Marketing Director and General Manager with extensive local and international experience in the FMCG sector and a proven track record in delivering market share and profitability growth, through building strong brands and teams. Strategic and operational excellence, calm and decisive under pressure, empowering leader, strong communicator, and passionate people developer. Recently returned to SA (Cape Town) after relocating to Nairobi, Kenya in 2011 to develop the marketing and business plans for Kenya and East Africa.Core Competencies Include:• Work effortlessly and efficiently across different functions, geographies and hierarchy levels.• Entrepreneurial, agile and go-getter mindset, strongly focused on growth. • Self-starter, offer high levels of initiative.• Actively contribute to an engaged workplace and moving organisation forward.• Resilient, cope under high amounts of pressure. • Curious mindset with a lifelong learning approach. • High affinity and interest for digital transformation. • Passionate about inclusion, supporting and developing people.• Drive digital transformation within the local organization, to reach our consumers in the most efficient and effective way.With a love for culture and travel, have visited over 51 countries. Additionally, an avid sport enthusiast where sport plays a big part of my spare time, enjoying cricket, golf, squash and generally keeping fit and active.