South Africa

Marlon Parker visited CSI in April, 2014. He is the founder of Reconstructed Living Lab (RLabs), a global movement and registered Social Enterprise, started in 2008, that provides innovative solutions to address various complex problems. Marlon thrives on creating community driven innovation and reconstruction. RLabs creates an environment where people are empowered to make a… read more »

Raymond Perrier, Director of South Africa’s Jesuit Institute, spoke at our #ThoughtLeaderFriday session in March, 2014. His work has seen partnerships with the University of Johannesburg (on public morality), with the Origins Centre of Wits University (on creation and evolution), and with the Catholic Institute of Education (a national leadership program for rural school principals)…. read more »

Rian visited the Creative Spark headquarters in April, 2013. Rian has worked in Silicon Valley, has a PhD in Social Network Theory and also worked at eBay. He is skilled in User experience strategy (Product Discovery, Design thinking, etc.) and User experience research (usability testing, ethnography, personas, customer journey mapping, etc.) His talk centered on… read more »

On his visit to Cape Town, South Africa, to mentor startups on board the startup accelerator ship Unreasonable at Sea, Matt Mullenweg paid a visit to the Creative Spark office to chat about the beginning of WordPress and his passion for open source. All eyes were on the young entrepreneur as both the agency and… read more »

Joined RB in 1993 as HR Director India. Gurveen was promoted to the role of Manpower Planning Director based in the UK in 1997. In 1999, she was appointed as HR Director South Asia based in India post the merger of Reckitt & Colman and Benckiser. In 2007, she moved to Regional HRD East Asia in… read more »

ADRIAN HENNAH: Joined RB in January 2013 and was appointed CFO in February 2013. Prior to joining RB, Adrian spent six years at Smith & Nephew plc as CFO and four years as CFO at Invensys plc. ADRIAN HENNAH also spent 18 years at GlaxoSmithKline plc, holding a number of senior management and financial roles…. read more »

ROB DE GROOT joined RB in 1988. After international roles in marketing and sales he became General Manager The Netherlands, then SVP, Regional Director Eastern Europe and was appointed Global Category Officer, surface and dish before being appointed EVP North America & Australia. In January 2012 Rob became EVP of the ENA area, responsible for North… read more »

AMEDEO FASANO: Joined in 1997 as Supply Director Italy. After the Reckitt & Colman and Benckiser merger, AMEDEO FASANO was appointed Manufacturing Director for Central, South Western and Southern Europe Regions. In 2002 he became Regional Supply Director North America and in 2003 SVP Supply North America, Australia and New Zealand. In 2007 he took… read more »

Seth joined RB from PepsiCo where he spent 3.5 years as SVP and Chief Information Officer, Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to this Seth spent 12 years in a number of senior IT roles at Pepsi including leading Global Business Solutions and IT transformation programmes.

RAKESH KAPOOR joined RB in 1987 and served in various regional and central marketing roles. Following the merger of Reckitt & Colman and Benckiser, he assumed the role of Senior Vice President, Home Care. He was appointed SVP, Regional Director Northern Europe in 2001 and in July 2006, he was promoted to EVP, Category Development with… read more »

Rupert began his career as a lawyer in private practice. In 1989 he joined US law firm Morrison & Foerster, working in San Francisco and London, and from 1994 he worked for Lovells in London. In 1995 he joined SmithKline Beecham as Senior Counsel for mergers and acquisitions and other corporate matters. When SmithKline Beecham… read more »

Arisha Saroop, General Manager: Durban Arisha’s story is a wonderful one. On a personal note she managed to marry her childhood sweetheart and remain madly in love! On a professional note, Arisha joined The MediaShop’s Durban team as the office’s media receptionist and is now calling the shots as the General Manager.

Gareth Grant, Business Unit Manager Having joined the advertising industry in 2005, Gareth quickly made a name for himself in the industry. As a newbie he was invited to guest lecturer at the AAA during 2006 and 2008, providing unique insights into his first impressions of the workplace. From his humble beginnings at UM as… read more »

Managing Director – Johannesburg Apart from his love of media, Kgaugelo is passionate about many things, but thoroughly enjoys travelling around South Africa and the world with his family, and watching a variety of sports. He wouldn’t say no to a good documentary so if you know of one, share it with him! Kgaugelo is… read more »

He is the group head of IT