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
Gilles Antoine has 31 years of experience, 23 of which have been international assignments. His professional journey has taken him to different markets namely Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela and Paris between 2001 and 2012 before taking up his role as the head of L’Oréal Romania until August 2018.
In September 2018, he joined L’Oréal South Africa as Country Manager of the largest subsidiary in Africa. His mission is to transform L’Oréal South Africa to make it the leader in its market and one of the best companies to work for.
About L’Oréal South Africa
L’Oréal South Africa is a subsidiary of the L’Oréal group. L’Oréal has devoted itself to beauty for over 100 years. With its unique international portfolio of 36 diverse and complementary brands, the Group generated sales amounting to 26.9 billion euros in 2018 and employs 86,000 people worldwide. As the world’s leading beauty company, L’Oréal is present across all distribution networks: mass market, department stores, pharmacies, hair salons, travel retail, branded retail and e-commerce.
L’Oréal South Africa has been operational since 1963, the subsidiary is situated in Johannesburg and is the Group’s largest subsidiary in Africa. The company has four divisions, namely the Consumer Products Division, Professional Products Division, L’Oréal Luxe and the Active Cosmetics Division. Some of the brands in the group include Dark & Lovely, Maybelline, Mixa, Yves Saint Laurent, Kiehl’s, Lancôme, Vichy, La Roche Posay and Mizani.
L’Oréal South Africa employs more than 680 people across the business. The manufacturing plant, located in Midrand, is responsible for the production of African Beauty Brands and select Garnier, L’Oréal, Elvive and Mixa products that are exported throughout Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
The L’Oréal Research & Innovation Sub-Saharan Africa hub was inaugurated in South Africa in July 2016. It is the 7th regional hub for L’Oréal’s worldwide Research &Innovation presence.
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.
With over 28 years’ experience in the FMCG industry, Luco joined Unilever in August 2013 as Vice President for Unilever West Africa. During his tenure he was responsible for developing Unilever business in the 13 countries west of Nigeria, which includes 3 operating companies (Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire, and Niger) and representation offices.
Since having joined the Unilever South Africa business as Executive Vice President in January 2017, his focus has been to deliver consistent profitable, competitive and sustainable growth for Unilever South Africa. This means building a purpose-led and future-fit business, while making sure that we offer superior products, however, whenever, and wherever people shop.
Luco strongly believes that as a team we can build a brighter future for South Africa and truly make sustainable living commonplace
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.
David completed a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the University of Cape Town and Post Graduate Diploma in accounting and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Grant Thornton in Johannesburg. David co-founded i capital – a niche financial services group comprising corporate finance advisory, specialised fund management and short term insurance advisory services during which time he also became a CFA Charterholder and completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Organisational Leadership from the Said Business School, University of Oxford.
Currently leading the growth & development of Advantage Group International in
Africa, where he focuses on enhancing customer engagement for multinational
manufacturers (FMCG) and Retailers, with growth ambitions into Telkoms,
Healthcare and Finance. Previously with Deloitte Africa’s Retail, Consumer and
Manufacturing Industry, he has over 17 years experience working in start-ups, to
SMME’s and corporate. As Ex Board Chair of the Ecommerce Forum Africa, he led
the international strategy and growth of the organisation, representing over 55
companies. He represents Africa on the Global DTN (Digital Trade Network,
sponsored by the ICC), and has presented at, and led Executive Private Sector &
Government sessions in Africa, Europe and the US. In December 2018 he realised
ambition in constituting the 1st Pan-African Digital CEO Forum with 22 execs, from
15 companies representing 11 Countries. Previously he has led campaigns for retail
& FMCG clients (SaaS company), launched a niche retail store, a skin care brand and
international magazine.
Keynotes & Facilitation:
He has led multiple global disruptive thinking interventions as a keynote speaker,
MC and moderator on topics ranging from Digital & Tech, to Finance, Trade &
Investment, Ecommerce, Leadership, Customer Engagement, Entrepreneurship &
Innovation. Examples include: The World Investment Forum (Geneva, invited from
the UN Economic Commission), The Africa Trade & Investment Global Summit
(Washington), The Global Digital Leaders Forum (Luxembourg), UN Global
Ecommerce Week (Geneva), AfricaCom (Cape Town), East Africa Manufacturing
Summit (Nairobi), KZN MFG Indaba, African Union Private Sector Summit (JHB),
Consumer Goods Council Summit (JHB), SA Innovation Summit (Cape Town), SADC
Ministerial Summit (Botswana), DBSA/DTI Export growth conference (JHB), Africa
Agri Investment Indaba (CT), AU/UN 1st African Ecommerce Week (Nairobi), IntraAfrican Trade Fair (Cairo), Fintech, Payments & Ecommerce Summits (SA), Africa
Tech Summit (SA)…
Joined the group in 1986
Appointed to the board: February 2014
- Member of the Risk Committee
- Member of The SPAR Guild of Southern Africa
Graham served as group accountant in 1996 and become the Managing Director of the SPAR KwaZulu- Natal division in 1987. In 1997, he left the group to start his own industrial catering business and become a partner in five SPAR retail stores. He returned to the group in 2014 as CEO
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.
She currently holds the following Non-Executive positions:
- Non-Executive Director of the South African Fraud Prevention Service;
- Board Member of Micro Finance South Africa
- Board Member of the Short Term Insurance Ombudsman
Previous Non-Executive Positions include:
- Member of the Financial Services Board Legislative Committee.
- Non-Executive Chair of the Consumer Goods and Services Ombudsman
- Board Member of the Credit Ombudsman;
- Mediator at the Gauteng Housing Rental Tribunal;
- Adjudicator at the Gauteng Consumer Court;
- Adjudicator at the National Consumer Tribunal;
- Member of the Unfair Practices Committee of the Department of Trade and Industry; and
- Board Member of the National Home Builders Registration Council, and Estate Agency Affairs Boards.
Matlou has over 15 years of experience in the South African food and agricultural industry, which includes various food production companies, and 10 years’ service in public office at the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. She has in-depth knowledge of the food industry and food legislation.
She holds a National Diploma in Food Technology from Pretoria Technikon, a Bachelor of Technology in Food Technology from the Tshwane University of Technology and a Post Graduate Diploma Applied Science from the Lincoln University, New Zealand. Matlou is currently studying towards a Master’s in Food & Nutrition Security with the Stellenbosch University.
Matlou joined the CGCSA in 2017 and immediately led the collaboration and partnership with the DTIC who jointly submitted a proposal for funding from the EU to support the initiative. Matlou led the South African delegation study tour in Europe to engage with other organisations which have implemented programmes to reduce food waste and share best practices for implementation and trial in South Africa. The division has since planned over 10 dialogues under the initiative, which have led to the launch today.
Prior to joining the CGCSA Michele held several positions in such as Senior Business and System Integration Manager, Service Delivery Management with a focus in Planning and Forecasting areas of Supply Chain and Procurement Management. She has worked on transformations projects in organization like Shoprite, Unilever, McCain Foods, Nampak Tissues, Omnia Foods, and JD Group, QAD and SAP.
He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering (magna cum laude) from Case Western Reserve University, a Master of Mechanical Engineering from University of Pretoria, PhD in Engineering from University of Cambridge and was a post-doctoral associate at Imperial College. His research interests include applications of computational intelligence to engineering, computer science, finance and medicine.
He has extensive track record in human capacity development having supervised 47 Masters and 30 PhD graduates to completion. Some of these students have proceeded with their doctoral and post-doctoral studies at leading universities such as Harvard, Rutgers, Purdue, Oxford, Cambridge, British Columbia and Concordia.
He has published 20 books, over 300 papers in journals, proceedings and book chapters and holds three international patents. He is an associate editor of the International Journal of Systems Science (Taylor and Francis Publishers) and was an associate editor of the South African Journal of Science. Marwala is a registered professional engineer in South Africa, a Fellow of The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, Academy of Science of South Africa, South African Academy of Engineering and a distinguished member of the Association for Computing Machinery.
He has received more than 45 awards including the Order of Mapungubwe from the South African Government and the President’s Award from the National Research Foundation.
Ms. Memela holds a B. A Degree in Social Science from the University of Swaziland and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Zimbabwe. She has completed a range of Executive Management Programmes at Wits Business School, The Rand Afrikaans University (Now University of Johannesburg) and Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy in New York as well as Wits/Harvard Business School.
She has been a fellow with IWF Leadership Foundation and Duke University focusing on leadership and ethics. She has also been extensively involved in community and professional organizations and forums, including the International Partnerships for Microbiocides (IPM), a research oriented non-governmental organization on HIV and AIDS, the World University Services (Zimbabwe) as Vice Chairman, The Strauss Commission (Presidential commission of enquiry into rural financial services) as a Commissioner and as a Committee member for the standing committee for the Revision of the Bank Act.
She was appointed the CEO at Eduloan (PTY) LTD from October 2010 to December 2015 and the CEO of the Women’s Development Business Trust from January 2016 to May 2017. She served in several boards including Rural Housing Loan Fund, Teba Bank and Lekana Employee Benefit Solution.
Ms. Memela currently serves as a director at Alexander Forbes – a listed private pensions and risk Management Company and chairs its social and transformation committee.
She is passionate about mentoring young leaders both in her private capacity and in support of the International Women’s Forum and also serves as the Vice President of its Leadership Foundation.
Ntombi joined the W&RSETA in 2003 and has held various management positions. In 2014 she was appointed as the Executive Manager: Regional Operations, after spending 10 years as the Executive Head of Human Resource Development. After a brief stint as the Chief Corporate Services, Ntombi was appointed to the position of Chief Operations Officer in 2019.
She holds an Honours Degree in Industrial and Organisational Psychology from the University of South Africa (UNISA). Ntombi has completed both coursework for a Masters’ Degree in IOP with UNISA and a Master of Business Administration with MANCOSA and she is currently working on her dissertation. In her pursuit for further personal development, she has also acquired several certificates in HR, business and project management, finance and governance. It is through the attainment and application of these skills that her career has experienced a remarkable rise. Amongst these, she is a proud alumnus of the W&RSETA’s prestigious International Leadership Development Programme with the Gordon Institute of Business Science.
Sponsors
We opened our first store on King George Street in Johannesburg in 1951 and have since expanded to close to 50 stores with 1 in Botswana and one that can only be found in the sky – www.exclusivebooks.co.za. While we may be online, at heart we remain as we started out: a quirky local bookstore staffed by the keenest of readers and still crazy about books after all these years.
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.
The company understands that customers, consumers and employees choose the Nestlé brand as one they can trust. Consumers can enjoy Nestlé products from early in the morning with a bowl of Nestlé cereal and coffee, to a mid-morning chocolate break, and ending off the day with a comforting hot beverage. The Nestlé brand is a promise that reflects the reliability and trustworthiness of quality products, great service and inspired people. Nestlé’s efforts are aimed at achieving it’s corporate ambition of being recognised as the leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company while Creating Shared Value in the communities where it operates. The companies core values of diversity, trust, integrity and quality continue to guide its commitment to making a meaningful contribution to the lives of employees, consumers and all it’s stakeholders.
Good Food, Good Life
The growth and success of Pick n Pay is attributable to 3 basic principles, which form the cornerstone of the business: Consumer sovereignty; Doing good is good business; and maximising business efficiency.
For five decades Pick n Pay has played a valuable role in the economic and social development of southern Africa and has made a positive direct contribution to the communities they serve through the supply of high-quality, affordable food and merchandise. Pick n Pay’s strong and unique family values have guided the business over the past 50 years, providing a solid foundation for growth, innovation, service excellence and generosity.
Pioneer Foods is one of the largest South African producers and distributors of a range of branded food and beverage products. The Group operates mainly across South Africa, providing wholesale, retail and informal trade customers with products of a consistently high standard. Pioneer Foods exports to more than 60 countries across the globe. The growing international business represents 21% of operating profit.
The Group operates a number of world-class production facilities producing a range of products that includes some of the most recognisable and best loved brand names in South Africa, including the following power brands: Weet-Bix, Liqui-Fruit, Ceres, Sasko, Safari, Spekko and White Star.
The equity-accounted, joint venture investments based in South Africa, Nigeria, Botswana and Namibia do not form part of PFI’s segmental results, but are managed by the International division.
These include:
- Heinz Foods SA (49.9%)
- Bowman Ingredients South Africa (50%)
- Bokomo Namibia (50%)
- Bokomo Botswana (50%)
- Food Concepts Pioneer Limited, Nigeria (50.1%)
- Alpen Food Company SA (50%)
- Amigear Ventures Botswana (49%)
Pioneer Foods was established in 1997 and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (“JSE”) in 2008. It has three main divisions:
Essential Foods
manufactures wheat and maize products, pasta; it packs rice, beans and other dried vegetables and has large bakery operations.
Groceries
oury spreads, processed salads, long-life fruit juices, fruit concentrate mixtures and dairy fruit blends.
International
Throughout our history, Unilever has been a purpose-driven company and this spirit has shone through in every step of our journey.
It all started back in 1887, when William Lever, the founder of Lever Brothers, registered the Sunlight trademark in South Africa (SA). Undaunted by a crippling drought that prevailed on his first visit, and an as-yet undeveloped economy, Lever saw a manufacturing future for the country and it wasn’t long before the company set up its first South African factory at Maydon Wharf in Durban in 1911.
A force for change
Unilever has always believed in ‘doing well by doing good’ and we are working every day to make the world a little better – perfectly supporting President Cyril Ramaphosa’s inauguration commitment to a new era and “a vista rich with the hues of hope and promise”.
We’re determined to be a catalyst for change that enhances livelihoods and embeds sustainable values, in harmony with our nation’s Ubuntu spirit. We are bringing transformation through innovative business that reduces our environmental footprint, sources raw materials sustainably, invests with social awareness and uses technology responsibly.
We have a purpose that’s changing the game: “To make sustainable living commonplace”, not just globally, but in South Africa. We call this the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, and it sets out to decouple our growth from our environmental footprint, while increasing our positive social impact.
We are improving the health of the planet by nurturing our resources, using innovative technology, and fighting climate change for future generations.
We are contributing to a fairer and more socially inclusive world by advancing human rights, embedding equality, and circulating value fairly.
We believe that Companies with Purpose Last, and as a purpose-led company that is future-fit, we deliver long-term superior value – boosting productivity and speed as part of our digital transformation to a faster, flexible, lower-cost service for our consumers.
We believe that People with Purpose Thrive, and we’ve equipped our purpose-led people to reach their full potential by creating capability through lifelong learning, unlocking capacity for growth, and deepening our culture of pioneering. It’s no accident that we’ve been rated the Number 1 employer in Africa.
Growing numbers of people want to live more sustainably. They, like us, are looking at the impacts of our products across our full value chain. We measure our success by the number that share it with us.
Which is why we’re disrupting ’business as usual’ and serving our consumers and society…
Making Sustainable living commonplace.
Making South Africa and our planet better places.
We’ve worked tirelessly to ensure that our brands deliver our purpose wherever they are used, because when our customers and consumers grow, entire communities grow too.
As the proud employer of 0.28% of the country’s workforce, and manufacturing 95% of our products right here at home, we occupy a unique place in the lives of South Africans and we’re honoured to help them thrive through our products.
Like President Ramaphosa, we believe in a brighter future and a compact in which companies “generate social value and propel human development”. Our R4 billion investment in new and refurbished manufacturing facilities across South Africa demonstrates our confidence in economic growth.
We are preparing young South Africans, eager to apply their minds in the workplace, through our Youth Employability Programme – and our target is to help one million young people in Africa by 2020.
We have already trained 200 000 young job seekers in the last year in South Africa. One hundred Unilever managers are enrolled to serve and mentor our youth. Our internships, learnerships, apprenticeships and bursary schemes all serve to grow youth employability.
Many of the key levers for socio-economic change identified by the President are aligned with projects that Unilever has already embarked on. One of these is the focus on revitalising the township economy by training and employing youth through inclusive growth models with SMMEs and start-ups.
This builds sustainable businesses within the Unilever value chain, creating new local economies and linking people to opportunities in the formal business sector.
The prosperity of township communities is linked to the long-term success of our business and we are actively learning how best to add value, serve the people and utilise our considerable economic footprint to build this prosperity.
We agree with the President that no liberation can be complete, and no nation can be free, until its women are free. At Unilever, we believe that women’s empowerment is one of the greatest enablers of human development for economic growth.
By promoting the formal and active participation of women throughout our business, we aim to transform lives, families, communities and the South African economy. This will ensure growth in our markets, brands and business while simultaneously driving positive change in society. We are a gender-balanced management organisation and our Unilever South Africa Executive Board is already made up of 54% women.
Unilever has also committed to empowering five million women across the African continent by 2020.
We believe that Brands with Purpose Grow, and our purpose-led brands are growing fast; improving people’s health, confidence and wellbeing – by tackling some of the most pressing issues, encouraging positive habits and influencing how consumers use our brands.
This is how our brands have built passionate momentum in our consumers, by sharing our purpose and enabling them to make a difference, with confidence, while looking and feeling their best.
This ensures that, whenever you scrub, brush, lick or slurp one of our products, you help do some good by supporting one of our many causes.
Our “Brands with Purpose”, such as Lifebuoy, Domestos and Mentadent, create a brighter future for all, though initiatives such as the National Schools Hygiene and Sanitation programme, in partnership with the Department of Basic Education, which aims to touch 15,000 public primary schools and more than one million learners in the next 5 years.
We promote safety for women in the communities we serve through our Joko Tea programme aimed at reducing gender-based violence.
Our partnership with the Department of Environmental Affairs and Wildlands has created 10 000 “Greenpreneurs” who turn waste into useful products and together, we have planted more than one million trees since 2015.
We support programmes helping the unskilled and unemployed to gain jobs and dignity, such as our OLA Vendor programme, which currently employs close to 3 000 individuals.
President Ramaphosa has invoked the moving lyrics of the revered late Hugh Masekela and the spirit of service expressed in the words Thuma Mina, igniting the #SendMe movement across the country.
We say, “Send Unilever” – where we can share our knowledge and experience for quick action and impact, where we can serve and help to usher in South Africa’s promise of a New Dawn.
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.
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.
Ombud scheme, set up in line with the Consumer Protection Act (“the CPA”) 68 of 2008.
THE FUNCTIONS OF CGSO
The CGSO is obligated to enforce the Consumer Goods and Services Industry Code of Conduct by:
- Receiving and dealing with complaints and disputes by a consumer, free of charge, relating to the Code or CPA
- Attempting to facilitate a settlement between parties
- Addressing each complaint in an unbiased manner
- Making recommendations as to how the dispute should be settled
In addition, the CGSO must:
- Identify recurring problems which industry members need to address and make recommendations on how to deal with them
- Identify ways of increasing compliance
- Produce annual reports on the operations and effectiveness of the Code
- Educate the general public, consumers, suppliers, staff and others regarding the existence of the Ombud’s office
Our brands span a range of categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, out-of-home ranges, personal care products, cosmetics, footwear, accessories, and fashion apparel.
We have a well-developed Shared Services structure spanning: International, IT, Finance, Logistics, Marketing, Procurement and Field Marketing, that allows us to take advantage of our scale.
With a turnover of R13.21 Billion in this last financial year, AVI’s brands are a household name in South Africa and growing every day!
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Speakers
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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