Responsible for evolving the strategic product vision of a rapidly scaling start-up company. I have helped build and manage a global team that has grown processing volume 650% over the past 2 years.The growth is a result of innovating and adapting our product to serve a new market. I have also established partnership agreements with some of the biggest players in our industry, driving a philosophy of integrating with best in class solutions to best serve our combined target market. Today, we are proud to be the official fundraising partner for the Boston Marathon and many others who put social impact at the forefront of what they do.I also consult and spend time working with our sister company, PayProp - building and mentoring the team. PayProp is a global rental payment platform, processing over $2billion a year. Peer reviews from my last performance appraisal:* Fantastic colleague. Proactive. Well informed. Constructive. Communicates clearly.* One of the most organised and diligent people I know. If he says he will do something, you can take it to the bank. Brings a great energy to any meeting.* Very thoughtful in one on one and small interactions. Charismatic leader in bigger gatherings* Very sharp, excellent business acumen* Good developer of teams, gives a lot of scope for growth* Dynamic, innovative, fearless

A big part of my role was to build online retail familiarity and trust in a region where it was not yet adopted widely.During my time at Takealot, we grew the revenue line 500%, becoming the leading e-commerce player in the Africa, which culminated in the acquisition of our number one competitor, Naspers owned kalahari.com. I was also responsible for creating and building strategic partnerships with key players in other industries (big banks, major airlines, leading insurers), as well as all sponsorship and key brand events.My team was responsible for brand share, market penetration, traffic growth, revenue growth, new user acquisition, customer retention – across all platforms – desktop, mobile web and app.

Studied whilst working full-time and completed my Masters in Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on Leadership and Strategy.Passed with distinction and I presented my thesis at the IAPNM 2015 conference in Brazil.

Responsible for driving the bricks-to-clicks strategy: (1) Getting people out of physical bank branches to make use of our digital channels, and (2) convert non-FNB customers by means of client acquisition strategies in collaboration with above-the-line marketing agencies.As a team, we managed to grow the personal banking client base by 3.5 million over 3 years, promoting FNB to the market leader in South Africa.During this time, I also served on the FNB Marketing Executive Committee and was part of the earn that earned FNB the award of “Most innovative bank in the world” in 2012 (BAI Finacle Global Banking Awards).

During my time at Nativa I took our best selling product to being market leader in its category.I was in charge of brand management of all company messages to target markets in identified mediums plus compiling and implementation of individual relevant strategies for each product in their respective market and mediums in line with company objectives and allocated resources.I also Initiated progressive trade development through the creation, management, implementing and monitoring of innovative marketing strategies including management of websites, electronic spend, social media, etc.