Liesel Eiselen, Managing Director of Panache Video Productions, obtained her M.Sc. (Radio and Television) from the University of Illinois, USA and worked for WILL AM/FM/TV in Urbana, Illinois - a PBS station - as Broadcast Coordinator and Television Workshop Instructor for two years, gaining thorough and wide-ranging experience in television production; since then she has been involved in the production of hundreds of video and TV programmes/series as well as radio broadcasts.

Before beginning to freelance, she worked for the SABC as TV producer for a number
of years, mostly designing, writing and producing "Wielie Walie". She presented the Afrikaans Weather Programme on TV1 for almost ten years and broadcast on Jacaranda 94.2 for more than a decade. She also presented on Radio Kosmos for a number of years, teaches computer courses from time to time and is a volunteer reader for Tape Aids for the Blind.

She lectured part-time at the erstwhile RAU (Communication Department) for four years, presenting practical TV courses for third year and Honour's students years and has many years of experience as language translator/editor - and lots of publications to show for it.