Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk - 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.
Colin Ramparsadh - Colin Ramparsadh, the owner and CEO of Media Mutation (www.mediamutation.co.za), has spent roughly 30 years in ad industry, working, among others, at Y&R, Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi and ZenithOptimedia. Email him at , read his blog at colinbrand.blogspot.com and follow @colinramparsadh on Twitter..
Gail Schimmel - Gail Schimmel is a specialist in advertising law. She runs a consultancy - Clear Copy (www.clearcopy.co.za) - that offers advice to marketers and advertisers in relation to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and other aspects of advertising law.
Gillian Rightford - Gillian Rightford's CV is a mix of marketing, advertising, and management. A former group MD of Lowe Bull, she started Adtherapy (www.adtherapy.co.za), a company that aims to improve the quality of advertising out there through better skills and better client/agency relationships.
Mandy de Waal: @mandyldewaal - Mandy de Waal is a heavyweight writer and senior journalist who reports on technology, business, science, the media sector and whatever else she finds interesting. Back in journalism after spending time in the corridors of corporate greed, De Waal has written for City Press, Rapport, Noseweek, Brandchannel (New York) and other good titles.
Romy Paull - Romy Paull is head of production at Stretch Experiential Marketing (www.stretchexp.com; facebook.com/stretchexp), a specialist experiential marketing agency that develops strategies and concepts for national execution that make consumers and clients smile. Romy joined Stretch after working nationally and internationally on unique experiential and special event productions.
Tebogo Koena - Tebogo Koena is a brand builder who has been in the advertising space for over eight years, currently working at The Jupiter Drawing Room (Johannesburg). His experience stretches across automotive brands (Mercedes-Benz and FIAT) right through to the FMCG sector (Coca-Cola, Philip Morris and Plascon, among others).
Vanita 'Bezi Phiri - Vanita Nyembezi Phiri is a freelance art director by profession. She's currently juggling between visual creativity and an interest in creative writing, in which she has an honours degree from Wits University.
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