 | Abey Mokgwatsane - Abey Mokgwatsane is CEO of the VWV Group (www.vwv.com), one of South Africa's leading business-to-business experiential communication specialists. Starting his career as a marketing trainee at VWV, in 2005, Abey and two partners, Jameson Hlongwane and Wanda Shuenyane, acquired a majority stake in the VWV Group. |
 | ActivRetail - The strategic partnership between ActivRetail and BizCommunity offers the best news of its kind to the retail industry. In a strategic positioning agreement, ActivRetail and Retail.Bizcommunity have created an association by bringing a joint offering to this sector in terms of news, information, research, services and product news. |
| Carole Kimutai - Carole Kimutai is from Nairobi, Kenya |
 | Chris Moerdyk - Chris Moerdyk was head of strategic planning and public affairs for BMW South Africa and spent 16 years in the creative and client service departments of ad agencies, ending up as resident director of Lindsay Smithers-FCB in KwaZulu-Natal. Chris was recently listed in a Markinor survey as one of South Africa's top 10 marketing thought leaders. |
 | Dr Nikolaus Eberl - The author of the bestselling book BrandOvation: How Germany won the World Cup of Nation Branding, and the sequel The Hero's Journey: Building a Nation of World Champions, Dr Nikolaus Eberl holds a PhD from the Free University of Berlin and a Postgraduate Diploma from The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Dr Eberl's research study on Germany's Nation Branding Success Story during the 2006 FIFA World Cup was featured extensively by Carte Blanche (viewers' choice, 1 and 5 July 2007), and he is currently engaged in internal branding for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. |
 | Emeka Enyadike - Emeka Enyadike is the CEO of Deportivo Vandyke International Limited |
 | Eve Dmochowska - Eve Dmochowska is the idea facilitator at IdeaBank (www.ideabank.co.za)and keeps her time busy strategising the Internet space, deciphering the world of Web 2.0, and publishing the Internet Guide magazine (www.internetmagazine.co.za) |
 | Gerhard Fourie - Gerhard Fourie is a South African who is on a five-year working stint in Japan as the senior manager for brand and communication for global overseas markets at Nissan Motor Company. Fourie’s responsibilities cover markets across South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. |
 | Graham Taylor - Graham Taylor is Creative Director of brand identity specialist, Signalroom. |
 | Herman Manson - Herman Manson is a business journalist showcasing South African design talent on his blog MarkLives! (www.marklives.com) |
 | Issa Sikiti da Silva - Issa Sikiti da Silva is a freelance journalist and short stories writer whose work has been published in local and foreign publications, both in English and French. He contributes to Bizcommunity.com as a news writer. |
 | Janice Spark - Janice Spark is a director, and partner of Idea Engineers. She has more than 20 years of marketing, sales and advertising experience across a range of leading global and South African brands. |
 | Jo Duxbury - Jo Duxbury has been providing a platform for marketers to find over 3800 industry freelancers since she launched her company, Freelancentral, in early 2006. An ex-suit, she also provides freelance writing/editing services to a small number of select clients. |
 | Johanna McDowell - Armed with considerable industry knowledge and experience, Johanna McDowell counsels clients and agencies around expectations in the advertising and marketing process. She is MD of the Independent Agency Search and Selection Company (IAS - www.agencyselection.co.za), a division of black-owned marketing services group Mazole Holdings. |
| Jon Bishop - Jon M Bishop (www.jonin60seconds.com) is a new media marketer that focuses on translating the latest technology platforms and trends into marketing and communications solutions |
| Karen Ashwin - Karen Ashwin is the founder and MD of The Event Production Company (www.theeventcompany.co.za, South Africa's event pioneer. Karen is considered one of the industry's leading personalities and with a 15-year track record, The Event Production Company having conceptualised and executed most of South Africa's largest and most innovative events. |
 | Katharina Scholtz - Katharina Scholtz is the GottaQuirk.com queen and content manager for Quirk eMarketing, the largest full service online marketing agency in Africa with clients including Sun International, Google, Warner Bro and Virgin Atlantic. With an undergraduate degree in film and media production and a post-graduate degree in brand strategy, Kat has a keen interest in the impact which online media has on communication and is at the forefront of corporate communication and consumer driven engagement. |
 | Lee-Ann Vermaak - Lee-Ann heads the email management at Acceleration, covering both US and South African markets. |
| Lehan Stemmet - Lehan received his B.Sc degree at the University of the Freestate, earning academic merit bursaries for psychology and biochemistry. While and after completing his degree in biochemistry and microbiology, he earned some extra money doing temp work for too many companies to mention. |
| Linda Ravenhill - Linda Ravenhill co-founded Digital Exception (www.digitalexception.co.za) in 2000 and together with business partner Elena Douvos, the company specialises in taking physical business into the online environment, offering the full spectrum of online services. These include strategy, IT development, community management and online marketing. |
 | Louise Marsland - Louise Marsland is editor-in-chief and brand strategist of AdVantage magazine (www.bizcommunity.com/advantage) and the former editorial director of Bizcommunity.com. Louise recently researched the sustainability of the B2B media sector for her Masters in Commerce degree: strategy and organisational dynamics, through the Leadership Centre of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. |
| Mandy de Waal - Mandy de Waal (mandy@soulcircle.co.za) is an award-winning communicator, writer and businesswoman.
De Waal's business interests include SoulCircle (PTY) Ltd (www.soulcircle.co.za), a pioneering company that improves human and business performance through knowledge, wisdom and experience. |
| Mandy de Waal & Janice Spark - De Waal and Spark are the founding partners of Idea Engineers, the brand and reputation consultancy that helps companies enhance market share, profitability and customer loyalty by managing and protecting their brand. Founded in 2002, Idea Engineers has enjoyed rapid growth with clients that include UUNET, Gold Reef City, Nashua Mobile, Consology, Valvoline, Can!do and the South African Post Office. |
 | Marion Scher - Marion Scher (www.mediamentors.co.za) is an award-winning journalist, lecturer, media trainer and consultant with 20 years experience in the industry |
 | Melissa Attree - Melissa Attree is a marketer, social media strategist and blogger who is fascinated by the bright, shiny thing called the Internet. Read Melissa's blog at http://www.melissaattree.co.za. |
 | Mike Abel - Mike Abel, former COO of Ogilvy South Africa, is now CEO of M&C Saatchi, Australia. During his many years in the industry, Mike handled some of the bluest chip brands in South Africa. |
| Mike Freedman - Mike Freedman, a doyen of the advertising and branding community, is founder of Freedthinkers (www.freedthinkers.com) which has offices in Johannesburg (at Turbine Hall in Newtown) and Cape Town. He was a prominent copywriter at some of the big ad agencies in London and here before helping form ad agency Freedman and Rossi, and then Freedthinkers. |
 | Naseem Javed - Naseem Javed, recognised as a world authority on corporate image and global name identities, is a harsh critic of casual and accidental naming. He is a dynamic speaker on corporate image and branding issues, and is also the author of Naming for Power. |
| Patrick Carmody - Patrick Carmody is an independent strategist who has worked at leading communications agencies in South Africa and the UK. He also heads the field of branding and marketing at Vega the Brand Communications School, Durban. |
| Paul Jacobson - Paul Jacobson is a web and digital media lawyer working in Johannesburg and is the principal attorney and founder of the new media law firm, Jacobson Attorneys (http://webtechlaw.com). Paul speaks at universities and conferences about new media and the law and writes about these issues (and others) on his firm's website. |
| Prof Roger Sinclair - Dr Roger Sinclair is Professor Emeritus at Wits University and MD of brand valuation company, BrandMetrics (www.brandmetrics.com), which is partnered with The Disruption Consultancy, a TBWA group company |
 | Richard Clarke - Richard Clarke founded Just Ideas, an ideas factory and implementation unit. He specialises in spotting opportunities, building ideas and watching them fly. |
 | Roger Hislop - Roger Hislop is strategist and lead copywriter at Sentient Communications (www.sentientcommunications.co.za), and heads up Sentient Digital, the new online and social media division. Born in Joburg, he started off as an electrical engineer before taking a sharp left-turn into technology and business journalism, and then moving further into marketing communications. |
 | Roman Cylkowski - Roman Cylkowski is a brand strategist and product sourcing and development specialist. He was responsible for matching Sakata with NBL, and for conceptualizing and developing the Magicmaid Madam & Eve Household cleaning range. |
| Rose Setshoge - Rose Setshoge’s wealth of talent includes marketing, communications, journalism, advertising and research. She completed a media planning course at the AAA School of Advertising in Cape Town. |
| Sean Bosse - Sean Bosse is senior partner of Bosse & Associates specialising in entertainment, sport and sponsorship law. Sean also acts in his personal capacity as a writer's and producer agent, as well as being a regular business advisor to several production and media companies within the entertainment industry. |
 | Sid Peimer - Sid Peimer is the ‘strategist at large’ for the full service agency www.behp.co.za He always focuses on ‘the one thing’; however, what that ‘one thing’ is varies from minute to minute |
| Simangaliso Zwane - Simangaliso Zwane is the website content manager for the official 2010 FIFA World Cup country website in South Africa (www.sa2010.gov.za). He is a journalism post-graduate, specialising in online publishing and content, and website development. |
 | Simone Puterman - Simone Puterman is assisant editor at Bizcommunity.com. After majoring in Psychology and Linguistics at Rhodes University, and then completing her Honours in Psychology, she has been in the world of B2B publishing for over 12 years. |
 | Sindy Peters -
Sindy Peters is content manager on Bizcommunity.com's Africa Marketing and Medical portals and is one of the contributors on the BizLounge |
| Stanley Edwards - Stanley Edwards is a partner at Platypus Productions and is reporting for Bizcommunity.com from MIPTV in Cannes, 16 - 20 April 2007. Half-day report back seminars will be held in Johannesburg on 8 May and in Cape Town on 10 May. |
 | Stephen Newton - Formerly the Google head of analytics and commerce for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Stephen Newton is the new country manager for Google South Africa. Stephen is an accomplished business leader who has spent nearly a decade working in the online space, where he has been responsible for growing and leading top on-line companies. |
| Terry Behan - Terry Behan is the CEO of The Fearless Executive, a brand agency specialising in aligning brand promise with brand delivery www.thefearlessexecutive.com). |
 | Terry Levin - Terry Levin is the custodian of Off the Shelf Marketing (www.offtheshelf.co.za), whose mission is the creation of new global African empires via the creation of iconic Pan-African product and brand development solutions. Terry is a regular contributor of events coverage and opinion to Bizcommunity.com. |
 | Thabani Khumalo - Thabani Khumalo is a passionate researcher, reader, writer and an analyst who is MD of Think Tank Marketing Services; a management and marketing communications consultancy, chair of Youth Shaping Their Destiny; a communication specialist for the KwaZulu-Natal Local Government Association; and communication adviser to eThekwini mayor councillor Obed Mlaba. He has a BA Hons (labour relations) and MA in human resources management (Rand Afrikaans University). |
 | Tiffany Markman - Tiffany Markman (www.tiffanymarkman.co.za) is a highly opinionated freelance copywriter, copy editor and writing trainer who has worked for over 180 clients in South Africa and across the world |
| Tshepiso Seopa - Tshepiso Seopa was a junior journalist at Bizcommunity.com. |
| Tyler Reed - Tyler Reed is a young entrepreneur and blogger (www.tylerreed.co.za) |
| Vivian Warby - Vivian Warby is a senior freelance journalist for Bizcommunity.com in Cape Town |
| Walter Pike - Walter Pike is the head of the faculty of marketing and advertising at the AAA School of Marketing, a thought leader, public speaker and founder of PiKe Strategic (www.pike.co.za), a marketing strategy and branding consultancy based in Johannesburg |
| Walter Wafula - Walter Wafula is a business journalist reporting for the Daily Monitor newspaper in Kampala-Uganda. He is also contributor on Bizcommunity.com website. |
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