We like to think of this as Marketing’s most exclusive club! Since our launch conference in 2019 we have been finding the very best, locally and globally. This Alumni represents the top marketing thinkers in Africa and beyond.
2022
Gugulethu Mfuphi
Award Winning Broadcaster & Financial Journalist. KayaBizz host on Kaya FM 95.9.
Xolisa Dyeshana
Joe Public
Group Creative Director
Preetesh Sewraj
The Loeries
CEO
Kathryn Williams
KMint, Australia
Managing Director
Ron Thurston
Bestselling author of Retail Pride
Tyrona Heath
The B2B Institute at LinkedIn, New York
Director, Market Engagement
Greg Hoffman
Global Brand Leader / Former NIKE CMO / Advisor / Speaker / Instructor / Author
Joeri Van den Bergh
InSites Consulting
Co-founder and Managing Partner
Ben Williams
TBWA\Worldwide
Global Chief Creative Experience Officer
Monali Shah
Integrated Marketing & Communications Specialist
Scott Thwaites
Head of Emerging Markets for TikTok Global Business Solutions
Maps Maponyane
Host, TV Presenter, Producer, Actor and Entrepreneur
Luca Gallarelli
TBWA\South Africa
Group CEO
Mathe Okaba
Association for Communication and Advertising
CEO
Warren Moss
Demographica
Founder & CEO
Thebe Ikalafeng
Brand Africa and Brand Leadership Group
Founder and Chairman
Bernice Samuels
MTN Group
Group Marketing Executive
Tshego Tshukutswane
Consulting by Kantar, Amsterdam
Senior Director
Sphe Vundla
SAB
Corporate Brand Director
Buli Ndlovu
Nedbank
Executive Head of Marketing for Retail and Business Banking
Lebo Madiba
PR Powerhouse
Founder
Clinton Middleton
GrowThrough
CEO
Saks Ntombela
Hollard Insurance
Group CEO
Heidi Brauer
Hollard Insurance
CMO
Karabo Songo
ACA SA
Non Executive Chairperson
Sadika Fakir
Tiger Brands
Integrated Media and Digital Director
Faheem Chaudhry
M&C Saatchi Abel JHB
Partner & Managing Director
2021
Mike Brown
Nedbank Group
Chief Executive Officer
Sylvester Chauke
DNA Brand Architects
Founder & Chief Architect
Terryanne Chebet
The Pink Foundry Communications
CEO of Pink Foundry Communications, CEO of Keyara Botanicals & Founder Africa’s Leading Ladies
Susan Credle
FCB Global
Global Chief Creative Officer
Elizabeth de Stadler
Novation Consulting (Pty) Ltd
Founding Director
Victor Dlamini
48H
Director
Dale Hefer
Nedbank IMC
Chief Executive Officer
Nontokozo Madonsela
Momentum Metropolitan Holdings
Group Chief Marketing Officer
Pepe Marais
Joe Public United
Founding Partner and Group Chief Creative Officer
Marcel Marcondes
Anheuser Busch
US Chief Marketing Officer
Sydney Mbhele
Sanlam
Chief Executive: Brand
Tumi Morake
Actor and Comedian
Tebogo Motsepe
Nedbank
Head: Brand and Client Insights at Nedbank CIB
Khensani Nobanda
Nedbank
Group Executive: Marketing and Corporate Affairs
Nunu Ntshingila
Facebook Africa
Regional Director
Preetesh Sewraj
The Loeries
Chief Executive Officer
Mike Sharman
Retroviral Digital Communications
Founder and Owner
Mike Stopforth
Co- Founder of 48H & Director of Beyond Binary
Jon Youshaei
Forbes and Origin Protocol
Creator & Advisor (former Instagram, YouTube) | Writer, Forbes | Creator-In-Residence, Origin
Monalisa Zwambila
The Riverbed Agency
CEO and Founder
2020
Fahmeeda
Cassim-Surtee
DStv Media Sales
Chief Executive Officer (Group)
Bongani Chinkanda
Bravado
Managing Director & Founder
Patrick Collister
Non-exec CD at Ad-Lib. Curator of The Caples Awards. Editor of Directory. Creative Trainer.
Amanda Cromhout
Truth
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Lee den Hond
Blue Platinum Events
Chief Executive Officer
Nandus du Plessis
Crazy Ginger Marketing
Founder
Suhana Gordhan
DUKE.
Executive Creative Director
Alistair King
King James Group
Founder and Chief Creative Officer
Fernando Machado
Activision Blizzard
Chief Marketing Officer
Verusha Maharaj
Red and Yellow Creative School of Business
Managing Director
Mzamo Masito
Google Africa
Chief Marketing Officer and Director of Marketing
Nthabiseng Matshekga
Nedbank
Executive Head: Group Marketing
Lee Naik
TransUnion Africa
Chief Executive Officer
Mpume Ngobese
Joe Public United
Co-Managing Director
Zumi Njongwe
Nestle
Marketing Director East and Southern Africa
Andy Rice
Speaker, Writer, Strategist
Andrea Quaye
The Coca-Cola Company
Senior Director, Global Category Lead – Coffee.
2019
GG Alcock
KasiNomic Events
Marketer / Author / Speaker / Entrepreneur
Khaya Dlanga
Rain
Chief Marketing Officer
David Duarte
Treeshake
Founder
Greg Garden
Capability Catalysts – Founder and Lead Consultant
Former CEO of The Marketing Association of South Africa (MASA) and former CEO of the Marketing Research Foundation.
Darren Hampton
Nando’s South Africa
GM of Digital Marketing Nando’s Africa, India and Middle East
Musa Kalenga
CEO at Bridge Labs. CFO of The Brave Group Of Companies and Strategic Co- Founder of African Tech Round Up.
Simon Lloyd
Algorithm Agency
Co-Founder, Managin
Katherine Madley
Massdiscounters t/a Game and Dionwired
Marketing and Customer Director
Refilwe Maluleke
Chief Strategy Officer at TBWA\SA & Managing Director at Yellowwood Future Architects
Tbo Touch
CEO of Touch HD, VP of TMT Africa & Founder 48GIN
Grant Pereira
Anheuser-Busch InBev Africa
Marketing Director: Special Projects & ZX Ventures Africa Lead (interim)
Gillian Rightford
Adtherapy
Managing Director
Elaine Rumboll
Creative Leadership Consultancy
Founder
Mosidi Seretlo
Mosidi K Seretlo Consulting
Founder and Director
Anne Thistleton
LIGHT Marketing Consulting
Founding Partner and Owner
