Marketing Achievers Council
Above all, marketing needs to solve challenges and unlock opportunities that drive business results and growth.
Join us in celebrating Marketing that Means Business and raising the bar for marketing excellence. Our platform encourages marketers to connect, innovate and advocate, while our foundation is based on a thought-leading ecosystem of commercial partners and mentors designed to inspire, inform and celebrate marketing excellence.
Meet the marketing leaders who are committed to spearheading this process.
Asha Patel
Head of Marketing,
Google South Africa
David Wingfield
Managing Executive: Marketing, Absa Group
Doug Place
Chief Marketing Officer,
Nando’s
Dr Doug Mattheus
Independent Marketing and Leadership Consultant,
Doug M Consultancy
Founder and Executive Director – HKLM Group
Enzo Scarcella
Chief Consumer Officer,
MTN Group
Faye Mfikwe
Chief Marketing Officer,
First National Bank
Geoff Whyte
CEO, Nando’s Africa, Middle East, South Asia
Gugu Ntuli
Group Executive: Corporate Affairs & Marketing, SABC
Haydn Townsend
Managing Director, Accenture Song
Ivan Moroke
MAA Chairperson & CEO, Kantar South Africa
Head of Brand Expression and Activation
IG Group
Mohale Ralebitso
Managing Director,
Vodacom Lesotho
Nadia Mohamed
Marketing Director,
Mondelēz International Africa
Reginald Nxumalo
Group Executive: Sales
SABC
Rob Fleming
Director,
Incrementum SA
Romeo Kumalo
Co-founder and CEO,
LLH Capital
Sydney Mbhele
Chief Executive: Brand,
Sanlam Group &
MASA Chairperson
Themba Nobanda
CEO: Africa, Middle East, South Asia
Brand Spear
Thulani Sibeko
Chief Brand & Marketing Officer,
Standard Bank Group
Gugu Mthembu
Chief Marketing Officer at Telkom
Jorja Wilkins
Divisional Executive for Marketing and Marketing Services at Primedia Outdoor
Brunella Boamgard
Head of Brand Design Strategy, Brand Enablement and Marketing Management at the Absa Group
The theme for this awards season is “Marketing that Means Business” and scanning this year’s entries, it certainly does!
Meet our esteemed panel of industry experts who will be diving into this year’s submissions to adjudicate and award Marketing that demonstrates excellence – that exemplary work that combines analytical thinking and creativity to deliver business results.
Meet the Judges
Andisa Ntsubane
Independent Non-Executive Director at Cricket South Africa (CSA)
Audrey Naidoo
Head of Digital Marketing at Absa Bank
Celéste Burger
Brand strategist and Chartered Marketer
Angelcy Brand Messengers
Clare Trafankowska-Neal
Managing Director at iProspect and Vizeum SA
Candy Dempers
Managing Director at MediaHeads 360
David Blyth
Founder of DeltaVictorBravo®
Donald Mokgale
Group Business Director at Dentsu International
Dr Carla Enslin
Head of Postgraduate Studies & Research at Vega School
Brunella Boamgard
Head of Brand Design Strategy, Brand Enablement and Marketing Management at the Absa Group
Bogosi Motshegwa
Chief Creative Officer at Black River FC,
Thinkerneur Founder & Strategy Director.
Founder and Executive Director at HKLM Group
Regional Marketing Lead – Sub Saharan Africa at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
CEO of Grinsport
Group CMO of Momentum Metropolitan Holdings
CEO of The Association for Alcohol Responsibility and Education (aware.org)
Gugu Mthembu
Chief Marketing Officer at Telkom
Dr Doug Mattheus
Independent Marketing and Leadership Consultant at Doug M Consultancy
Marketing Director for Rice and Pasta at Tiger Brands
Head of Strategy at HKLM
Head of Marketing and Communications at Wesgro
Head of Brand Expression and Activation at IG Group
Madéle Tait
Professor in the Department: Marketing Management, at Nelson Mandela University
Chairperson of the MASA Professional Designation Board and non-executive director on the MASA Board.
CEO of Brand Spear
Head of Marketing at Google South Africa
COO at Nfinity Group
Mphothe Elizabeth Mokwena
HomeCare Marketing Director at Unilever Africa
Kim Thipe
Non-Executive Director at African Media Entertainment (AME)
Director at Incrementum SA
Head of Marketing & Corporate Relations for Absa CIB
Pieter Groenewald
CEO of Influencer Marketing Division at Nfinity,
CEO and Founder at theSALT
Koo Govender
CEO of dentsu South Africa
Mike Joubert
Founder of The Billybo Group
Managing Director of Octagon Africa
Justine Cullinan
GM Marketing: Brand Strategy & Communications at Nando’s South Africa
Co-owner and Creative Director at One-eyed Jack
Mariska Oosthuizen
Head Of Brand at Sanlam
Yasmin Kathoria
Brand Growth Director at Kantar Consulting
David Sidenberg
Executive Director & CEO – BMI Sport Info (BMI)
Founding Partner & CEO – SS Network (SSN)
Jean Willers
Managing Director of Nielsen Sports SA
Gugu Ntuli
Group Executive: Corporate Affairs & Marketing at the SABC
Zumi Njongwe
Consumer Communication and Marketing Excellence Director for the Nestlé East & Southern African Region
Serisha Pillay
Senior Marketing Manager at Sage