Sumarie completed both her commercial degrees on a part time basis at the University of Pretoria and achieved her B.Com (Hons) Marketing Management degree with distinction. She has over 20 years working experience, of which 16 years are in sales & marketing. More specifically 11 years in marketing management of which 3 years with a split responsibility between Marketing & Sales (KAM) and 8 years in the classical marketing management field. She has just over 11 years experience in the B2B field.