & Event Location Consultant

Jemima assists Event and Film clients - she is feisty and confident and has a maturity about her that belies her age.  She deals with difficult shoot situations without flapping and is a strong systems-oriented person who is also responsible for uploading locations to the website and our database maintenance.  A true social butterfly with no qualms about being called a Princess she is responsible for keeping the office in stitches with her made up words and riddles or getting everyone to run around hunting for Easter Eggs.  When not hard at work, she can usually be found sipping on her 'Vida' coffee at a swanky location on the Atlantic Seaboard or jamming to the latest Top 40 Hits in her car.

Ndilikazi (Didi) Daki
Stills & Event Location Consultant

Didi is your go-to girl if you need to book a Stills Shoot.  Our in-house, visual-reference expert, she can be relied upon to name any location by simply seeing one image of it.  Also known as 'Kudu' and winner of the Amazing Spaces Hair Panache 2010 Award, Didi is quiet, but has super swift response times and also takes everything in.  She is determined, indefatigable, and her attention to detail is exemplary.  Didi's calm demeanour and down-to-earth, no-fuss attitude serves our clients well when demands are high and time is tight.  With her closet car fetish, this music lover of note can be guaranteed to turn on the radio the minute she walks into the office and can be found quietly humming to the latest tune.

Hayley Bond
Stills Location & Villas Consultant

Hayley (or just Bond - we like our nicknames here!) is responsible for Stills Shoots and Villas bookings, specialising in 'shoot & stay' packages for production clients.  Hayley is a typical Virgo, with never a pen out of place on her desk.  She is stable, organised, meticulous and results driven.  Hayley also has a penchant for the finer things in life, and occasionally needs reminding that it isn't essential to own everything.  With an eye for quality, she will never compromise on quality by going for the cheaper option.  Always a willing companion on a shopping spree, this funny yet serious-about-her-job, going-places gal is an asset to Amazing Spaces!

Lise Avis
Stills Location Consultant

Lise joined our team to assist with administration and will be booking Stills locations alongside Didi and Hayley this coming season.  She is also responsible for issuing invoices and assisting Arina in the accounts department.  A fun-loving and happy socialite, Lise brings balance and stability to an excitable and somewhat crazy crowd.  She is a post-grad Psychology student, totally unpretentious and is known for putting friends first.  Her claim to fame: the signature jeans, vest and pashmina look!

Ncumisa (Linky) Jim
Reception/ Front of office

Linky came to us through the process of ‘synchronicity’ and it couldn’t have been a better match. Her contribution to the Amazing Spaces team serves both our dream to be part of the upliftment of people in South Africa and her need to be in a place that allows self-expression, learning, fun and a sense of family. Linky is willing, reliable and tenacious. She has a great sense of humour, with crackerjack powers of observation (especially of people's idiosyncracies which she emulates to a 'T' and has us in stitches), we often say Linky should be on the stage as she has the style and attitude of a star!

Mama Vee
Cappuccino Queen

Mama Vee is the lady you really want to get to know the minute you walk through the door at Amazing Spaces. She is our resident Cappuccino Queen. We have become known for our great coffee and, besides the great beans, we have Mama Vee to thank for that. True ‘Mama’ energy and stature, Mama Vee is nurturing and caring, and always willing to make a great cuppa – and if you’re lucky, you will even get a biscuit with that!

Allan McCreadie
Photographer

Allan has been our photographer for many years and we feel lucky to have him on our team as he is an extremely talented photographer with a great eye.  He has grown with us from location scout/part-time photographer to shooting locations for top magazines and brochures as well as weddings (he is equally good with people!).  An unassuming, down-to-earth, friendly guy who is a keen surfer with an always ready smile and easy manner - we have yet to see him in a bad mood.  Comfortable in his own skin, he is warmly greeted when he arrives at our offices with his latest images which we can't wait to see.

Christopher Bedford
I.T. Guy

An independent consultant, yet a valuable and permanent member of our team, Christopher - referred to as Mr 'B' by the girls in the office - handles all our I.T. needs.  Always willing and able, he deals with the 'I-don't-know-it-just-won't-work' queries with patience and aplomb, always checking that it's plugged in first!  From maintaining our server, networks, backups and email queries, Christopher also always manages to arrive in the office just when we're about to cut a birthday cake (we reckon he has cake detection cameras in our offices...).  Should you need a regular I.T. guy who can deal with just about anything, we would reluctantly share him, if you promise to offer him cake!

Kate Greaves
Manager - Spain

Kate has been with Amazing Spaces since 2008, handling enquiries from production companies, events co-ordinators and wedding co-ordinators, assisting them with finding their perfect venue in South Africa.  She has now taken over our Mallorca office and handles all aspects of the job, from scouting to booking and management. Originally from the UK, Kate loves to travel and experience life in new lands, getting to know their cultures and ideals. Kate is a no fuss, no drama, just-get-on-with-it kind of gal with great attention to detail. She is unassuming, independent and easy going. We feel most fortunate to have Kate on our team as she is peppy, spirited and zealous about her clients and events.

Maro Kockovic
Manager - Croatia

Maro is our representative for Croatia. Sometimes in life you meet people who just ‘fit’ with your style, energy, outlook and ethos. We knew as soon as we found Maro that he was a perfect fit. He signifies all that Amazing Spaces is about: integrity and honesty with a lovely calm energy and commitment to what is good: in service and in life. Maro is hard-working and energetic, and all the while you know that you’re in the presence of someone who has an old soul. We feel very fortunate to have Maro representing our brand in Croatia.