Top company and news stories 25 February 2019 - 25 Feb 2019

By Leigh Andrews

Jose Dos Santos steps down as CEO of Cell C

Bridget Johnson joins Riverbed

Meet SA's One Show 2019 and 98th ADC jurors

Virginie Viard succeeds Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel

3 female SA creatives on 2019 Dubai Lynx jury

Pippa Green appointed as the new Press Ombud

SA's Five Fingers for Marseilles lead 2019 RapidLion nominations

I report back on Kantar's AI = 'man loves machine'

I report back on Amy Kleinhans-Curd's entrepreneurial gifts from Madiba and other 'giants'

I also get 'brandalytical' with global brand strategist Nadia Boersch

Juanita Pienaar chats to Jacquin Botha about what makes award-winning work

In #OrchidsandOnions, Brendan Seery explains Investec's 'Partner with Out of the Ordinary' campaign

Terry Levin writes of landmarks and brand marks

Evan Courie finds where art and cars meet with Steve Erwin

Irina Herf asks if broadcast media can disrupt traditional buying structures to accommodate startups

JG Bezuidenhout explains the digital headaches of franchise marketing

Ryan Knipe shares 6 Ds of disruption and how employees can conquer them

Louise Hunt says thought leadership is integral to modern PR

Devin Ross presents the profile of a modern agency strategist

Robert Gentle asks, "Has PR become a dirty word?"

Daniella Shapiro shares four product packaging trends for 2019

Wayne Flemming and Zubeida Goolam unpack new ARB influencer governance

Quinn Lubbe writes about the professionalism of autheniticity

In #FairnessFirst, I welcome the most diverse emoji set yet

I also go #BehindtheSelfie with Gail Schimmel, CEO of the ARB

Leigh Andrews
Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media SA

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Leigh Andrews

Andrews was on the inaugural Marketer of the Year (MOTY) jury for the 2019 Marketing Achievement Awards (MAA) as well as an #Inspiring50 2018 nominee herself, and judged over 500 entries for the most recent Epica Awards - the only creative prize awarded by journalists working for marketing and communications magazines around the world. She's also serving on the IAB (SA)'s #Bookmarks2020 Publisher panel.

Responsible for keeping a finger on the pulse of the latest happenings in the marketing and media industry, this is an almost 24/7 role that involves keeping one eye on your inbox with the other on your social media feed, to write breaking news stories and interviewing key people in the B2B space.

All made easier by 13 years of working for companies such as Microsoft, Kagiso Media, Fleet Street Publications, the Mail & Guardian Online, Caxton Community Newspapers and Newsclip's media, marketing and PR publications.

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Top company and news stories 25 February 2019 - 25 Feb 2019

Leigh Andrews