South Africa

KANTHA GOVENDER is both innovative and strategic in her approach. Kantha held the position of Publishing Manager at Media 24 and comes with a wealth of Media experience. In KANTHA GOVENDER 18 years in Media, she has worked across brands like True Love, Move!, Real, FHM, Kick Off, TV Plus, Grazia, Leef, Your Baby, Your… read more »

YARON ASSABI: It was recognised as a Top Technology 100 enterprise in 2005/2006/2007 and won several innovation awards. Yaron also founded BroadBrand in 2012 to assist MNO’s, publishers, developers and brands with their mobile marketing and mobile advertising. YARON ASSABI has served as the ICT strategist for the Nelson Mandela Foundation. He was recently appointed… read more »

He is the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Uthingo Management (Pty) Ltd, the first South African National Lottery operator. He assisted in the launch of the Lottery between 1999 and 2000. He was part of, and later led, the team that grew the business to more than R4 Billion per year, until the end… read more »

She has been part of MultiChoice for more than five years, primarily tasked with marketing digital products and driving digital strategy for group brands across the continent. She also leads the digital insights team, driven by her passion for bringing ROI and measurement closer to marketing.

As a sell-side advertising expert, she has always ensured to keep up to speed with technology developments on both sides of the business by focusing on relationship building. In the most recent chapters of her career, she has gained a passion & focus on playing an educational role in the industry by providing learning opportunities… read more »

She has worked in the advertising industry, in both client services and strategy development roles. Mpho is the Chief Marketing Officer for Wunderman South Africa, a network of digital marketing advertising agencies that deliver integrated brand marketing solutions for some leading global brands. She is a committee member of AMASA (Advertising Media Association of South… read more »

RYAN SMIT joined Silverstone in 2015 as Analytics Director in order to enhance and manage the data and analytics strategies across business operations in Africa and the Caribbean. RYAN SMIT has recently been made Chief Strategic Officer, which has expanded his responsibilities to include group-wide strategic planning and business development. Ryan is also the Analytics… read more »

Elizabeth de Stadler specialises in media law, data privacy law, plain language drafting and designing and delivering training. She is an attorney, but not a suit and prides herself on bringing a fresh perspective to compliance issues. She has a Masters (cum laude) in Consumer Law. She is the CEO of Novation Consulting (Pty) Ltd…. read more »

Nathi has more than 13 years’ experience in Media & Entertainment industry. He is currently Chief Operating Officer at Quizzical Pictures. Quizzical Pictures is one of South Africa’s leading film and television production houses.. After more than twenty years in existence, Quizzical enjoys a solid reputation as an award-winning creative innovator in the industry. Their… read more »

He has been a member of the IAB Agency Council since 2015 and an IAB Bookmarks Awards judge in 2018. Previously, after completing his BComm in Business Management, he’d assisted in taking a startup ad agency to acquisition (by Ogilvy) and a second business (Neo@Ogilvy) to double-digit mil in revenue inside 3 years. He’s equally… read more »

MARC DU PLESSIS has been intimately involved in Caxton’s digital strategy, including launching innovative digital offerings particularly in the geo-location and retail environment. MARC DU PLESSIS has also previously served on the AMASA (Advertising Media Association of South Africa) committee.

He is the CEO of The SpaceStation, SA’s leading digital media sales company. It is an innovative partnership between 24.com and DStv Media Sales, both members of the Naspers group. Representing more than 50 of Africa’s favourite websites, mobi-sites and mobile apps, the company offers advertisers a unique launch pad for reaching more than 30-million… read more »

His career includes experience at SA’s top brand building companies including SAB, Unilever, Tiger Brands and Mondelez, as well as leadership roles in the advertising industry. A lawyer by training with both MBA and chartered marketing qualifications, Mokoena has led two of the biggest agencies in South Africa and is well known as an industry… read more »

He twice served on the Management Committee of the OPA (the precursor to the DMMA and IAB), and on his return to South Africa rejoined the Publishing Council of the IAB before standing as chairperson. Chris has worked for and across most of the media groups in SA, and is currently the project director for… read more »

She also facilitated the build of the Customer Innovation Lab, driving Gloo@Ogilvy’s customer centric strategy and innovation pillars. Paula has been with Gloo since its first year of operation, moving into a role as project manager in 2006, and later serving as head of project management, operations director and finally as MD of the Gloo… read more »