15 Facts About Ian Ollis

Ian Ollis is a member of the Democratic Alliance, and previously held the positions of Shadow Minister of Transport and Shadow Minister of Labour in parliament.

Ian Ollis completed his education through the Baptist Theological College, University of Zululand and his Master of Arts degree at Wits University in Johannesburg.

Ian Ollis has worked as a sessional lecturer at the Wits College of Education, and has trained staff of real estate companies, political formations and religious institutions.

Ian Ollis joined the Democratic Party in 1998 and served in its various formations, including the 1999 parliamentary election campaign, before being elected to the City Council of Johannesburg for the renamed DA in 2005 and then re-elected as a ward councillor in 2006.

Ian Ollis has worked in the party's fundraising department and served on the Gauteng South Regional executive.

In 2009, Ian Ollis was elected a member of Parliament and currently serves as the party's Shadow Minister of Labour, the political head of the Sandton Constituency and was the Deputy Chairman of the Gauteng Executive of the DA.

In October 2010, Ian Ollis submitted a Private Members' Bill that would hold unions accountable for violence and damage to property caused during strikes.

In February 2011, Ian Ollis issued a statement on the proposed amendments to the Employment Equity Act, citing that the legislative changes would be unconstitutional and create "massive problems" if implemented.

In October 2011, Ian Ollis submitted a private member's bill to amend the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act to expand the Compensation Fund's coverage to include domestic workers.

From 1 February 2012 until April 2014, Ian Ollis served as the Shadow Transport Minister in the Parliament of South Africa.

Ian Ollis drafted the Democratic Alliance's new Transportation Policy approved in November 2013.

Ian Ollis completed a Masters in City Planning degree with a Transportation Specialization in May 2020.

In mid-2019, Ian Ollis took up a summer internship at the Pioneer Institute, a research and policy institution in Boston, writing and publishing detailed policy papers for the Institute.

Ian Ollis worked in 2020 as a transportation planner at Transit Matters in Boston, Massachusetts drafting transportation planning documents.

In October 2020, Ian Ollis moved to Virginia to take up a new position as FAMPO Administrator at the Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization and directs transportation planning for the George Washington Regional Commission.