“This conference is pure class“

Ann Nurock, Partner at Relationship Audits and Management

SPEAKERS

We are working hard to make sure you get up close and personal with the very best local and global thought leaders.

We are proud to confirm the following speakers.

DONOVAN GOLIATH

MC

Comedian/Content Creator/Former Adman

International speaker
joining us virtually

Zoe Scaman

Founder at Bodacious & strategy lead at 77X

Topic: To follow

International speaker
joining us virtually

Orlando Wood

Chief Innovation Officer of the System1 Group, Honorary Fellow of the IPA and author of Lemon (IPA, 2019) and Look out (IPA, 2021).

Topic: TBC

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International speaker
joining us virtually

Arun Sudhaman

CEO and editor-in-chief at PRovoke Media.

Topic: Panel Discussion: Getting, Upclose&Personal with The Future of Reputation.

International speaker
joining us virtually

Kaleeta McDade

Chief Experience Design Officer, VMLY&R

Topic: To be confirmed

Khensani Nobanda

Group Executive: Group Marketing and Corporate Affairs

Topic: UpClose&Personal with Kensi. 10 minutes. Ten Insights.

Getting UpClose&Personal with the youth!

A session facilitated by South Africa’s leading youth agency, Bravado.

Mteto Nyati

Chairman of Wazo Investments

Topic: People centric leadership.

Ciko Thomas

Group Managing Executive: Nedbank Retail and Business Banking

Topic: To be confirmed.

Dale Hefer

IMC CEO

Topic: Awarding of Bursaries and Conference Close.

Nkgabiseng Motau

Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at Think Creative Africa

Panel Topic: Up close and personal or miles apart? Optimising the client/agency relationship.

Ann Nurock

Senior Partner: Relationship Audits and Management

Panel Topic: Up close and personal or miles apart? Optimising the client/agency relationship.

DOUG PLACE

Chief Marketing Officer of Nando’s Africa, Middle East, and South Asia. 2023 MASA Chairperson

Topic: To be confirmed.

MPUME NGOBESE

Co-Managing Director at Joe Public

Panel Topic: Up close and personal or miles apart? Optimising the client/agency relationship.

JONI PEDDIE

CEO of Resilient People
Professional Speaker l Executive Coach l Strategic Facilitator

Topic: Poor Sleep can ruin your inter-personal skills!
[Bonus Speaker]

BRIAN MTONGANA

Executive Creative Director: Woolworths Marketing

Topic: To be confirmed

Dustin Chick

Managing Director of Razor PR.

Topic: Panel Discussion: Getting, Upclose&Personal with The Future of Reputation.

Hulisani Ravele

Seasoned Broadcaster

Topic: It’s Personal!

Roanna Williams

Chief Creative Officer / Net#work BBDO. Chairperson of the Creative Circle.

Topic: Five minutes UpClose&Personal with Roanna.Can creativity change the world?

LUCA GALLARELLI

Group CEO of TBWA\South Africa

Topic: To be confirmed.

Shukri Toefy

Entrepreneur/Global Speaker

Topic: Up Close with Your Inner Entrepreneur.

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DONOVAN GOLIATH

Comedian/Content Creator/Former Adman

Donovan is an award-winning content creator, sought after MC, television presenter and celebrated stand-up comedian.

A respected creative, Donovan has delivered several master classes on marketing, design and creativity and was the host and an ambassador for the Loeries for 3 consecutive years.

Zoe Scaman

Founder at Bodacious & strategy lead at 77X

Zoe is a bit of a Swiss army knife having worked in a variety of fields; brand planning, entertainment strategy, digital communications, new product development, business strategy and innovation.

And she’s done it on opposite sides of the world, quite literally, in Sydney, London, New York and even Ethiopia.

She’s worked at ground-breaking creative agencies; such as Naked Communications and Droga5. Best-in-class film companies, like Ridley Scott Creative Group and forward-thinking innovative consultancies; such as Undercurrent, London Strategy Unit and The Upside.

Her client list includes some of the biggest brands in the world - adidas, Google, Danone, Airbnb, Unilever, Coca Cola and Pepsico.

Currently she can be found running her own strategy consultancy, Bodacious, with a focus on the intersections of entertainment, fandom, the creator economy and the nascent rise of the metaverse, where she's setting innovative global strategy agendas for EA Games, Nike, Oatly, Youtube, Zwift, Netflix, Axe and The NBA.

She also leads personal brand strategy for NBA star, Luka Doncic and works with a range of recording artists, such as Enrique Iglesias and Pharrell Williams.

She recently published an in-depth look at 'The Future Of Fandoms' to tie many of these threads together, published a whitepaper on the future of the creator economy (accompanied by the largest survey of creators ever undertaken) and has since been invited to speak about both topics with the leadership teams of LEGO. Tumblr, Pinterest, Pepsico, Snapchat and more.

Orlando Wood

Chief Innovation Officer of the System1 Group, Honorary Fellow of the IPA and author of Lemon (IPA, 2019) and Look out (IPA, 2021).

Orlando’s research is a unique combination of neuroscience, cultural history and advertising research, which describes and explains a change in creative style that has occurred in today’s technologically-disrupted world – one that has undermined advertising effectiveness. Importantly, Orlando’s work also provides evidence and guidance to show how we might reverse this. Orlando led the IPA’s Creativity and Effectiveness research in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, looking at the greater effectiveness associated with fluent devices, a term he coined, and the features of advertising that sustain attention and elicit an emotional response. In 2022, Orlando collaborated with Peter Field and Karen Nelson-Field to present ‘Triple Jeopardy’ at The Cannes Lions Festival, describing the three threats to advertising effectiveness. Orlando’s work has influenced thinking and practice in research, marketing and advertising, earning him recognition from the ARF, the AMA, Jay Chiat, ISBA, the MRS, ESOMAR and the IPA.

Arun Sudhaman

CEO and editor-in-chief at PRovoke Media.

Arun Sudhaman is CEO and editor-in-chief at PRovoke Media.

In this role Arun oversees PRovoke Media's global content offering, including its analysis and insight into reputation, public relations and communications trends and issues. Since joining PRovoke Media in 2010, Arun has comprehensively redefined the title’s content platform, which includes its digital presence and new products such as the Influence 100 compendium of key global influencers, the Global PR Agency Rankings, the Global Creative Index, and the PRovoke Media podcast. He also led the rebrand of the Holmes Report to PRovoke Media in 2020.

Arun has also played a pivotal role expanding PRovoke Media's coverage into Asia-Pacific and other emerging markets, and has helped steer the company’s international events programme, particularly the Global Public Relations Summit — which has featured such luminaries as Sir Martin Sorrell, P&G’s Marc Pritchard, Chuck Porter and IBM’s Jon Iwata.

He brings to the position more than a decade’s experience as a journalist and digital content specialist, most of which has been spent analysing the media, marketing and communications industries. His career has encompassed coverage and analysis of reputation and leadership issues in numerous countries across the world, including the US and UK, Russia, China, India and South Africa.

Prior to joining the Holmes Report, Arun spent more than seven years with Haymarket Media in Hong Kong, Singapore and London. He joined Haymarket title PRWeek UK in January 2009, after covering Asia’s media and marketing landscape at sister Haymarket title Campaign Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Before Haymarket, Arun spent one year at public relations firm Weber Shandwick during its tumultuous mergers with Weber and BSMG. During his career as a journalist he has appeared on BBC News and has also contributed to The Guardian and the South China Morning Post, where he began his career as a business reporter.

In 2015, Arun became the youngest-ever inductee into the ICCO Hall of Fame. He is also a Trustee of the Institute for Public Relations and a PRCA Fellow. At the 2022 PRCA Asia-Pacific Awards, Arun was named Journalist of the Year.

Kaleeta McDade

Chief Experience Design Officer, VMLY&R

Kaleeta has a proven ability to drive impact for brands, helping them shape a strategy and vision that deepens the customer relationship across every stage of the engagement lifecycle. Kaleeta's influence and leadership have shaped how customers around the world experience some of the largest brands in retail, sports, beauty and health. Her work has been revered by major clients such as Costco, Nike, Apple, Google, WNBA, LA Rams, Verizon, AT&T, Wellsfargo, NY Life, and The Coca Cola Company

She currently leads multiple client engagements and teams in her role as Chief Experience Design Officer at VMLY&R, including her partnership with key clients within The Coca-Cola company as they drive transformation across the organization.

Kaleeta joined VMLY&R from Ogilvy as chief experience design officer, North America to jointly lead the agency’s growing experience design team alongside Eric Looney. She is bridging creative storytelling, technology, design and user experience for clients across VMLY&R’s client portfolio. The agency’s XD team currently supports a growing raft of major clients including Ford, Colgate, Walgreens, Sherwin Williams, and T-Mobile, and signals a growing capability demand and need across the industry.

Kaleeta has spoken at numerous conferences such as Cannes, MIT, Dreamforce, Adobe Summit, Adcolor, and NY Festivals. Lending her voice as a judge for Clios, ADC, D&AD, LIA, and Cannes.

Khensani Nobanda

Group Executive: Group Marketing and Corporate Affairs

Khensani Nobanda is the Group Executive for Marketing and Corporate Affairs at Nedbank Group. As both the executive in charge of marketing, and a member of the Nedbank Group executive leadership, she ensures the cohesive and consistent alignment between marketing messaging, brand positioning and business objectives across the group, while also providing strategic input into various Nedbank structures, committees, and partnerships.

Khensani joined Nedbank in September 2017, as Executive Head of Group Marketing, before being promoted to her current role, and the Nedbank Group Exco, in May 2018. Her more than 20-year marketing career has afforded her invaluable experience in several leading South African and multinational organisations. After starting out as an assistant brand manager at Unilever, she rose through the ranks to eventually head up the Skin Category for Unilever in Africa, Middle East, and Turkey. This was followed by various leadership and executive roles in Diageo, South African Breweries and Vodacom, before joining Nedbank.

She is passionate about brands and the potential they have to deliver tangible value to consumers, and more broadly to society, by being purpose led and value driven.

Khensani has a BCom from the University of the Witwatersrand, an MBA from GIBS and Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School. She is a member of the board of Effie Awards South Africa, a regular member of the judging panel for the Loeries and Bookmarks Awards, and a sought-after public speaker. Kensi has amassed several accolades in recognition of her contribution to the industry, including top honours as winner of the Loeries 2021 “Marketing Leadership & Innovation” award and the “Marketing Industry Leader of the Year” by AdFocus.

Mteto Nyati

Chairman of Wazo Investments

Mteto Nyati invests in unlisted medium sized companies that operate in high growth areas. He is the published author of the best seller “Betting on a Darkie”. In 2021 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Johannesburg’s College of Business and Economics.

Mteto is a former group CEO of Altron and CEO of MTN South Africa. He recently joined the board of Telkom and Eskom as an independent non-executive director.

Mteto is passionate about people and technology.

Ciko Thomas

Group Managing Executive: Nedbank Retail and Business Banking

Ciko Thomas holds a BSc from the University of Cape Town, an MBA from University of the Witwatersrand and an AMP from Harvard in the USA. As Group Managing Executive of Nedbank Retail and Business Banking (RBB), he combines his comprehensive marketing and management experience with his strong strategic insights and passion for people to lead the bank’s largest business cluster, in delivering compelling banking solutions that meet clients’ needs while contributing significantly to the group’s success.

Ciko joined Nedbank in January 2010 as Group Executive of Group Marketing, Communications and Corporate Affairs, bringing with him the diverse experience he had gained at such reputable brands as Unilever, M-Net, SAB, Absa and Barloworld. In the same year, he was made Managing Executive of Consumer Banking in RBB, before taking up his current executive leadership role in 2016. Under his strong leadership and guidance, RBB has gone from strength to strength, steadily growing its customer base and market share, while garnering numerous accolades, not least the 2020 International Banker Award for Best Innovation in Retail Banking, Most Innovative Retail Banking App in South Africa in 2020 and Best Retail Bank in South Africa for two consecutive years.

His belief in the potential of people is matched only by his recognition of the power of technology and innovation. In his role, he works tirelessly to bring the three together seamlessly to help drive the bank’s ‘Digital First’ aspiration, exceed the expectations of retail and business clients and provide access to financial services for all South Africans.

DALE HEFER

IMC CEO

Dale is a best-selling author and former SA Businesswoman of the Year.

Dale started through-the-line agency Chillibush from a suburban garage in 1998. The agency was ranked a top three small South African agency by Finweek and the Financial Mail. Dale sold Chillibush in 2014 at which time it was billing more than R100m per year.

During her time running the agency Dale was a finalist in the Ernst and Young Global Emerging Entrepreneur Awards as well as in South Africa’s Most Empowered Females in Government and Business Awards. She was also SA Businesswoman of the Year.

She is the author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling marketing book “From Witblits to Vuvuzelas – Marketing in the New South Africa”.

The Sunday Times reviewed the book saying, “There is something special about reading an uncompromisingly South African book that could take its place with the best of its genre on international bookshelves”.

Her second book, “Hustling, Happiness and a Blow-Up Doll Named Percy” was published by Jonathan Ball in 2021 and launched to critical acclaim.

Dale acquired the IMC in 2018 and re-launched it in 2019 as the Nedbank IMC. Under her management, the conference has become Africa’s leading marketing conference.

She has successfully completed the Comrades, Two Oceans, Argus and 94.7 endurance events and is the mother of 13-year-old twins.

Nkgabiseng Motau

Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at Think Creative Africa

Having worked on local and global campaigns for some of the world's most loved brands at the helm of Africa’s top multinational agencies, Nkgabiseng Motau co-founded Think Creative Africa where she is currently Chief Creative Officer. Think is a through-the-line creative agency that combines truly African creativity and data-led insights to generate ideas that solve business problems and impact society.

With over a decade of experience in the communications industry, Nkgabiseng has collected many creative accolades including a gold Pendoring Award for the branding design of the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital in Johannesburg and a Gold Loerie Award in the category of Effective Creativity on behalf of Coca-Cola. During her time working on the Coca-Cola account, she created one of the only campaigns to come out of Africa and be adopted in over 95 countries around the world.

Under her creative leadership at Think, the agency has worked in service of bluechip companies such as Multichoice, Vodacom and Metropolitan Life to name a few.

Nkgabiseng is a member of the Creative Circle SA EXCO Board and has served as a juror for organizations such as ADC, One Show, Ad Stars and Cannes Lions. Locally, she has been a recurring judge for Loeries, Pendorings, Creative Circle, Cannes Young Lions and is a member of the ABInbev Braintrust.

Ann Nurock

Senior Partner: Relationship Audits and Management

Ann is a Partner at Relationship Audits and Management, a global consultancy that measures and optimizes client /agency relationships. Her proprietary Radar tool is used by 30 corporates globally and as a result she interacts with over 80 agencies of all disciplines

Ann spent 25 years plus in the advertising industry as CEO of Grey Advertising South Africa, and head of the Africa region followed by President and CEO of Grey Canada.

In her spare time, she covers the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for the SA Creative Circle together with Bizcommunity.com, and for the last 7 years has been imparting the latest trends in marketing, business and creativity to all sectors of business

Doug Place

Doug Place is the Chief Marketing Officer of Nando’s Africa, Middle East, and South Asia.

He has received more than 100 international and national marketing and advertising awards including 3 Loeries Grand Prix awards. Most recently Nando’s won the Marketing Organisation of the Year award at the Marketing Achievement Awards where he was also a finalist for Marketer of the Year. In 2019 Doug was named the most admired Marketing professional in South Africa in the Scopen report and was runner up again in 2021. Last year Nando’s was voted the most admired brand to work on in the media and advertising industry. In 2018 Doug was awarded the Marketing & Innovation Award at The Loeriestm. Destiny Man Magazine rated him as one of South Africa’s ‘Young and Powerful’ industry leaders in 2015

Doug is a Wits graduate and holds a B.Com Honours Degree (cum laude), and was the top graduate student. He is also a registered Chartered Marketer (CMSA), and sits on the MASA Board.

Mpume Ngobese

Co-Managing Director at Joe Public

Mpume joined the Joe Public team in 2013 as Business Unit Director, spearheading a portfolio that included the development of brand strategy and ATL campaigns for some of South Africa's most iconic
brands.

She brings with her a wealth of experience and a B. Com. Honours in Marketing and Management from the University of Natal. Over the years Mpume’s brand portfolio has grown to include diverse categories
from financial services, media, hospitality and retail to biotechnology, petrochemicals, beauty and travel.

Mpume strives to stay ahead of the latest trends and developments in a world driven by technological and digital advancement and innovation by continuously honing her knowledge and skills in digital
marketing and advertising. As a result, she has earned a place on the judges' panels of some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including Effie Awards South Africa, Bookmarks, New Generation,
Gerety, Assegai and AdFocus Awards.

In addition to leading in the judging arena, Mpume consistently offers her knowledge and expertise through thought-provoking articles and commentary on the business of advertising across numerous
publications. In her contributions, she seeks to deliver new ideas and solutions that disrupt traditional methods, shifting the conversation and driving meaningful value to brands.

Mpume is a board member of the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA), the official representative body of South Africa's advertising and communications profession, where she occupies a
position on both the Transformation Committee and the South African Effie Awards Committee. In addition, she is a valued board member of the IABSA, an independent, voluntary, non-profit association
focused on growing and sustaining a vibrant and profitable digital industry within South Africa. She is also a founding member of Ikamva Lakusasa.

Mpume's role in Joe Public's growth has been instrumental, and her value was cemented in the business when she became a shareholder in 2019. As she continues to drive the growth of some of the country's
top brands, she remains passionate about developing young talent, as seen in her previous role as a part-time lecturer at Boston Media House for five years – a rewarding task that she undertook to sustain the growth of the industry in years to come.

Joni Peddie

CEO of Resilient People
Professional Speaker l Executive Coach l Strategic Facilitator

As a Behavioural Strategist, I love all things ‘people’, especially how we as humans 'Think, Feel & Act’. We are all dealing with challenge, change and adversity. Human beings never ‘bounce back’. We need to find ways to BOUNCE FORWARD™ with mental, physical and emotional agility. Who is Joni ? A Professional Keynote Speaker working in South Africa, and Globally. An Executive Coach. In Partnership with Courageous Leadership Hub, in Australia. Associative Faculty at GIBS Business School. Board Member of GSF: Global Speaker Federation. Network Leader for Six Seconds International: The largest EQ Network in the world.

Brian Mtongana

Executive Creative Director: Woolworths Marketing

Brian Mtongana is the recently appointed Executive Creative Director for Woolworths South Africa. A creative custodian of the Woolworths brand for the past 13 years, Brian’s oversight of our brand expression and execution now extends beyond his design and packaging remit to include the integration of all creative touchpoints.

Playing a key leadership role in our in-house creative agency since its inception, and working across all creative portfolios and channels, Brian brings an holistic creative perspective of enormous value in our quest to deliver a seamless omnichannel Woolworths brand experience for our people and our customers.

Recognised locally and internationally, he was one of the Loeries Awards Jury Presidents for 2022. Brian has accumulated rich and deep experience and skill in creative design and brand building over his career to date. Cutting his teeth designing the patch for Mark Shuttleworth’s spacesuit, Brian joined Woolworths in 2010, where an early project was close collaboration with international design heavyweights Vince Frost and the late Massimo Vignelli in the development and implementation of our refreshed corporate identity. Brian’s extensive and expansive Woolworths brand knowledge contributes significantly to our continued, and amplified, connection with current and future customers.

Brian embodies our Woolies values and has earned the respect and admiration of many across the business, from junior level to our most senior executives as he has brought fresh consistency, a cool, calm and considered perspective, and is prince of the punchy pun!

Dustin Chick

Managing Director of Razor PR.

Dustin is a Partner in the M&C Saatchi Group South Africa and Managing Director of Razor PR.

Dustin is recognised as one of the top reputation managers and communicators in South Africa, having been named South Africa’s best PR Professional in 2021 by the Public Relations Institute of SA (PRISA) and was previously named by as one of the Top 25 Innovators in public relations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2019 by leading industry publication Provoke. Dustin sits on the board of the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA), the world’s leading body of strategic communicators.

He advises CEO’s, C-Suite leaders, government ministers and community organisations on reputation and specializes in strategic reputation as well as issues and crisis management.

He has extensive communications experience, having managed various multi-national brands and campaigns including developing the reputation management strategy for Brand South Africa, successful engagement campaigns at the World Economic Forum in Davos and domestic mobilisation efforts for the 2010 FIFA World Cup (where he helped develop the highly successful Football Fridays campaign). His other experience includes roles as the communications leads on state visits and international trade missions for Brand South Africa, where he managed proactive issues outreach in building South Africa’s profile as an investment destination. Dustin has served as a member of the National Communications Task Team, a body set up to advise the Minister of Communications on South Africa’s country positioning as both a tourism and investment destination locally and internationally.

His deep issues experience covers a range of industries and sectors, including food, agriculture, technology, mining, automotive and financial services. Dustin has deep pan-African communications experience having managed the multimarket communications programmes for companies like the Western Union Company where he drove its continent-wide thought leadership strategy.

Under Dustin’s leadership, Razor was named the World’s Best New Agency by global industry magazine Provoke, beating out long-established agencies in established global hubs such as New York and London. This is the first time EVER that a South African PR agency has been recognised on such a global footing. In its 2022 annual global rankings Provoke named Razor one of the five fastest growing agencies globally, and the overall best performing agency across Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Razor was named African Agency of the Year at the EMEA SABRE Awards and was awarded with grands prix for best overall campaign in Africa as well as the best overall reputation management work in EMEA over the last 12 months. Globally, Razor is the most awarded agency in Africa and from Africa.

He was previously Head of Strategy at Ogilvy, where he led areas such as communications strategy, planning, insights, data & analytics and issues and crisis management across the group. Dustin was also previously a journalist for some of South Africa’s most respected media, including Business Day and Talk Radio 702 and was managing editor of financial services industry title MoneyMarketing.

Hulisani Ravele

Seasoned Broadcaster

Hulisani Ravele, a Conduit of Conversations, is a formidable South African TV Host, Radio Presenter, MC and Speaker. A Seasoned Broadcaster, Hulisani has been in the entertainment industry for 25 years. Her career began in the late 90s and her rise to fame was witnessed on a popular kids programme, YoTV.

Hulisani currently hosts the Weekend Breakfast on one of South Africa's biggest commercial radio stations, 947. Away from the spotlight, Ravele holds a BCom Marketing Management degree, a BA Honours in Motion Picture Medium and she is the MD & Executive Producer at Solomon Rose.
Hulisani is revered for her advocacy of culture, self-love, mental health and positive self-esteem. This, coupled with her vibrant personality, has cemented Ravele into the hearts of millions. The secret to her longevity has been her innate ability to remain grounded and her steadfast mission to partner with brands and projects that have Purpose, Power, and Impact. ®

Roanna Williams

Chief Creative Officer / Net#work BBDO. Chairperson of the Creative Circle.

Roanna Williams’ passion for brand communication is driven by her belief that through creativity, we can effect the change we want to see in the world. A belief deeply rooted in the Net#work BBDO DNA, that “Brands are the navigation system and tools of the 21st century, for consumers to simplify and manoeuvre their lives.” A truth that is more relevant today than ever. An experienced brand communicator, creative activist, creative inspirer and an artist who is working hard at having it all – prosperous career and motherhood. Inspired by her 4 daughters to have it all, mother, career- business women, brand communicator, artist, creator and problem solver, Williams is one of the leading “Creative Forces” of the South African landscape. With 25 years working experience under her belt, Williams earned herself one of the rarest accolades in the South African Advertising landscape, when she received the accolade “Top Advertising Woman of 2018/19”. Williams is the chairperson of the Creative Circle – the first female to be appointed to this role. She has judged most of the major creative awards ranging from Cannes Lions to Loeries and One Show in Puerto Rico. As an astute brand communicator and creator, alongside her team, she has managed to win many creative accolades, from Loeries, D&AD, One Show, Apex’s and the coveted Cannes Lion amongst others. She has a wealth of experience, across various sectors, FMCG, Financial Services, Telcos, Travel and Tourism, Automakers, Public Services amongst others and a deep quiet sense of curiosity, a sharp observant mind, and a need to learn, understand and solve marketing challenges, whilst advancing the progress of others. IG @roannainjoburg FB RoannaWilliams Linkdin Roanna Williams Behance.net/roannawilliams

Luca Gallarelli

Group CEO of TBWA\South Africa

Luca Gallarelli is Group CEO of TBWA\South Africa, a multi-disciplinary group of agencies spanning the specialist to integrated spectrum. Over the last 20 years, Gallarelli has led complex multi-disciplinary teams, honing a natural ability to drive growth through organisational cohesion.

Two years into his role, Gallarelli was drawn to TBWA\ by the operational and creative potential in the collective’s multi-agency structure, including, TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris, GRID Worldwide, Yellowwood, Magna Carta and Sting Content. Leading the agency group through a period of unprecedented change, the agency collective has navigated the uncertainty emerging a stronger, more cohesive and connected collective standing as South Africa’s premier creative agency group. This has been achieved through forging an integrated operating dynamic literate in technology and rooted in the market and cultural idiom of change.

Prior to joining TBWA\South Africa, Gallarelli was Managing Director of Ogilvy Cape Town for four years and Group Managing Director of Ogilvy South Africa for two years where he led 700 multidisciplinary advertising professionals across Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. A key achievement in this role was his successful consolidation of 14 operating companies into dynamically integrated campuses covering PR, digital, advertising and shopper across South Africa.

Gallarelli is passionate about the creative product that works – measurably. Getting this right means building partnerships that provide the platform for the best thinking and work to emerge, fuelled by the power of creativity and collaboration.

A sports-mad dad, Gallarelli is a passionate and proud product of Gqeberha and the Eastern Cape.

Shukri Toefy

Entrepreneur/Global Speaker

Shukri Toefy is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, strategic advisor, investor, board director, and the founder of a number of businesses.

He holds a degree in Law and Politics from the University of Cape Town, lectures at several universities around the world, and is an Entrepreneurship Expert at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

As a global keynote speaker, he has inspired and advised leaders at numerous multinational organisations including NASA, Google, YouTube and at Cannes Lions. Shukri is a thought leader in the areas of strategy, leadership, entrepreneurship, marketing, strategic communication and emerging markets.

As a strategic advisor, Shukri has consulted to some of the most exciting brands and organisations in the world, as well as serving as a Special Advisor to the G20 World Policy Forum.

Recognised as one of the top creative minds, Shukri has won awards in Amsterdam, LA, Rome, Cannes and is an EY World Entrepreneur finalist. He has been profiled in various publications including Forbes, Huffington Post, GQ, Marketing Week, Creativity and AdAge, and has been named a Top 40 CEO by Under40CEOs, and one of Fast Company’s Most Productive People.

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DONOVAN GOLIATH

MC

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Zoe Scaman

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Orlando Wood

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Arun Sudhaman

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Kaleeta McDade

Khensani Nobanda

Getting UpClose&Personal with the youth!

Mteto Nyati

Ciko Thomas

Dale Hefer

Nkgabiseng Motau

Ann Nurock

DOUG PLACE

MPUME NGOBESE

JONI PEDDIE

BRIAN MTONGANA

Dustin Chick

Hulisani Ravele

Roanna Williams

LUCA GALLARELLI

Shukri Toefy

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DONOVAN GOLIATH

Zoe Scaman

Orlando Wood

Arun Sudhaman

Kaleeta McDade

Khensani Nobanda

Mteto Nyati

Ciko Thomas

DALE HEFER

Nkgabiseng Motau

Ann Nurock

Doug Place

Mpume Ngobese

Joni Peddie

Brian Mtongana

Dustin Chick

Hulisani Ravele

Roanna Williams

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