About the Event:
The CGCSA annual summit is CGCSA’s flagship event which will for the first time be held on a digital platform due to lockdown restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The theme of this year’s summit is “Uniting the Industry: The key to thriving in the next decade”. As South Africa and the world grapples with the impact of COVID-19, companies are finding themselves reviewing their business models, doing things differently and identifying growth opportunities.
At the summit, delegates will hear from invited speakers, and other delegates, on how to thrive in the next decade and navigate the uncertain global economy which has been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. The summit will benefit not only on existing established market leaders but also on new entrants to the market and also benefit SMEs, which are the engine for economic growth and employment creation in South Africa. As before, the summit provides good quality content, invaluable thought leadership and an opportunity for industry to network on non-competitive matters facing the industry. Over the years the annual summit has by all accounts become a must attend event based on feedback from our member delegates and invited guests, who have consistently given overwhelming positive rating of the quality of the programme and speakers.
The Campus, Wanderers Building,
57 Sloane Street, Bryanston, 2021,
South Africa
Email: summit@cgcsa.co.za
Tel : 011 777 3300
Who should be attending:
- Sector CEO’s
- Supply chain, commercial and integrated sustainability executives and management
- Brand executives, shopper analytics
- SMME suppliers / manufactures, category managers, merchandisers and buyers
- Sales and Marketing executives
- HR, Learning & Development executives and management
Why you should attend:
Our Summit programme offers a unique opportunity to network with the CEOs and top leaders from some of South Africa’s most successful retailers and manufactures and get inspired by an exceptional line up of speakers and industry experts.
Speakers
Vukile Nkabinde
Industrialisation contribution:
– Entrepreneurship Promotion and Innovation
• Informal Economy Support
• SMME and Cooperatives Development and Support
Targeting entrepreneurs from Township and rural areas; Women, Youth, People with disabilities
Intervention through Policy and legislative instruments; Finance and non-Financial Support
Cindy Chin
Driving strategic health and wellness company initiatives
| Woolworths
Cindy Chin is a registered dietitian with a Bachelor of Science Degree from Wits University and a Bachelor of Science Medical Honours Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Cape Town. She has worked in a diverse set of roles both locally and internationally, with a combined experience of more than 20 years in clinical and retail dietetics. Her interests in clinical practice focussed on the dietary management of chronic diseases of lifestyle and obesity. Her current role at Woolworths entails driving strategic health and wellness company initiatives including product development, communications and food labelling, and is passionate about incorporating evidence-based nutrition science principles into the interpretation of product trends and innovation.
MILES KUBHEKA
KEYNOTE SPEAKER, AUTHOR, CELEBRITY
CHEF, ENTRPRENEUR, COOK SHOW TV HOST
AND PHILANTHROPIST
Miles Kubheka, the entrepreneur, refreshing keynote speaker and author, is the poster child for the audacity of hope.
Carel de Jager
Consultant & Engineer – Block Chain Academy & Asset
and Care | Lethabo Power Station
Carel de Jager began his career as a Chemical Engineer in the energy industry. He now works as a consultant for the Blockchain Academy, facilitating a wide range of blockchain related training courses and presentations. Through the academy, he also delivers customised, industry-specific training to audiences ranging from the inexperienced to executive level. Carel has coached numerous executives on the technology such as law firms, insurance providers and commercial banks, both locally and abroad.
Lorraine Jecks
Montessori
A Montessori teacher by profession, Lorraine’s sustainability journey began in California in the 1970s, working with the infant ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. Then back home, she was PROCUREMENT MANAGER for Africa’s largest hotel chain for 15 years. She went solo and trained under the UNITED NATIONS ECO-LABELLING PROJECT, the NATIONAL CLEANER PRODUCTION PROGRAMME, GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL’S Interior Design and Décor, GREEN LEAF carbon auditing and CLIMATE REALITY with US Senator, Al Gore.
Richard BrascherPick n Pay – CEO
Richard Brasher (58) joined Pick n Pay as CEO in February 2013.
On becoming CEO of the Pick n Pay Group, Brasher had undertaken a full and effective turnaround of the company, delivering a 20% compound annual growth in headline earnings per share over the past 7 years. He achieved this through the introduction and implementation of a simple three stage strategy as well as the six engines of growths.
He was a board director at Tesco and a key part of the team which took the company to clear market leadership in the UK and transformed Tesco into one of the largest retailers in the world. Prior to becoming CEO of Tesco UK, Brasher was the group commercial director, responsible for all buying.
When Brasher left Tesco in 2012 it had a turnover of £47 billion and generated a trading profit of £2.5 billion. It remains the largest private employer in the UK, with over 2,800 stores.
Grattan Kirk Exclusive Books – CEO
Grattan Joined Tiger Brands in July 2013, following a successful stint as JD Group Chief Executive Officer since June 2008. He has 13 year’s experience in the auditing and retail industry. He was appointed CEO of Connection Group Holdings Ltd in 2003. After JD Group acquired Connection Group Holdings Limited in 2005, Grattan served as Chief Executive of the Cash Division, encompassing HI-Fi Corporation and Incredible Connection as well as assuming responsibility of ABRA, the Group’s International brand in Poland. In May 2007, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the Traditional and Cash Retail divisions.
Dough SmollanSmollan Group – Chairman
Doug matriculated in 1963 at King Edward School in Johannesburg. He attended the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and qualified with a Bachelor of Commerce and achieved his Masters in Business Leadership from the University of South Africa 1975.
In 1968 upon attaining his Masters degree his father, Fred Smollan who founded the Group in 1931, handed Doug the Smollan Group and has since then developed it over 42 years. Smollan Group roughly employs 56 000 people and has a presence in 5 continents.
Doug served as President of Young Presidents Organisation Worldwide in 94/95, the second Non- American in 50 years at that time.
He is passionate about South Africa, its people and its development. He was Chairman of Business Against Crime (“BAC’), Gauteng in 1997. In 2000, he joined BAC’s National Board. Doug chairs up the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa Anti-Crime initiative since 2000. Doug is a Pioneer of the Nelson Mandela: “The Champion Within” Programme with Life College to develop 1 million champions by 2020.
He also has an interest in Stellenbosch Vineyards, which is a wine producer and one of the top five exporters, taking its portfolio of award-winning wines to 39 countries around the globe. He also has varied wild life and conservation investments throughout South Africa, namely Inyati, Birds of Eden, Jukani and Monkeyland.
Doug and Carolyn have been married for 44 years. They are blessed with 3 sons, David, Paul and Michael, their spouses and 3 grandsons. Doug lives by the mottos “Life’s for real, it ain’t no rehearsal” and “If you are green you grow, if you are ripe you rot”.
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Sandiso Sibisi
COOi Studios – Director
Sandiso is an Open Innovation advisor to corporates, she advises them on how to bridge the gap between innovative products developed by start-ups, labs or universities to solve their business problems, forming corporate-start-up partnerships and in parallel accelerating entrepreneurial growth in Africa. She is obsessed about innovation and emerging technologies.
Bachelor of Commerce Honours (Information Systems)
Masters (Innovation Studies) candidate
Yogesh Singh
Associate General Manager – Nihilent Limited
Yogesh, a Blockchain evangelist, lives to blockchain everything. A professional with 20 years of diverse industry experience Yogesh is leading blockchain strategy for Nihilent since past 3 Years, building practice capability (Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric) and developing partnerships with ecosystem players and platform providers such as R3 Corda and Microsoft. He has been instrumental in setting up some of the industry consortiums in FSI space and have delivered workshops to build understanding with industry stakeholders, POCs to prove that the blockchain technology works and is the right fit for the identified use case, Pilots to demonstrate how the real thing looks like. He takes pride in taking one of the Blockchain use cases into production.
Brian Leroni
Group Corporate Affairs Executive – Massmart & Walmart
BA (Wits), MPhil (Stellenbosch)
Brian’s work experience includes executive positions at Masstores Proprietary Limited, an associate partner at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and Marketing Director at CNA. He joined Massmart as Group Projects Executive in September 2004 and was appointed Group Corporate Affairs Executive in September 2005.
Tom Mkhwanazi
Chief Executive Officer – W&RSETA
Tom Mkhwanazi is the Chief Executive Officer of the W&RSETA. Prior to joining the W&RSETA Tom was General Secretary for the Motor Industry Bargaining Council. Tom held a number of board directorship positions
Tom Mkhwanazi is the Chief Executive Officer of the W&RSETA. Prior to joining the W&RSETA Tom was General Secretary for the Motor Industry Bargaining Council. Tom held a number of board directorship positions to three Motor Industry Provident Funds and was the chairperson of the Foodbev SETA. He has worked for merSETA where he served as Company Secretary and Chief Operations Officer: HR, Strategy and Compliance.
Tom comes with a wealth of experience in the public sector, having held various positions in different levels for over 20 years with more than 12 years in strategic management roles. In 2017 he was appointed in the School of Business and Economics, Monash University to lecture as Adjunct lecturer on corporate governance programme.
Mkhwanazi holds a BA Honours and an HDE from University of Durban Westville, post-graduate diplomas in Public Management, Labour Law, Interpreting and Drafting of Contracts and Corporate Law in Pension Law from various universities.
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Gwarega Mangozhe
CEO – CGCSA
Gwarega joined CGCSA in January 2012 from Internatio Mueller Chemicals Distribution (IMCD) South Africa (a subsidiary of the Rotterdam based IMCD Group), where he served as Financial Director.
He has a Bachelor of Business Science (Finance Honours) degree from the University of Cape Town and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He then went on to complete his MBA as well as an Executive Development Programme at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS).
Prior to joining IMCD South Africa, Gwarega held senior management positions in Sales, Operations and Finance at Avis Fleet Services South Africa, a division of the Barloworld Group. He also has extensive knowledge of the public sector as he has consulted with several government entities in the areas of compliance, strategy and organisational re-engineering.
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Johann Vorster
CGCSA Co Chair & Clover SA
Qualifications :BComm (RAU), BComm Hons (Unisa), CA (SA), MBA (Wits)
Johann is a Chartered Accountant with an MBA, which qualifications served him well during his career. He was instrumental and a founder member of a previous listing on the JSE which gave him the idea of assisting companies with high debt levels to transform and attract new capital.
After graduating with a BComm from RAU in 1985, Johann spent 4 years with Ernst & Young as Senior Manager while completing his honours through Unisa in 1986 and his CA in 1987. He spent the next three years with SARS as Assistant Director of Operational Research. He completed his MBA through Wits before joining East Rand Plastics (Pty) in 1992. After several acquisitions, the East Rand Group of Companies was created. Which finally became Astrapak.
As Financial Director of Astrapak he was responsible for the company’s listing on the JSE in 1997. He became joint MD of the Film Division of Astrapak before accepting an offer as Chief Financial Officer from the Clover Group in October 2000.
In the initial years after having been appointed as CFO of Clover, he showed utmost determination to restructure the Balance Sheet and introduce strict financial policies. As Chief Executive, he faced a huge challenge to convert Clover the co-op to a commercial orientated entity. The co-op members opposed every proposal by Johann due to the “loss of control” issues. However, the members approved the 19th restructuring proposal by Johann and the company was transformed. The second wave was equally challenging as the advisors were of the opinion that to successfully list a dairy dominant company on the JSE was going to be near “impossible” Johann pushed ahead, and Clover was very successfully listed on the JSE 7 years ago.
After achieving what seemed to be impossible, Johann had to change a 109-year-old organisation into a profit making commercial company. Not only was the culture against him, the entire staff opposed the change and mindsets needed to be changed, and Johann had to persevere with introducing his entrepreneurial skills in to the organisation, which was a mammoth task – i.e. converting the culture from managing costs to generate profits by investing behind profitable brands and products, and using technology to support the business.
For all his efforts, Johann won the EY World Entrepreneur Award for Southern Africa 2015 for the Master Category and represented South Africa at the EY World Entrepreneur Award in Monte Carlo in June 2016.
Johann has recently introduced another restructuring of the Clover Group in order to make it a truly FMCG Business away from commodities and the cyclicality that it brings. An accolade of the most Reputable Company in South Africa three years in a row says a lot about the integrity Johann demands from the business.
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John Purchase
Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) of South Africa CEO
John is currently CEO of the Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) of South Africa, having been appointed to the position in 2007. Prior to taking up the position with Agbiz, he was the CEO of Grain South Africa. Dr Purchase started his professional career as a scientist in South Africa’s Agricultural Research Council (ARC). In effect he served the ARC for 22 years in various research and managerial positions.
John was appointed to the Board of the Land & Agricultural Bank of South Africa in July 2012, as well as appointed as Council Member to the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) by the South African Cabinet. John is the current chairman of the CEO Forum, a forum of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) in which the CEO’s and MD’s of agribusinesses and organized agriculture meet with the Minister and senior executives of DAFF (government) to address the critical and strategic challenges facing the broader agricultural, forestry and fisheries industries of South Africa.
John was also appointed by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to serve on the Reference Group that provided direction and oversight in the development of DAFF’s Integrated Growth and Development Plan (IGDP) for the South African agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors, as well as currently serves on the AgriBEE Charter Council.
He serves on various Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) committees and NEDLAC task teams with regard to policy and legislation matters impacting on the agro-food industry, such as co-operatives legislation, consumer protection legislation (GM labelling), climate change and carbon tax policy, land reform policy and legislation, spatial planning and land use management legislation, expropriation legislation, et cetera.
Among other awards, he received the 2011 Alumnus of the Year award from the University of the Free State, as well as the 2012 South African Agriculturalist of the Year Award from the South African Agricultural Writers Association. In June 2013 he was also elected to the Board of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA), following the IFAMA World Forum held in Atlanta, USA, in June 2013.
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Tony Da FonsecaOBC Group Pty Ltd – CEO
Tony started his working life at a locally-owned advertising agency. He rose from humble beginnings to managing director within a few short years and was instrumental in negotiating a merger with global communication giant DDB. This brought with it access to global brands and before long, Tony managed to steer DDB SA into the coveted Top 20 bracket of South African agencies.
In 2008, Tony was offered the role of managing director by one of the agency’s clients, OBC Chicken. The lure of making his mark in the complex emerging mass market while revitalising a somewhat tired brand at the same time proved irresistible.
After assuming his new position in 2008, Tony negotiated the sale of the company to a financially strong shareholder with great synergies. He then set about revamping the company from the bottom up.
Free of financial constraints, Tony built the OBC Group into the fastest-growing player in its sector, with over 50 stores trading profitably. Most of the OBC Chicken stores are franchised and store count will increase to 80+ by the year 2020.
Tony is passionate about franchising and keen to give back to the industry. He joined FASA’s Board of Directors in 2012, served as its chairman for two terms during 2018 and 2019 and currently holds the office of Immediate Past Chair.
Under Tony’s leadership, an independent panel of judges named the OBC Group FASA Franchisor of the Year in 2015 and 2016. Moreover, the South African Portuguese Chamber of Commerce (SAPCC) named OBC Large Business of the Year in 2016 and 2017 and Best Franchise in 2018.
His busy schedule notwithstanding, Tony also serves as a director of the Consumer Goods Council of SA and of the SAPCC. He lives in Johannesburg, is happily married and has two teenage sons. He is a keen cyclist and also contributes to deserving charitable causes.
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Patricia Pillay
Executive: Sustainability, Legal & Regulatory – CGCSA
Patricia is a third generation South African with extensive legal, advocacy and regulatory experience in the Motor and FMCG industry as well in the labour sector and Not for Profit Organisations (NPO). She studied at the University of Natal where she graduated with a Bachelor of Social Science (B Soc Sci) and LLB honours degrees.
She is an Attorney of High Court of South Africa and also has a Management Advancement Program (MAP) from Wits Business School. She is also a certified part time commissioner at the CCMA managing conciliations and arbitrations. Patricia and is currently writing her board exam with the Chartered Secretaries Institute of SA
Her current role at the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa is Executive Legal & Regulatory and she has held the position since April 2010. Her portfolio extends to developing a strategy for CGCSA ensuring that the priorities identified by members of CGCSA are delivered on.
In her role, Patricia also interacts with the following departments: DTI, DOH, DAFF, DEA, DOE, Treasury, Economic Development as well as Small Business Ministry), State Owned Enterprises (Eskom, Transnet). She also collaborates with various industry associations on various matters. Her achievements include setting up a Consumer Goods and Services Ombud, the first body in the country ruling against consumer goods business on any breach of the Consumer Protection Act. She is currently an alternate director on the CGSO board and has sat on the Advertising Standards Authority South Africa (ASA SA) interim board. She is also the vice chairperson of the Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals (SOCAP SA). Previously, she has sat on the boards of the Credit Ombud which regulates proper conduct of credit providers and the Wholesale & Retail Seta (W&R SETA), the custodian and training authority promoting skills development.
Patricia is passionate about the FMCG industry enjoying its dynamic and robust nature. It allows room for creativeness and innovation of product to meet consumer demands. The industry is also committed to making a difference in the communities they operate in and to consumers they sell to.
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Themba Ndlovu
Executive President and Founder – Federation of Retailers (FoR) a biblically aligned business federation
Themba Ndlovu is a governmental apostle with vast experience in working with communities from his early years as an economic activist. He is married and a father of 5 children who believes townships should be a local stock exchange.
Has led ANC Youth league and also NAFCOC Youth Gauteng as the President and Acted as Its National Convener. He also became NAFCOC Gauteng Secretary General and now currently Gauteng Deputy President.
He is the current Executive President and Founder of Federation of Retailers (FoR) a biblically aligned business federation that cuts across all sectors of the economy.
An entrepreneur who believes in Innovation
Chief Executive of Bet El Billionaires and Chairman of BancAfrica
QUALIFICATIONS:
Apostle Themba Ndlovu studied A+, CCNA and holds a certificate in Research Methodology (Walter Sisulu Academy).
Currently Studying Bachelor Degree in Christian Entrepreneurship at Team Impact Christian University
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Ismail Kajee
Chairman: iCubed Capital
Ismail has over 30 years’ experience in the Private and Government Sector in the areas of Finance, Technology, Risk Management, Auditing and Business Development. His exposure to entrepreneurship and private equity/venture capital yielded investments in FMCG,
Ismail has over 30 years’ experience in the Private and Government Sector in the areas of Finance, Technology, Risk Management, Auditing and Business Development. His exposure to entrepreneurship and private equity/venture capital yielded investments in FMCG, House & Home Retail, Food processing, e-Commerce, Fuel & Oil, Fintec and Real Estate. Ismail serves as President of the International Coaching Federation of South Africa (ICFSA) and mentors/coaches entrepreneurs through programs facilitated by GIBS and the SAB Foundation (Fetola).
Ismail was awarded merit sponsorship to attend the International Leadership Program (ILDP) through the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) with visits to India and China. He was also sponsored by Bloomberg to complete an Africa Initiative Financial Journalism course. As part of the Partners for Possibility program, Ismail coached a school principal in the Western Cape.
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HELEN ANN JOUBERT
MARS : GENERAL MANAGER
Helen is the General Manager at Mars Multisales Africa. Mars Multisales Africa is a division of Mars Incorporated, a global family owned business that employs over 100 000 associates around the world, well known for producing global brands such as M&M’s®, Snickers®, Pedigree®, Whiskas®, Royal Canin®, Orbit® & Airwaves® gum, Royco® and many more.
As General Manager, she is responsible for the performance of the Southern African unit across all the major dimensions. She is accountable for every line of the unit’s P&L and how the unit makes a difference to people and planet through performance. Ultimately she is responsible for managing Vision and Purpose of the unit, driving performance, nurturing our culture, building the talent pipeline and enhancing our reputation.
Prior to joining Mars, Helen worked for Kimberly Clark, Gillette/P&G, Kellogg’s, EMI Music and Danone.
Helen holds a Diploma in Medical Technology from Wits University as well as a Diploma in Sales and Marketing from the Graduate School of Marketing (IMM). She also studied Advanced Leadership at the Stellenbosch University and in 2018 successfully completed the Mars General Manager Development program. Over the years, she has been nominated for or won many industry awards including the Standard Bank Rising Star Award, various Sales and Industry Awards, and was also nominated for the Standard Bank Woman in Business of the Year 2014 award for demonstrating her commitment to excellence.
Helen and her partner, Brad, have three children. She is passionate about family and is also a Pet loving Mom to 2 beautiful cats, a Labrador and a tortoise. During her spare time, she enjoys participating in various kinds of sports, reading and spending quality time with her family.
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Curriculum Vitae for Moeletsi Mbeki
Political Analyst, Author And An Entrepreneur
Moeletsi Mbeki is a political analyst, author and an entrepreneur. He is a director of several companies, is Chairman of KMM Investments (Pty) Limited, KMM Review Publishing (Pty) Limited, MGM Capital Investments (Pty) Limited and Executive Chairman of EndemolShine Africa.
Moeletsi is the author of Architects of Poverty: Why African Capitalism Needs Changing. He edited Advocates for Change: How to Overcome Africa’s Challenges. Both books have been translated into Chinese. He has recently co-authored A Manifesto for Social Change: How to Save South Africa, with his niece Dr Nobantu Mbeki.
He is Deputy Chairman of the South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA); an independent think tank based at the University of the Witwatersrand and is a member of the council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) which is based in London.
After returning to South Africa from exile in 1990, he was appointed Head of Communications for the Congress of South Africa Trade Unions, (Cosatu) and Media Consultant to the African National Congress.
During most of the 1980s he was a Senior Journalist for the Zimbabwe Newspapers in Harare. As a result of the outstanding work that he did for the Zimbabwe Newspapers Features Department, he was awarded a Nieman Fellowship by Harvard University for the 1988 – 1989 academic years.
Mbeki began his journalism career in London in 1979 as a contributor to Africa, New African, Africa Now magazines and to the BBC Africa Service.
He studied Building, Building Management and Sociology in England, obtaining an M.A. degree in Sociology from the University of Warwick in 1982. He worked in the construction industry in the United Kingdom and in Tanzania during the 1970s.
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Eric Leong Son
Group Head of Sustainability – Distell
Eric is the Group Head of Sustainability, for the Distell. Distell is Africa’s leading producer and marketer of spirits, fine wines, ciders and ready-to-drinks (RTDs).Eric is an Industrial Engineer (WITS Uni.) by training, he is fluent in French and Mandarin, and he also holds a post grad in Advanced Marketing.
His 25 years professional career includes senior positions and value delivery in supply chain, procurement, trade facilitation, strategic partnerships, sustainability Integration and business transformation programs in emerging markets, mainly within Africa and China. He has worked for globally distinguished companies including Air Liquide, Bridgestone, 3M Company and SABMiller. He has a proven track record in shared value strategy development and implementation in Africa.
Eric is also the Vice Chair of the International trade and Tourism portfolio at the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI). The CCCI is the oldest member based organization on the African continent.
Overall, Eric excels in an organization that delivers triple win: The Company and its shareholders, the community it operates and the government. His many interests include eco-tourism, poverty alleviation, travel, food and sport.
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Exhibitors
Lloyd’s Register (LR):
Lloyd’s Register (LR) is a leading independent provider of assurance services including assessment, certification, validation, verification and training across a broad spectrum of standards and schemes. We are recognized by over 50 accreditation bodies and deliver our services to clients in more than 120 countries. Applying our unique assessment methodology – Business Assurance – LR turns assessment into a powerful management tool.
In the food safety arena, we work with over 5,000 organizations of all sizes across the global food supply chain. Our Business Assurance approach goes beyond looking at food safety. We help manage your risks and the risks across your food supply chain, in vital areas such as quality, health and safety, environment and social and ethical issues. Using a management systems approach, based on existing standards and schemes or developed as a customized solution to your business needs, we provide assurance that your organization and your supply chain remain sustainable and profitable far into the future.
Neural Sense™
Neural Sense™ elevates the customer experience. We are a Neuromarketing company that provides strategic consultancy services and conducts cutting edge market research using neuroscience and biometric technologies. We specialize in understanding human emotion, decision-making processes and behavior.
Ultimately, we empower brands to access the hearts and minds of their customers so that they can make more informed business decisions using consumer insights that are backed by scientific evidence, ensuring that they maximize the impact of their marketing spend.
By scientifically assessing subconscious processes, we provide access to richer and less biased marketing insights than traditional marketing research methodologies. With over 95% of our decisions being driven by our subconscious, it is vital for retailers and marketers alike to understand these implicit processes that determine the future buying behaviours of their customers.
Ready to emote your brand with the science of Neuromarketing? Contact us at www.neuralsense.com; mark.drummond@neuralsense.co.za or 0827008979.
South African Spaza & Tuck Shop Association
We aim to:
• To be a well functioning structure for small businesses
• Expose our members to business opportunities
• Train our members in business skills
• Co-operate with educational institutions to facilitate empowerment of our members
• Facilitate awareness in government about the plight of our members
• Lobby trade unions, the private sector and public to support our members
• Creating joint ventures with similar organisations to further these objectives
• The promotion of the association of people who operate Spaza shop and tuck shops.
• The encouragement and facilitation of the collective association of corner stall owners
• The upgrading and enhancement of the working circumstances of small business people doing business on sidewalks and pavements and home bases businesses in townships and rural areas
• The creation of jobs for the youth
• The provisioning of business opportunities for the unemployed and under privileged www.sastaa.org.za
Company Biography:
Groworx is a proudly South African technology company that provides specialized software solutions to the public and private sector. Together with POSibolt ERP, Groworx allows businesses to transform beyond their manual processes and achieve a true omnichannel retail experience
Sizwe Africa IT Group
Sizwe Africa IT Group is one of South Africa’s leading integrated IT solutions providers. We’re a passionate, skilled and rapidly-expanding partner of choice for many leading organisations that benefit from the value we contribute across the entire IT value chain.
Since our establishment in 1999, as Sizwe Business Networking, Sizwe has built an impressive track record based on our ability to offer complete peace of mind to our clients. We do so by providing the best solutions to the most demanding challenges and have demonstrated that we have the technical knowledge and ability to deploy effective, resilient and reliable solutions.
In building this expertise and capabilities, we have partnered with leading providers in the hardware and software arenas and are proud to be associated with brands such as Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, HP, Lexmark, Epson, Samsung, Huawei, etc
About the W&RSETA: The Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority (W&RSETA) was established in year 2000 as one of 27 SETAs in terms of the Skills Development Act. We facilitate skills development for the Wholesale and Retail Sector through implementation of learning programmes, disbursement of skills development grant and monitoring the provision of education and training as outlined in the National Skills Development Strategy.
Vision
To be the country’s leader in skills development
Mission
To develop a skilled, capable, competent, and professional workforce to transform the Wholesale and Retail Sector.
AccTech Systems, a 4Sight Holding’s company, is a professional services firm that partners with customers to run their enterprises efficiently and effectively through the deployment of best-of-breed business solutions. Since its inception in 1994, AccTech has grown to be a world leader in the field of enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM) and IOT.
If you are a modern business, the ripple effect of a newly implemented business solution could easily unbalance your organisation. AccTech’s ability and experience to predict and manage these effects is what sets AccTech Systems apart from its industry peers.
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COOi Studios
COOi Studios is an Open Innovation Studio, that helps corporates rapidly move from problem to a tested solution developed by a start-up using design thinking methods. We are an ecosystem enabler that provides access between local and global start-ups to large corporations in South Africa and other international clients. In our lab we also educate executives and employees of corporations about 4th industrial revolution technologies (AI, IoT, 3D printing, VR and AR) so these innovations can thrive in the corporate environment.
iHouzit
Imysyer Health Products
Local Village Foods
Local Village Foods was founded on a vision for a network of vibrant, local agri-preneurs across the continent supplying equitably sourced and sustainably grown indigenous African ingredients to the global village. We celebrate our shared humanity through culinary diversity. Our mission is to connect ethical producers with conscious consumers.Our range includesGrain, Gluten Free flour, Superfoods and Granola
MITAS Corporation
MITAS Corporation consists of various direct fully-owned divisions and some partial or major shareholding businesses. These associated businesses provide related or complimentary offerings which leverage other entities in the group to provide full end-to-end bespoke solutions.
Every business that manufactures a product needs to mark and identify that product in some form or another, for reasons such as traceability, legal or regulatory compliance, consumer/client information, branding and others. For non-manufacturing clients, there is the requirement to manage products, organise assets, and facilitate maintenance and tracking of those assets.
Our diverse portfolio of businesses provides the most comprehensive range of solutions offered anywhere in the world. From marking products on stationary or slow manufacturing lines, to 120 000 items per hour and faster; and from standalone to portable – the only thing we cannot mark is air…
…and we are working on that!
Molly’s food enterprise
- Molly’s food enterprise is a proudly South African owned company founded in 2013
- Our objective is to offer a complete range of powder drink products starting with our best selling Molly’s Ginger drink.
- Our key proposition is to produce a cost effective and refreshing healthy powdered drink
- We fully subscribe to the highest standards of integrity, objectivity and corporate governance.
OUR PRODUCT: Rehydrate. Replenish. Refuel
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT: Produced in SA for SA by a South African
- Our drink is Aspartame free
- No bitter taste
- No documented symptoms
- Low risk of Spoilage because its powder.
- Cost saving and Economical: Why pay extra for a bottle that you are going to toss away?
- Value for money: 50g powder makes 500ml juice.
- No spill, no drama: Simply mix when you ready to consume.
50 word profile of Proudly South African:
Proudly SA is the country’s buy local advocacy campaign designed to educate government, business and consumers on the positive impact on the economy and job creation of making buy local procurement decisions. A membership based organisation, Proudly SA audits companies who wish to join the movement and to carry the logo, on criteria that includes local content levels, quality and relevant industry sector body accreditation, adherence to local labour legislation and responsible environmental and waste management policies. In turn, Proudly SA offers access to market opportunities, lobbying and representation at government level, participation in a range of marketing and other activities and free registration as a vendor on its exclusively Proudly SA online shopping platform www.rsamade.co.za
SANHA
The South African National Halaal Authority (SANHA) is an internationally respected certifying authority. Promoting professionalism and excellence in the certification of Halaal, it certifies and approves establishments ranging from abattoirs, food and beverage products, bakery and dairy, food ingredient and flavor manufacturers, meat processors, restaurant and hospitality industry, multi-national corporations and cottage industries and scores of others in South Africa, Pakistan, Oman, Ghana, UAE, Europe and India.
Its membership comprises of Theological and Professional Organisations of global repute and is a founder member of the World Halaal Council. It assists with training and standardization of the Halaal Certification Programme and provides consultancy support to many certifiers worldwide.
The SANHA certificate/license is an authoritative, reliable and independent testimony of assurance of products and/or services meeting stringent Halaal requirements.
SANHA has extensive experience in the certification of meat products including the facilitating of exports. It arranges and participates in trade shows and exhibitions locally and globally.
Its mark of assurance has been audited and accepted for exports into Malaysia and UAE.
SANHA has offices in major cities of South Africa and in Pakistan.
SANHA Head Office
P O Box 2092 4th Floor, Gem Towers,
Durban 98 Overport Drive
4000 Durban
4067
Tel 031 207 5768
Fax 031 207 5793
E-mail sanha-kzn@sanha.org.za
Website www.sanha.org.za
Helpline 0861 786 111
Facebook www.facebook.com/SouthAfricanNationalHalaalAuthority
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/SANHA_Halaal
Seidor Africa
Seidor Africa is a technology integrator.
With the use of technology, we enable business to reduce costs, improve profitability and realise new opportunities.
We do this by providing and supporting a globally respected and integrated Business Management Systems powered by SAP as well as host & maintain the solution within a stable and secure on-premise or in the cloud environment. Through our Business Intelligence and Analytics team, we can ensure your competitive edge and help you do what you do best.
We are an African business, that support over 400 customers across sub-Sahara Africa, with offices in South Africa; Zambia; Mauritius; Kenya & Tanzania.
Seidor Africa partners with clients that want to use technology to differentiate themselves.
EuroShop
EuroShop: the world’s largest trade show for retail investment needs, just as future oriented and dynamic as the industry itself. Expect 8 fascinating retail dimensions with all the latest trends and topics: shop fitting & store design, lighting, expo & event marketing, food service & equipment, visual merchandising refrigeration & energy management, retail marketing and retail technology. This trade fair sets benchmarks in innovation and internationality and it encompasses everything you need to within the retail sector.
Sponsors
About the W&RSETA: The Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority (W&RSETA) was established in year 2000 as one of 27 SETAs in terms of the Skills Development Act. We facilitate skills development for the Wholesale and Retail Sector through implementation of learning programmes, disbursement of skills development grant and monitoring the provision of education and training as outlined in the National Skills Development Strategy.
Vision
To be the country’s leader in skills development
Mission
To develop a skilled, capable, competent, and professional workforce to transform the Wholesale and Retail Sector.
Woolworths
The first Woolworths store opened its doors to the public in Cape Town in October 1931. And it was founder Max Sonnenberg who captured the public’s imagination with dynamic store policies that set Woolworths apart from its competitors.
Three years later, a second branch opened in Durban, with another two in Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg a year later. And since then we’ve been building on our reputation for superior quality, exciting innovation and excellent value.
1. FIRST TO OFFER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Keen to attract and retain the best retail professionals, Woolworths was among the first local retailers to offer employees a pension fund, medical aid and maternity leave.
2. FIRST IN ADVANCING TECH
Not just a forward thinking employer, Woolworths was also an early adopter of technology. A lease agreement for the first computer was agreed to with National Cash Registers (NCR) in the late 60s and Woolworths was already using a computerised merchandising system by the early 1970s.
3. FIRST TO INTRODUCE SELL BY DATES
This dynamic thinking extends to Woolworths product offering. In 1974, Woolworths became the first South African retailer to introduce ‘sell by’ dates on food packaging. Convenience, too, has long been a watchword at Woolworths – we were the first South African retailer to offer pre-washed lettuce and machine-washable wool clothing to consumers.
4. OUR GOOD BUSINESS JOURNEY
In April 2007, we launched our Good Business Journey – a bold plan to make a difference in eight key areas on our journey towards sustainability: Energy, Water, Waste, Sustainable Farming, Ethical Sourcing, Transformation, Social Development and Health and Wellness.
DISTELL
Crafting World-class Alcoholic Brands since 1925
The Distell Group is a leading producer and global marketer of wines, spirits, ciders and other ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages which are crafted by extraordinary people across the world. Our diverse portfolio of brands, with their rich heritage and authentic character, are priced across the price continuum to offer consumers a choice for every occasion.
We enjoy a growing global reach and continue to build the presence of our brands in select priority markets.
Many of our brands such as Amarula Cream, Nederburg, Savanna and Scottish Leader, among others, are household names to consumers in Africa and select international markets. Amarula Cream is South Africa’s most widely distributed international alcoholic beverage brand, and is ranked second-largest cream liqueur in the world. We created the cider category in South Africa and we are also ranked the second-largest producer of ciders worldwide. Our cider brands, Hunter’s and Savanna, are readily available in many parts of Africa.
We also invest in our people’s growth and development, encouraging them to be the very best they can be in crafting their own future. Distell is committed to development opportunities, reward for hard work and work-life balance to create motivated, inspired brand ambassadors.
Our strength is in the products we make, the brands we grow, and the people and relationships we build. We pride ourselves in crafting inspiring experiences.
The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company is the world’s largest beverage company, offering over 500 brands to people in more than 200 countries. Of our 21 billion-dollar brands, 19 are available in lower- or no-sugar options to help people moderate their consumption of added sugar. In addition to our namesake Coca-Cola drinks, some of our leading brands around the world include: coffees (Chaywa), Fuze Tea, PowerAde sports drinks,
Just Juice, Sprite, Glaceau vitamin water, Valpre and Bonaqua. At Coca-Cola, we’re serious about making positive contributions to the world. That starts with reducing sugar in our drinks and continuing to introduce new ones with added benefits. It also means continuously working to reduce our environmental impact, creating rewarding careers for our associates and bringing economic opportunity wherever we operate. Together with our bottling partners, we employ more than 700,000 people around the world.
Flexotuff Plastics cc
Flexotuff Plastics is a KZN based factory focused on the manufacture and supply of quality plastic bags and films. The company aims to achieve a pre-eminent position in the plastic manufacturing channel, based on the concept of cultivating loyal, brand-specific consumer segments within the targeted market.
Flexotuff Plastics cc is a 100% black owned Qualifying Small Enterprise (QSE) with level One B-BBEE status and regarded as an empowering supplier.
We see ourselves as a leader in sustainable packaging with continuous RnD and have launched SA’s first 100% oxo-biodegradable shopping bag, which has successfully been rolled out by a few national brands – ecopolybag. For more information please visit our dedicated website www.ecopolybag.co.za
We specialize in the following items:
Shopping Bags, Refuse Bags, Boutique Bags, Packing Bags, Flat bags, Aprons, Liners, Tubing & Sheeting in HD, LD, PP – Plain & Printed.
Email: sales@flexotuff.co.za or call 031 577 0983 with you requirements.
MISSION
The mission of Flexotuff Plastics is to become a predominant market leader
in advanced plastic packaging while encouraging a friendly and fair work environment, all in a fiduciary manner that supports our company, industry and community.
VISION
The vision of the Company is to grow and prosper in a fashion similar to
other successful companies. In this regard the firm shows a keen desire to provide a unique product and service; and be a responsible corporate
citizen while growing profits and maintaining customer satisfaction.
In order to realize this vision, the Company strives to maintain consumer
satisfaction and attract additional consumers within the Company’s targeted
marketplace by creating value for them through higher standards for
production specifications. The Company seeks to innovate new and in demand plastic bag and film ideas, grow profits through innovative management and work toward expansion through new market segments.
Mars
OUR STORY
More than 100 years ago, a young Frank C. Mars started making candies in his Tacoma, Washington kitchen. From that simple beginning, his son Forrest built Mars into the mature company it is today, first by creating the MILKY WAY® bar with his father and later by expanding the business overseas and diversifying into new categories like pet care and food. Today, the Mars family of Associates is more than 100,000 strong in over 80 countries around the world. Through all that growth, we’ve remained a private, family-owned business, with passionate Associates who are united and guided by The Five Principles.
QUALITY
The consumer is our boss, quality is our work and value for money is our goal.
RESPONSIBILITY
As individuals, we demand total responsibility from ourselves; as Associates, we support the responsibilities of others.
MUTUALITY
A mutual benefit is a shared benefit; a shared benefit will endure.
EFFICIENCY
We use resources to the full, waste nothing and do only what we can do best.
FREEDOM
We need freedom to shape our future; we need profit to remain free.
Sizwe Africa IT Group
Sizwe Africa IT Group is one of South Africa’s leading integrated IT solutions providers. We’re a passionate, skilled and rapidly-expanding partner of choice for many leading organisations that benefit from the value we contribute across the entire IT value chain.
Since our establishment in 1999, as Sizwe Business Networking, Sizwe has built an impressive track record based on our ability to offer complete peace of mind to our clients. We do so by providing the best solutions to the most demanding challenges and have demonstrated that we have the technical knowledge and ability to deploy effective, resilient and reliable solutions.
In building this expertise and capabilities, we have partnered with leading providers in the hardware and software arenas and are proud to be associated with brands such as Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, HP, Lexmark, Epson, Samsung, Huawei, etc
AMKA Profile
Amka Products was established by the Kalla family as a small trading operation near Pretoria in the 1950’s.
From the outset Amka was focussed on the unique needs and opportunities inherent to Africa’s emerging markets.
Today Amka is a major manufacturing and marketing enterprise, with specialised expertise in Africa.
- 1000 employees
- 4 manufacturing plants
- 400 products
- 20 leading brands
- Sold in 35 African countries
- Consistently rated as one of the top 10 empowerment companies in South Africa
Key Performance Areas
- People
- Innovation
- Flexibility
- Service Network
United Furniture Outlets (“UFO”)
United Furniture Outlets (“UFO”) was established in 2004 when it began furniture retail from its mega-store in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa.
UFO is one of the most innovative, fastest growing luxury brands in the home furnishings marketplace. We believe our brand stands alone and is redefining this highly fragmented and growing market, contributing to our superior sales growth and market share gains over the past several years as compared to industry growth rates.
Over the past few years, we have successfully grown our retail footprint in South Africa from 1 to 40 stores. UFO is one of the largest retailers in South Africa. Our flagship store – Marlboro – SANDTON – offers customers in excess of 5 000sqm of fabulous household furniture, satisfying our customers’ needs for all rooms in the home.
Our ability to innovate and integrate products and categories with a completely authentic and distinctive point of view, is the platform for our continued long-term growth. We continue to evolve our brand, positioning our Company to create and deliver a lifestyle beyond the four walls of the home. Our unique product development, go-to-market and supply chain capabilities, together with our significant scale, enable us to offer a compelling combination of design, quality and value that we believe is unparalleled in the marketplace.
Our stores are conveniently located across Gauteng, KZN, Free State, Mpumalanga, North West, Limpopo, Eastern Cape & Northern Camp ( see store locator).
We pride ourselves on the largest range of local and imported household furniture, most of which is readily available. We partner only with leading manufacturers and suppliers, with proven track records to ensure only the best quality is delivered to your home.
Our product range and exclusive lines offer consumers product differentiation at affordable prices and real value for money. We understand the value of a customer and we pride ourselves on providing customers with service excellence, a variety of high-quality value for money furniture and giving customers the most unforgettable and rewarding retail shopping experience.
AMKA Profile
Amka Products was established by the Kalla family as a small trading operation near Pretoria in the 1950’s.
From the outset Amka was focussed on the unique needs and opportunities inherent to Africa’s emerging markets.
Today Amka is a major manufacturing and marketing enterprise, with specialised expertise in Africa.
- 1000 employees
- 4 manufacturing plants
- 400 products
- 20 leading brands
- Sold in 35 African countries
- Consistently rated as one of the top 10 empowerment companies in South Africa
Key Performance Areas
- People
- Innovation
- Flexibility
- Service Network
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Lorraine Jecks
Montessori
A Montessori teacher by profession, Lorraine’s sustainability journey began in California in the 1970s, working with the infant ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. Then back home, she was PROCUREMENT MANAGER for Africa’s largest hotel chain for 15 years. She went solo and trained under the UNITED NATIONS ECO-LABELLING PROJECT, the NATIONAL CLEANER PRODUCTION PROGRAMME, GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL’S Interior Design and Décor, GREEN LEAF carbon auditing and CLIMATE REALITY with US Senator, Al Gore.
Carel de Jager
Consultant & Engineer – Block Chain Academy & Asset
and Care | Lethabo Power Station
Carel de Jager began his career as a Chemical Engineer in the energy industry. He now works as a consultant for the Blockchain Academy, facilitating a wide range of blockchain related training courses and presentations. Through the academy, he also delivers customised, industry-specific training to audiences ranging from the inexperienced to executive level. Carel has coached numerous executives on the technology such as law firms, insurance providers and commercial banks, both locally and abroad.
Richard BrascherPick n Pay – CEO
Grattan KirkExclusive Books – CEO
Richard Rushton
Managing Director – Distell
Dough SmollanSmollan Group – Chairman
Sandiso Sibisi
COOi Studios – Director
Sandiso is an Open Innovation advisor to corporates, she advises them on how to bridge the gap between innovative products developed by start-ups, labs or universities to solve their business problems, forming corporate-start-up partnerships and in parallel accelerating entrepreneurial growth in Africa. She is obsessed about innovation and emerging technologies.
Bachelor of Commerce Honours (Information Systems)
Masters (Innovation Studies) candidate
Yogesh Singh
Associate General Manager – Nihilent Limited
Yogesh, a Blockchain evangelist, lives to blockchain everything. A professional with 20 years of diverse industry experience Yogesh is leading blockchain strategy for Nihilent since past 3 Years, building practice capability (Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric) and developing partnerships with ecosystem players and platform providers such as R3 Corda and Microsoft. He has been instrumental in setting up some of the industry consortiums in FSI space and have delivered workshops to build understanding with industry stakeholders, POCs to prove that the blockchain technology works and is the right fit for the identified use case, Pilots to demonstrate how the real thing looks like. He takes pride in taking one of the Blockchain use cases into production.
Brian Leroni
Group Corporate Affairs Executive – Massmart & Walmart
BA (Wits), MPhil (Stellenbosch)
Brian’s work experience includes executive positions at Masstores Proprietary Limited, an associate partner at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and Marketing Director at CNA. He joined Massmart as Group Projects Executive in September 2004 and was appointed Group Corporate Affairs Executive in September 2005.
Tom Mkhwanazi
Chief Executive Officer – W&RSETA
Tom Mkhwanazi is the Chief Executive Officer of the W&RSETA. Prior to joining the W&RSETA Tom was General Secretary for the Motor Industry Bargaining Council. Tom held a number of board directorship positions to three Motor Industry Provident Funds and was the chairperson of the Foodbev SETA. He has worked for merSETA where he served as Company Secretary and Chief Operations Officer: HR, Strategy and Compliance.
Tom comes with a wealth of experience in the public sector, having held various positions in different levels for over 20 years with more than 12 years in strategic management roles. In 2017 he was appointed in the School of Business and Economics, Monash University to lecture as Adjunct lecturer on corporate governance programme.
Mkhwanazi holds a BA Honours and an HDE from University of Durban Westville, post-graduate diplomas in Public Management, Labour Law, Interpreting and Drafting of Contracts and Corporate Law in Pension Law from various universities.
Gwarega Mangozhe
CEO – CGCSA
He has a Bachelor of Business Science (Finance Honours) degree from the University of Cape Town and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He then went on to complete his MBA as well as an Executive Development Programme at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS).
Prior to joining IMCD South Africa, Gwarega held senior management positions in Sales, Operations and Finance at Avis Fleet Services South Africa, a division of the Barloworld Group. He also has extensive knowledge of the public sector as he has consulted with several government entities in the areas of compliance, strategy and organisational re-engineering.
Johann Vorster
CGCSA Co Chair & Clover SA
Qualifications :BComm (RAU), BComm Hons (Unisa), CA (SA), MBA (Wits)
Johann is a Chartered Accountant with an MBA, which qualifications served him well during his career. He was instrumental and a founder member of a previous listing on the JSE which gave him the idea of assisting companies with high debt levels to transform and attract new capital.
After graduating with a BComm from RAU in 1985, Johann spent 4 years with Ernst & Young as Senior Manager while completing his honours through Unisa in 1986 and his CA in 1987. He spent the next three years with SARS as Assistant Director of Operational Research. He completed his MBA through Wits before joining East Rand Plastics (Pty) in 1992. After several acquisitions, the East Rand Group of Companies was created. Which finally became Astrapak.
As Financial Director of Astrapak he was responsible for the company’s listing on the JSE in 1997. He became joint MD of the Film Division of Astrapak before accepting an offer as Chief Financial Officer from the Clover Group in October 2000.
In the initial years after having been appointed as CFO of Clover, he showed utmost determination to restructure the Balance Sheet and introduce strict financial policies. As Chief Executive, he faced a huge challenge to convert Clover the co-op to a commercial orientated entity. The co-op members opposed every proposal by Johann due to the “loss of control” issues. However, the members approved the 19th restructuring proposal by Johann and the company was transformed. The second wave was equally challenging as the advisors were of the opinion that to successfully list a dairy dominant company on the JSE was going to be near “impossible” Johann pushed ahead, and Clover was very successfully listed on the JSE 7 years ago.
After achieving what seemed to be impossible, Johann had to change a 109-year-old organisation into a profit making commercial company. Not only was the culture against him, the entire staff opposed the change and mindsets needed to be changed, and Johann had to persevere with introducing his entrepreneurial skills in to the organisation, which was a mammoth task – i.e. converting the culture from managing costs to generate profits by investing behind profitable brands and products, and using technology to support the business.
For all his efforts, Johann won the EY World Entrepreneur Award for Southern Africa 2015 for the Master Category and represented South Africa at the EY World Entrepreneur Award in Monte Carlo in June 2016.
Johann has recently introduced another restructuring of the Clover Group in order to make it a truly FMCG Business away from commodities and the cyclicality that it brings. An accolade of the most Reputable Company in South Africa three years in a row says a lot about the integrity Johann demands from the business.
John Purchase
Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) of South Africa CEO
John is currently CEO of the Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) of South Africa, having been appointed to the position in 2007. Prior to taking up the position with Agbiz, he was the CEO of Grain South Africa. Dr Purchase started his professional career as a scientist in South Africa’s Agricultural Research Council (ARC). In effect he served the ARC for 22 years in various research and managerial positions.
John was appointed to the Board of the Land & Agricultural Bank of South Africa in July 2012, as well as appointed as Council Member to the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) by the South African Cabinet. John is the current chairman of the CEO Forum, a forum of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) in which the CEO’s and MD’s of agribusinesses and organized agriculture meet with the Minister and senior executives of DAFF (government) to address the critical and strategic challenges facing the broader agricultural, forestry and fisheries industries of South Africa.
John was also appointed by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to serve on the Reference Group that provided direction and oversight in the development of DAFF’s Integrated Growth and Development Plan (IGDP) for the South African agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors, as well as currently serves on the AgriBEE Charter Council.
He serves on various Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) committees and NEDLAC task teams with regard to policy and legislation matters impacting on the agro-food industry, such as co-operatives legislation, consumer protection legislation (GM labelling), climate change and carbon tax policy, land reform policy and legislation, spatial planning and land use management legislation, expropriation legislation, et cetera.
Among other awards, he received the 2011 Alumnus of the Year award from the University of the Free State, as well as the 2012 South African Agriculturalist of the Year Award from the South African Agricultural Writers Association. In June 2013 he was also elected to the Board of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA), following the IFAMA World Forum held in Atlanta, USA, in June 2013.
Bruno Olierhoek
Nestlé South Africa as the Managing Director and Chairman
Bruno Olierhoek joined Nestlé South Africa as the Managing Director and Chairman for the East and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) in August 2018, a region comprising of 23 countries.
Prior to assuming his current position, Bruno was the CEO of Nestlé Pakistan, a position he held from July 2015 until the appointment to his current position. In Pakistan, he was also President of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry, representing 191 international companies from 35 countries, covering 14 sectors of the economy with assets of $83 billion.
Bruno has worked as an international executive within Nestlé for more than 20 years serving in different and diverse markets such as Asia, Europe and Africa. He joined the company in Indonesia in 1995 as a management trainee.
He has diverse cross-functional experience and has successfully led a business turnaround, established new startups and engaged in global business strategy developments.
Bruno’s achievements include leading the Nestlé Pakistan business to cross the milestone of delivering annual sales of over CHF 1 Billion in 2016. He aggressively drove the digital transformation of the market, to leave Nestlé Pakistan achieving more online sales than any other FMCG company in Pakistan today.
Throughout his career, Bruno has championed Creating Shared Value (CSV) initiatives to strengthen the business and build trust. During his time in CWAR, he focused on improving the safety and health standards in Nestlé’s Central African operations, which led to Nestlé becoming the founding member of ‘Safe Way, Right Way,’ which promotes road safety. He also spearheaded a ‘Malaria Eradication Campaign’ which won the Global Nestlé, ‘Health by Choice’ award.
Bruno is a graduate of the European Business Programme (BBA, Hogeschool Rotterdam and Ecole Supérieure de Bordeaux). He is a dual Dutch and French national. He is married with three children.
Tony Da FonsecaOBC Group Pty Ltd – CEO
Tony started his working life at a locally-owned advertising agency. He rose from humble beginnings to managing director within a few short years and was instrumental in negotiating a merger with global communication giant DDB. This brought with it access to global brands and before long, Tony managed to steer DDB SA into the coveted Top 20 bracket of South African agencies.
In 2008, Tony was offered the role of managing director by one of the agency’s clients, OBC Chicken. The lure of making his mark in the complex emerging mass market while revitalising a somewhat tired brand at the same time proved irresistible.
After assuming his new position in 2008, Tony negotiated the sale of the company to a financially strong shareholder with great synergies. He then set about revamping the company from the bottom up.
Free of financial constraints, Tony built the OBC Group into the fastest-growing player in its sector, with over 50 stores trading profitably. Most of the OBC Chicken stores are franchised and store count will increase to 80+ by the year 2020.
Tony is passionate about franchising and keen to give back to the industry. He joined FASA’s Board of Directors in 2012, served as its chairman for two terms during 2018 and 2019 and currently holds the office of Immediate Past Chair.
Under Tony’s leadership, an independent panel of judges named the OBC Group FASA Franchisor of the Year in 2015 and 2016. Moreover, the South African Portuguese Chamber of Commerce (SAPCC) named OBC Large Business of the Year in 2016 and 2017 and Best Franchise in 2018.
His busy schedule notwithstanding, Tony also serves as a director of the Consumer Goods Council of SA and of the SAPCC. He lives in Johannesburg, is happily married and has two teenage sons. He is a keen cyclist and also contributes to deserving charitable causes.
Patricia Pillay
Executive: Sustainability, Legal & Regulatory – CGCSA
She is an Attorney of High Court of South Africa and also has a Management Advancement Program (MAP) from Wits Business School. She is also a certified part time commissioner at the CCMA managing conciliations and arbitrations. Patricia and is currently writing her board exam with the Chartered Secretaries Institute of SA
Her current role at the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa is Executive Legal & Regulatory and she has held the position since April 2010. Her portfolio extends to developing a strategy for CGCSA ensuring that the priorities identified by members of CGCSA are delivered on.
In her role, Patricia also interacts with the following departments: DTI, DOH, DAFF, DEA, DOE, Treasury, Economic Development as well as Small Business Ministry), State Owned Enterprises (Eskom, Transnet). She also collaborates with various industry associations on various matters. Her achievements include setting up a Consumer Goods and Services Ombud, the first body in the country ruling against consumer goods business on any breach of the Consumer Protection Act. She is currently an alternate director on the CGSO board and has sat on the Advertising Standards Authority South Africa (ASA SA) interim board. She is also the vice chairperson of the Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals (SOCAP SA). Previously, she has sat on the boards of the Credit Ombud which regulates proper conduct of credit providers and the Wholesale & Retail Seta (W&R SETA), the custodian and training authority promoting skills development.
Patricia is passionate about the FMCG industry enjoying its dynamic and robust nature. It allows room for creativeness and innovation of product to meet consumer demands. The industry is also committed to making a difference in the communities they operate in and to consumers they sell to.
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