Contributors Marketing & Media South Africa

Content Assistant at Bizcommunity.

Adam is an experienced businessman in the creative industry with a demonstrated history of working both locally and internationally in the marketing and branding industry, building key customer engagement experience in my early years on both brand and trade with BAT SA before switching to agency....

Managing Director at SA's Best Small PR Agency 2023 / Finalist for Business Partners, SA Entrepreneur of the Year / PRCA Africa board member / United Nations Development Program (UNDP) SA Taskforce member..

Adelaide Tshabalala is a published, award-winning strategist with over 14 years of experience in communications. Currently a Chief Digital Officer at Nerdware, she continues to break boundaries in digital marketing, data-driven strategies, and brand development..

Aimée Wesso-Roberts works for the JSE-listed AfroCentric Group..

Alan Browde, CEO and founder of SA Harvest..

Albert Makoeng is the Managing Director of Nfinity's influencer division, overseeing two of Africa's leading creator brands, Webfluential and theSalt. His role focuses on connecting brands with creators across the continent..

Amadou Diallo is CEO of DHL Global Forwarding MEA..

Amelia Beattie is chief executive of Liberty Two Degrees (L2D)..

Ancel Draai is the MD for Applico Training, a Sage Solutions Training Provider.

Brand and Marketing Strategist at Trade Intelligence.

Andrew Bourne is Zoho's regional manager for the Africa region and is based in Cape Town, South Africa. He has more than 15 years of experience in sales and marketing and has spent the last five years focusing on the implementation and testing of various business technologies.

Andrew van Zyl is managing director at SRK Consulting.

Anja van Beek is an independent leadership consultant, talent strategist and coach..

Ann is a Partner at Relationship Audits and Management, a global consultancy that measures and optimises client /agency relationships. Her proprietary Radar tool is used by 30 corporates globally and as a result, she interacts with over 200 agencies of all disciplines.

Head at Risk Services at 1Life..

Antonio Petra is strategy director at VML SA..

Ashley du Plooy is the Chief Executive Officer at ERA (E-waste Recycling Authority).

Avashnee Moodley is the head of marketing for Oppo South Africa.

Avsharn Bachoo is the group technology director for Afrocentric group, South Africa's largest health administration and medical risk management solutions provider. He is a computer scientist and tech strategist with a unique blend of world-class scientific experience and deep technical expertise in digital transformation, software architecture, data analytics, cloud computing and DevOps..

Junior Market Intelligence Executive at Mediamark, looking to expand my skills in the Media sales, Advertising and the Data insights and analytics area. Proficient in the following media tools: Telmar, Arianna , Wizad plus and Choices (TGI).

CEO at Isuzu Motors SA.

After completing his studies at Rhodes University, Bongani started his career at Unilever, where his passion for marketing was revealed. After years in trade and shopper marketing for companies including BP, Kraft Foods and Kimberly Clark, Bongani founded Dzuwa Media in 2008.

Brendan Jacobs is the head of agriculture for business and commercial banking in South Africa. Before his current role, he was head of client coverage for business banking in the Free State and Northern Cape, specialising in agriculture and agribusiness.

Brendan Seery has been in the news business for most of his life, covering coups, wars, famines - and some funny stories - across Africa. Brendan Seery's Orchids and Onions column ran each week in the Saturday Star in Johannesburg and the Weekend Argus in Cape Town..

I am the Head of Brand Communication for South Africa's leading content marketing agency, New Media, and its in-house dev agency, Swipe iX..

Brett Lindsay is a Digital Philosopher and Consultant at Big Brave Digital - a Digital Solutions company focused on delivering strategies and advice around engaging content, information gathering and reporting, lead generation through social media, the web, mobile devices and touch screen interaction..

Brian Eagar is the founder and group CEO of TowerStone. From being voted as the naughtiest kid most likely to fail at school, Eagar found success in the information and technology sector as a young sales and marketing executive, culminating in an executive sales and strategy role for one of the Siemens businesses based in Germany.

Bryce O’Donnell is the managing director at Abcon Developments..

Candy Dempers has loved all things media for twenty-three years. A sales and marketing specialist, her first love was radio and bringing brands and platforms together..

Chief creative officer at TBWA\Hunt Lascaris and the chairperson of the Creative Circle..

Strategy Director at Point Group: Iconic Collective.

I believe in idea-driven, stylish and sustainable design..

Caroline van der Merwe is co-founder and chief product officer at Jem HR..

Catherine Wijnberg is the Director and Founder of the Fetola Foundation (www.fetola.co.za).

Celeste Sirin is an employer branding specialist, speaker, facilitator and founder of Employer Branding Africa which aims to develop employer banding best practice in South Africa by educating South African leaders. She is a leading authority in positioning and elevating employer brands for companies, offering extensive insight into local, African and international employer branding trends..

President & CEO at SCOPEN.

Vacchiano graduated from Madrid Complutense University in Economics and Tourism. After participating in several seminars in Business Administration and Management in USA (UCLA and YALE) he started working as a consultant....

Charles Siboto is a delightful, youngish person. He firmly believes that kindness matters and cannot abide people who are asshats..

CEO at Rogerwilco.

A stint outside the advertising world saw Charlie own her own "Scrapbooking" business. But the excitement of advertising and radio continued to call and she returned to Radmark in 2010 as Marketing Manager.

Charné Munien is a strategy director at VMLY&R, specialising in digital strategy and passionate about consumer centricity..

Chelsea Owens is the client service director at Incubeta SA. A results-oriented digital media marketer, she has accumulated significant industry experience working across a range of verticals..

Cheryl Reddy is CEO at Eclipse Communications. and is responsible for the agency’s strategic direction and to continuously achieve its mandate of people, client and agency growth across the full spectrum of services and business units in the agency’s four offices in South Africa..

Managing partner at Ogilvy Digital, Cherylann Sawyer is a seasoned strategist with a tenure spanning 18 years in the technology and digital media sector. She has earned a formidable reputation by collaborating with a diverse range of international brands in the finance, FMCG, and Telco sectors.

Chloë Loubser is a knowledge and learning lawyer in Bowmans’ Cape Town office Employment and Benefits Practice. She specialises in the employment law aspects of commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions; drafts employment contracts, policies and procedures; and advises on dismissals and corporate retrenchments, agreements and restraints of trade..

The Southern African Music Rights Organisation NPC (SAMRO) General Manager Legal Services and Chairperson at the Copyright Coalition of South Africa.

Chris Blair, Chief Executive Officer of 21st Century Pay Solutions Group (Pty) Ltd, has consulted to over 500 organisations - both in Southern Africa and internationally. Chris holds a BSC Chem.

Christele Chokossa joined Euromonitor as a research associate in July 2016. She is currently a consultant and focuses on Western European and African channels' distribution and digital consumer services.

Senior Research Analyst at Euromonitor International.

Christy Tawii is a Research & Insights Manager at Euromonitor International, specialising in Travel and Tourism for the Middle East and Africa..

Chief Innovation Officer at Upstream.

Ciaran Mckivergan is the founder and managing director at 8909. Founded in 2015 by Mckivergan, 8909 is a digital agency that believes that human behavioural psychology and meaningful digital data should be the starting point for any effective marketing campaign, and data should be used as a continual benchmark to evaluate ongoing success..

General Country Manager at Xero SA.

Craig is the strategy director at Rogerwilco. His most recent career history, which spans more than 15 years, is dominated by digital - before that he worked in logistics..

Craig Schwabe, a distinguished geoinformation professional, has significantly shaped the industry in both government and the private sector in South Africa and across Africa. His expertise spans the conceptualization and management of qualitative and quantitative surveys, including national perception surveys and citizen report card surveys..

Dale Hefer is CEO of the IMC (Integrated Marketing Council) which incorporates, Africa's foremost integrated marketing conference, the Nedbank IMC..

Danette Breitenbach is a marketing & media editor at Bizcommunity.com. Previously she freelanced in the marketing and media sector, including for Bizcommunity.

Daniel Levy the co-founder and co-CEO of Flow, an AdTech-powered data platform.

Founder & CEO at Delta Victor Bravo Africa Partner for eatbigfish.

Co-Founder & CEO at Superhuman Sales.

Dawn Rowlands is the of CEO Dentsu Aegis Network SSA. She has over 20 years of experience in the media industry and has most notably been a shareholder founding partner of Nota Bene, a strategy agency in South Africa, and is also the founder of Posterscope SA.

Dean Kriel, strategist at RAPT Creative, is a seasoned strategist with a passion for exploring emerging trends and innovations in communications..

Dina is a Patent attorney with BSc (Physics), BSc (Elec Eng), and LLB degrees. She is an attorney of the High Court of South Africa.

Qualified in 2002, Dina has over two decades of experience, primarily in commercial transactions relating to IP, including licensing, manufacturing, supply and distribution, technology transfer and collaboration agreements, IP audits, etc..

Dono White is the strategic planning director at VMLY&R and WPP BAV South Africa champion..

Dr Carla Enslin is head of postgraduate studies & research at The Independent Institute of Education's Vega School. Carla's interest and experience in brand building includes the design and implementation of brand identity systems and brand alignment strategies.

Estelle van Tonder is a Professor of Marketing at the University of South Africa. She holds a DCom degree in Marketing Management and is an NRF-rated researcher.

Dr Manessah Alagbaoso is the Head: Business Ecosystems and Sustainability for the Standard Bank Group Business and Commercial Banking Unit. Prior to this role, he managed a portfolio of business and commercial clients in South Africa and across 14 other African countries.

Dustin is partner and managing director of Razor, the PR, reputation and culture and communications agency in the M&C Saatchi Group. Dustin is recognised as one of the top reputation managers and communicators in Europe, Africa and the Middle East - having being named by the Holmes Report / PROvoke Media as one of its top 25 innovators in public relations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2019..

PR & Communications at AFDA /Alumni / Festivals.

Group Editor: Retail and Lifestyle.

I believe that experiences matter to people and that to create powerful brand experiences, you need to really know what makes people tick, and that means we need to be able to speak to them in real time, all the time..

She researches and writes weekly trend observations which delve into the key business and consumer trends that are on their radar. Faeeza combines her background in Actuarial Science and Fashion Design to keep track of a broad spectrum of trends and issues that impact business and society.

Feryal Domingo is the acting executive director at Inyathelo. Feryal has qualifications in public relations, corporate governance and citizenship, and a postgraduate qualification in management studies at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town.

Gail Schimmel is the CEO of the Adverting Regulatory Board. She has a BA (Hon) LLB LLM, and is an admitted attorney.

Ged Nooy, general manager of Field Force, a division of Provantage, has worked in the South African and international consumer goods industries for almost two decades..

Geoff Cohen is a founding partner of DYDX, a digital transformation agency. Previously he headed media and marketplace businesses at Naspers subsidiaries..

CEO of AutoTrader South Africa.

Gillian Rightford is the MD of Adtherapy and executive director of the Association for Communication and Advertising, with expertise in marketing, strategy, advertising, and leadership..

Gisela Kruger is the Communication Manager and Business Integrator (BCorp) at Danone Southern Africa. She operates as part of the extended leadership team and within a very lean corporation has allowed her to move beyond the standard communication role and refine her skills as project manager on multiple campaigns..

Gordon Hooper is the Managing Director of Bateleur Brand Planning, a market research company he co-founded in 1988..

Graham has spent 19-years in the advertising business in a career that has spanned Asia and Africa. He has worked across multiple business sectors, worked with local and multinational companies on some of the world's most recognised brands..

Graham Deneys is the chief strategy officer at Dentsu Media Brands..

Lapping joined the +OneX team in May 2021 after the company he founded in 2012, DataCore Media, was acquired by +OneX, a new-age solutions and systems integrator. He manages the digital media and marketing team within +OneX.

Grant Smee is the managing director of Only Realty Property Group..

Greg Bailie is the Head of Growth & Innovation at the Influencer Division of Nfinity Media..

Over the past 20 years at Volvo, Maruszewski challenged conventions and managed to pave a journey for Volvo to showcase its innovation. He is a man of vision who is always looking for ways to move with times and that fits well with what Volvo stands for..

Studio H is a culinary-minded design studio that specialises in creating and evoking meaningful memories. Their guiding principle for every project, from developing a new product to designing a brand activation, is driving impact through meaning and purpose..

Marketing Communications Manager at Ford SA.

Leading business and executive coach and SA's Co-Master Licensee for global franchise company - ActionCOACH. For more information visit www.actioncoachsa.co.za.

Head of Marketing at Investec Group.

Henda Scott is Senior UX Writer at HELM.

Award-winning corporate communications professional with over 20 years of experience and a proven track record of delivering successful communication strategies.

Bizcommunity Editor: Automotive, Entrepreneurship, Education.

Jaco Lintvelt is a results-driven leader passionate about using digital means to increase customers' profits. His expertise lies in integrated marketing communications, building relationships, leading teams, and achieving key results..

CEO at M&C Saatchi Abel South Africa.

Jacques Du Bruyn is the Managing Director of Flume, a full-service Digital & PR Marketing Agency based in Johannesburg and Cape Town. He is a UJ and Vega School graduate with an honours degree in Brand Strategy..

Jacques du Preez is CEO of Provantage Media Group. He is the founder and a shareholder of the group, which is one of southern Africa's leading out-of-home and transit media and marketing companies..

Group chief creative officer at RAPT Creative. He has 20 years of TTL agency experience and loves leading and growing people and building brands and big ideas..

Janice Spark is a managing partner at advertising and PR agency Idea Engineers (Facebook; @ideaengineerssa). Spark, a founding member of Idea Engineers, has directed the marketing efforts of leading global organisations for over 20 years.

Jarred Cinman authored this article as an ACA board member and a member of the ACASA Future Industry committee, including Vincent Maher, Musa Kalenga, Haydn Townsend, Matthew Arnold and Antonio Petra..

Jeff Ryan is the MD for AWCape, a Sage Business Partner and has over 20 years of experience. He has extensive strategy and technology consulting, project management and business development experience in multiple industries.

Jessica Voerman is the chief clinical officer at SH Inc. Healthcare..

JG Bezuidenhout is a founding partner of the South African subsidiary of Offernet.net, the data technology company housed in London, United Kingdom. Although based in Cape Town, JG is the global head of Offernet's advisory and innovation hub and, as such, is responsible for the monitoring and implementation of cutting-edge solutions, particularly within the digital marketing environment..

Founder & Director at Novus Group.

Johan Botes is Head of the Employment Practice for Baker McKenzie in Johannesburg. He has a Master's Degree in Labour Law, and regularly appears in the CCMA, Bargaining Councils, Labour Court and High Court.

Johan is a digital marketing transformation specialist helping brands on their transformation towards digital marketing maturity..

MD of the Independent Agency Search and Selection Company (IAS), and partner in Scopen Africa, with a background that includes being on both the agency and the client side of the fence, Johanna McDowell is well-placed to offer commentary on marketing and advertising in the South African and international contexts. She built her career in marketing and advertising since 1974, holding directorship in both SA and British advertising agencies.

John Jack is the chief executive officer at Galetti Corporate Real Estate..

John Loos is a senior economist at FNB Commercial Property Finance. Loos began his career as an economist at the National Treasury under Finance Minister Trevor Manuel.

Jon Savage is HaveYouHeard's head of content.

Jonathan Cherry is a futurist and business strategist who works with organisations to design better strategies that effectively create a significant competitive advantage. Over the past 20 years he's worked with retailers such as Yuppiechef, Woolworths and Kitchen Warehouse (Australia), has an MPhil Futures Studies from Stellenbosch University and is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists. ..

Jonathan Sinden is Liberty Two Degrees' chief operations officer. His experience spans 26 years in the property industry, with an excellent track record as development manager at Liberty Properties, Group Five and Absa prior to joining StanLib as an asset manager in 2013.

Joon Chong is a partner in the Tax Practice at Webber Wentzel..

Jordan Major is the strategy lead for culture and innovation at RAPT Creative. He believes in the power of collaborating with culture to connect brands to their customers..

Co-Founder and CEO of Gorilla Creative Media.

Joseph Neusu is the founder and CEO of Sales Qualified Leads Inc, Africa's leading digital agency specialising in WhatsApp Business API marketing and conversational marketing in the Programmatic and DOOH spaces. Joseph is a top conference speaker, thought leader and trainer..

Experienced in Retail sales, Entertainment sales and production and tutoring with an ambition to be involved in digital marketing and advertising.

Judith Middleton is the CEO of DUO Marketing and Communications.

Judith Mugeni is the co-founder, chief strategist and managing partner of Ganizani Consulting Services, a strategic marketing and tech firm. Her passion lies in the integration of all marketing activities.

Justin Thom is a director at Galetti Corporate Real Estate, a leading South African office and industrial real estate consultancy. He has over 13 years of experience in the industry..

Kagiso Tloubatla is the co-founder of South African investment company, SV Capital..

Managing Director at Microsoft South Africa.

Karabo Ledwaba is a Marketing and Media Editor at Bizcommunity and award-winning journalist. Before joining the publication she worked at Sowetan as a content producer and reporter.

Director / Owner at Goldfish Communications.

Kate Stubbs is the current group business development and marketing director for the Interwaste Group which forms part of Séché Environment, an international environmental solutions business..

Katja is the Finance, Property and Healthcare Editor at Bizcommunity..

Keletso Mpisane is head of MiWay Blink..

Currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Regenesys Business School, as the manager of media insights and strategy at Urban Brew Studios, I contribute valuable research and insights for Dumisa TV, One Gospel, and Urban Brew Studio productions..

Blacfox is a marketing strategy consultancy focussed primarily on the tech sector. We serve some of the world's largest brands like Microsoft, SAP, VMware, LexisNexis, etc..

Khangelani Dziba is the divisional head of PR & influencer partnerships at Rapt Creative. They are a Master in Brand Leadership graduate from Vega School and are passionate about gender, diversity, and inclusion in brand advertising..

Group executive for marketing and corporate at Nedbank.

Kirby Gordon is the chief marketing officer at FlySafair, where he leads all client acquisition and retention, brand reputation, and content production efforts for South Africa's largest low-cost airline..

Kirsty Bisset is managing director of HaveYouHeard's Durban agency, and actively involved in growing the group's business locally and internationally..

Publicis Groupe CEO.

I help our clients; influencers, brands and businesses get the most value from their relationships with Content Creators in their Influencer Marketing campaigns at Humanz AI. Humanz is one of the world's fastest-growing AI companies focused on empowering valuable creators and the marketers that work with them..

Kylie Slambert is an associate in Baker McKenzie's Dispute Resolution Practice Group in Johannesburg. She assists with regulatory compliance, insolvency, business restructuring and general commercial-related disputes.

Lara is a brand specialist who has been in the advertising industry for over a decade. Her key areas of interest are consumer behaviour & psychology and the impact thereof on creating brand positioning and strategies that solve business challenges and truly resonate with consumers..

Managing editor and retail editor at Bizcommunity.com. Cape Town apologist.

Laurent Marty is the group chief strategic officer at Joe Public United..

PR Powerhouse is full service public relations consultancy with specialist practice areas in healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, public affairs and hospitality..

Leilah Potter is Sprout Performance Partners’ strategic growth manager..

Leslie Adams is the sales director at Reach Africa.

Lindsey is the editor for ICT, Construction&Engineering and Energy&Mining at Bizcommunity.

Lyndy van den Barselaar is the MD of Manpower Group South Africa..

Described as a Public Relations (PR) guru by her peers, Madelain Roscher is the CEO of PR Worx, a full-service marketing-communications agency, which she established in 2001. With 22 years' in-depth industry experience based on an impressive consulting and corporate career, the firm has achieved remarkable successes under her leadership..

Madelein O'Connell is the Executive in charge of Marketing, Sales & Corporate Relations at Bestmed Medical Scheme..

Chief Executive Officer of the Transport Education Training Authority (TETA), Maphefo Anno-Frempong, is a woman on a mission. Credited with turning around an entity that had lost credibility in the transport sector and in the SETA industry due to several investment decisions that turned out differently.

Marc Ashton is the chief executive officer at Decusatio..

Head of Momentum Multiply..

Co-founder, Principal at Koa Academy.

Having been in the industry for over 15 years, I have also built and managed award-winning teams and have been lucky enough to work with some of the best people in the industry. I am excited about the future of digital and to continuing my work in this exciting medium..

Martin Wiest is CEO of Tourvest Destination Management and a member of the Tourvest Holdings executive committee..

Matthew van der Valk is the ECD at Executive Creative Director at VML SA..

Max Oliva is the Chief Executive Officer at Spar Southern Africa.

SEO specialist at Nerdware.

Lecturer at Northlink College.

Mike Abel is the Up&Up Group executive chairman. Previously he was the chief executive partner of M&C Saatchi Abel, which he launched in South Africa in February 2010.

Mike van der Westhuizen is a portfolio manager at Citadel Investment Services, a position he has held since April 2011. In this role, he specialises in Fixed Income and Alternatives, conducting macroeconomic analysis, managing multi-asset portfolios, and implementing trading strategies..

MJ Schoemaker is the president of Sapics (The Professional Body for Supply Chain Management), a non-profit organisation founded in 1966 to elevate, educate and empower the community of supply chain professionals across Africa..

brand strategist at Rogerwilco.

Chief Director Communication at Gauteng Department of Health.

Musa Kalenga is a technologist, marketer, brand communicator, entrepreneur and author of Ladders and Trampolines. He is the Group CEO and shareholder of Brave Group and co-founder of Bridge Labs..

Mushambi Mutuma is an author, speaker and tech leader with more than 15 years of experience building brands and businesses across Africa and the US..

Nadia Coetzer is the head of support at PaySpace.

Natalia Rosa is the MD of Big Ambitions, a specialist travel and tourism communications and marketing organisation which helps tourism and travel organisations connect with their members and customers..

Digital Campaign Manager at OneX.

Nelly Mohale is Head of Human Capital at Decusatio. She works with high-growth businesses to identify talent that can positively contribute to all elements of the organisation..

Managing Director EMEA at AppsFlyer.

Nick Durrant is MD at Bluegrass Digital, a digital solutions company with offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg and London. We are experts in crafting web and mobile products and platforms.

Nicola Allen has been in market research and analysis for more than 20 years and worked on dozens of major brands across South Africa, Australia and Nigeria. As Senior Analyst at Trade Intelligence, she heads up shopper research and bespoke market research projects for FMCG clients..

Business Analyst at Marketing Intelligence Hub.

Chartered accountant Nombulelo Guliwe joined South African Tourism as a financial compliance and performance manager in 2011. She has since held numerous finance management positions within the organisation, leading to her appointment as chief financial officer in August 2019.

I hold 10 years' wealth of experience in the Digital Marketing industry and specialise in Social Media Marketing.

Nosiyabonga Mongane is president of the South African Council for Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP).

A B2B content creator specialising in SEO and storytelling, with expertise in digital marketing and crafting impactful editorial content. Connect at moc.ytinummoczib@izakodnatn..

Account Manager at Tribeca PR.

Pabi is the founder of EB Koach which offers employer/employee branding services designed to reshape, rebuild, and restrengthen your workplace culture, putting your people first while achieving your organisational goals. Pabi believes that an organisation should function as a living organism and should grow and evolve continuously, and strong employer branding is crucial in driving this evolution..

With a penchant for penning technical analysis and actuarial think pieces,.Pamela Hellig is a consulting actuary at Insight Life Solutions, an actuarial and analytics firm which practises in the healthcare and life-insurance fields. It builds consulting, product development, data management, business intelligence and analytics capabilities that assist clients in managing risks and developing opportunities..

Parusha Partab, head of the IAB Africa Transformation (DEI) Council and group strategy director at Wunderman Thompson South Africa..

Pat Mahlangu is an award-winning Brandpreneur, and the founder of Pat on Brands, a digital platform at the forefront of brand insights. In 2020, he launched Lerato Agency, a PR and Digital Creative Agency.

Paul Esterhuizen is the CEO of School-Days, a rewards and incentives programme that helps parents and members of the public provide financial assistance to South African schools, whether their own or disadvantaged schools, by shopping with partner merchants known as School-Days Earn Partners, while still earning their normal retailer loyalty points..

Paul Makube is Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB..

Since 2013, Paul Stevens has been the CEO of Just Property Group Holding (Pty) Ltd which controls an international group of property franchises specialising in residential sales, rentals and management. He joined as a franchisee in 2003 and now, as CEO, drives the strategic direction of the Just Property brand with his charismatic optimism.

Paula Hulley is the managing director of Digitas Liquorice and the Online Revenue Report project lead, IAB South Africa Research & Measurement Council.

Country Manager & Sales Director at PCMS.

A lover and a fighter, a spiritualist and explorer, I grow Brands to their full potential @Wetpaint, while balancing myself out with yoga..

Phillipa Geard is the visionary Founder and CEO of the award-winning employment agency RecruitMyMom and its sister platform, RecruitAGraduate. Renowned for her expertise in flexible work solutions, Phillipa is a passionate advocate for social impact, focusing on empowering women and youth.

Humanz is one of the world's fastest growing AI companies focused on empowering valuable creators and the marketers that work with them. Each day, Humanz analyzes hundreds of millions of social media profiles and content pieces as well as transaction data from online merchants, to generate better benchmarks and predictions for social commerce ROI, while also improving transparency, motivation and access for creators and marketers..

CEO Nfinity Influencer and founder of the SALT, (a Nfinity Media company) a micro influencer marketing platform..

Precious Nala is the founder and driving force behind NXT Consultancy and a Standard Bank Top Women Young Achiever Award winner. With two decades of experience across business sectors and functions, she's a dynamic leader committed to helping businesses thrive. Precious has worked with organisations such as College Campus, Rosebank College, CaseWare Africa, YES 4 Youth, Afrika Tikkun, The Msomi Institute, Working on Fire South Africa, and 10X-E..

Privesan Naidoo is the Executive Vice President for Trading Products, focusing on cards and payments at Nedbank..

Regine is a reputation specialist. She founded Reputation Matters in 2005; where they measure and manage companies' reputations using their unique Repudometer® measurement tool..

Renate Singh is the Research, Development, and Applications (RD&A) Lead at Kerry – a global leader in flavour, taste, and nutrition. In her role at Kerry, Renate is dedicated to meeting customer needs through the invaluable lens of people insights and real-word context..

Rhys Dyer is the chief executive officer at ooba Home Loans..

Ricci Hackner is a knowledge lawyer based in Bowmans’ Johannesburg office. She specialises in mergers and acquisitions as well as general corporate and commercial matters.

Rico Basson has been the CEO of the newly formed industry umbrella body South African Wine since 1 June 2023. Before that, he was the Managing Director of Vinpro since 2012, following a career in the commercial banking industry, with a specific focus on agriculture and wine..

Rikus is chief marketing officer at WeBuyCars..

Rirhandzu Shingwenyana is a marketing, advertising and communications professional with experience in account management, social media and digital marketing campaign management..

Managing Director - Africa at Incubeta. Roan joined Incubeta in May 2019 after spending 11 years at WPP's global digital marketing technology and consultancy arm, Acceleration, where he was group business director.

chief creative officer at Net#workBBDO and Creative Circle chairperson 2023..

Rob Garden is a communications specialist and Strategy and Communications Director at South Africa's leading passion marketing agency, Levergy. Get in touch at info@levergy.co.za.

Editor at Bizcommunity..

I am an Art director/Graphic Designer who studied at Red and Yellow in Cape Town. I have recently returned from Austria where i spent the winter working in Kitzbuhel, working and snowboarding.

Ronelle Bester, MD of Red Ribbon Communications, started her career in technology at Dimension Data as marketing manager of the Western Cape. She has a BTech degree in public relations from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and has lectured in public relations at both the University of South Africa and Varsity College.

Commercial Director at Tilte.

Ryan Gaines, CEO of City Logistics South Africa, is a dynamic and compassionate leader with over 15 years of dedicated service to the company..

Sabine Lehmann is founder and CEO of Curiositas specialising in visitor attractions and the future of tourism and leisure..

Sally Acton, the CEO - Chief Empathy Officer - of an award-winning Employee Experience Consultancy, Torque Solutions, champions a new era of work-life harmony. Her reputation rests on more than just words; Sally embodies her beliefs with a 'walk the talk' approach.

CEO/Founder at The Social Craft.

Dr Sarah Britten has 21 years of experience across various clients and multiple strategic disciplines, including social media and shopper. Her client experience includes Nedbank, Investec, FNB, Bothongo Group, Sanofi, Colgate Palmolive, Aspen, Adcock Ingram, Kraft Heinz, Citroën and Land Rover..

Sarah is the CEO of MullenLowe South Africa. What she has learned about both knowledge and approach has put her in good stead when taking the MullenLowe challenger attitude into the market.

Sasha Kupritz is a public relations specialist at TenacityPR..

Semona Pillay is a lecturer and the Programme Coordinator for the Diploma Retail Business Management at the Department of Marketing Management at University of Johannesburg. She lectures Marketing Communications on the Bunting Road campus and Integrated Marketing Communications on the Kingsway campus.

Founder and CEO at Centennial Schools. Shaun Fuchs is a passionate educator with over 30 years' experience in the education sector.

Shaune Jordaan is the co-founder and chief commercial officer at Hoorah Digital. He is passionate about delivering world class results to brands and building a digital culture that drives change.

A seasoned and insightful executive with multisector experience in roles as diverse as senior leadership, creative copy and education. I am a qualified pharmacist with an MBA from UCT.

Simon Parkinson is a director at Ultimate Media, the radio and audio specialist advertising agency. He is also the current host of The Big Joburg Drive show on Hot 102.7 FM..

Simone Rossum is the Creative Director at Joe Public Shift which recently won a Loeries Grand Prix for OFM within its first 12 months of business..

Sindy Peters (@sindy_hullaba_lou) is a group editor at Bizcommunity.com on the Construction & Engineering, Energy & Mining, and Property portals. She can be reached at moc.ytinummoczib@ydnis..

Mjadu is the founder and managing director of defined PR and has more than 15 years experience as a public relations strategist. She has a strong history of working in the consumer goods/ beauty industry, including Unilever and Estée Lauder.

Stefan Botha is the director of Rainmaker Marketing..

Steffen Knapp is the head of the Volkswagen Passenger Car Brand in South Africa. Knapp, who originates from Germany, joined Volkswagen South Africa from Volkswagen India where he developed a successful turnaround strategy for the brand.

Pro biohacker and health futurist. Steve Stavs is a successful entrepreneur, leadership coach, international lecturer and holistic practitioner.

Struan Campbell is the co-founder and CEO of Levergy, part of the Up&Up Group and the M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment global network. Struan founded Levergy in 2012, with the agency going on to be acquired by M&C Saatchi in 2017..

Senior writer and editor at Flow Communications.

Multisales Director: Corporate Affairs Southern Africa at Mars.

Tanya de Jongh is the integrated creative director (brand & design) at Rapt Creative with over 10 years of experience in the industry..

Tanya Pato is a cultural intelligence expert and navigator, who partners with businesses and brands to navigate the ever-changing world by providing deep insights and understanding of culture, which allows them to enhance their human interaction and connection..

Tara Turkington is the CEO of Flow Communications (www.flowsa.com), one of the country's top communications companies. Follow her on Twitter at @taraturk1..

Head of Product, Marketing and PR at Audi South Africa.

Terena Chetty is a Brand and Content Strategist at 1Africa Consulting, a strategic communications agency working with pan-African and global brands..

Brand and Culture Strategy consulting | Bizcommunity.com CCO at large. Email az.oc.flehsehtffo@yrret, Twitter @terrylevin, Instagram, LinkedIn..

Tlhogi Ngwato, the founder and managing partner of Manaka Publicity, has advised high-profile clients, companies, personalities, sporting personalities and organisations, offering strategic advice that has assisted them through some of their most difficult and thrilling milestones..

Tonya Khoury is an experienced Managing Director with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industry..

Tracy is an employment law specialist with over ten years’ experience. Tracy is the Head of Employment at OWP Partners, where she advises employers and employees on a wide range of employment law matters.

Tyrann Burger is the Managing Director of BIGBrave.

Im a man with bright ideas and a passion for the industry..

Vanessa Schonborn serves as the Executive Head for Transport, Logistics & Industries at Vodacom Business, overseeing a diverse portfolio that interconnects various sectors within the supply chains of both South African and African markets..

CEO at Penquin.

Vincent Maher is the CEO at True I/O and the head of the MMA AI Leadership Consortium (ALC), South Africa..

Virusha is a partner and head of Tax in Baker McKenzie's Tax Practice Group in Johannesburg. She has over 20 years' experience in tax matters relating to customs, excise and international trade..

Wayne Bischoff recently rejoined Mediamark as CEO, having previously held the position of sales and marketing director at what was then Radmark and Digitalmark..

Wilma de Bruin has a freelance career spanning 40 years writing for various newspapers, magazines, PR companies, tertiary institutions and other clients. Also edited various custom and company publications..

Yael Geffen is the chief executive officer and a shareholder of Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty as well as a member of the Europe, Middle East, India and Africa region task force for Sotheby’s International Realty. Geffin is the winner of the 2020 Standard Bank’s prestigious Top Woman in Property Award and is the 2023 winner of Woman of Stature’s CEO of the Year..

Head of Analytics, Insights and Research at FNB Business.

Yuneal Padayachy is the Chief Support Officer at The BEE Chamber. Padayachy has over 14 years of experience in the B-BBEE and Transformation Environment of which over 11 Years has been in a Middle / Senior Management level.

Zahra Mirza is the managing director at HKLM. With extensive experience in working across the continent, on a diverse portfolio of clients in the travel, ICT, consumer, mining and financial sectors, Zahra has the vision, enthusiasm and necessary business expertise to see the big picture in order to make strategic business recommendations and grow business relationships.

Chief Strategic Officer at McCann Joburg.

Head of Content at Tribeca Public Relations.