Joanna is MD of Ogilvy Public Relations South Africa (http://ogilvy.co.za/about-us/ogilvy-pr/). She started her career at Microsoft SA in the marketing and promotions department before going on to London, where she worked at Schroders Investment Management in PR department for three years, mainly focusing on the equities market.

In 2005 Joanna returned to SA and joined Ogilvy PR SA as an account director in the agency's consumer team. She worked across accounts such as Castrol SA, Gillette, Kimberly Clarke, Proctor and Gamble, the launch of World Stroke Day in SA and various other FMCG products.

She later became the consumer business director, responsible for all consumer and FMCG accounts. The projects that she worked on included the launch of Nestlé NAN in SA and a cross-section of African countries, Motorola in SA and in Africa, plus a cross section of corporate social investment projects for various clients.

Contact Joanna on tel +27 (0)11 709 9630, email and follow @joopr24 on Twitter.