Helping Clients with their New B2B Customer Acquisition

Managing www.xtendevent.com, a virtual conference and exhibition platform that connects B2B communities Open virtually 24/7/365, trade sellers can advertise/exhibit free and their potential customers can join virtual shows of interest to attend conferences, engage speakers, source products, video call and chat with exhibitors, collect documents to an electronic briefcase, request product RFQs, negotiate & settle trade deals, and journey into the future of trade in Africa.

Managed events market research and financial planning, events marketing and promotion, sponsorship design and marketing, delegations and protocols, redesigned floorplans, conceived and developed conferences and engaged and managed speakers, secured strategic endorsement, media partnerships, and managed sales Conferences included:• BRICS Country Opportunity Presentations for each BRICS country• The Future of Trade in Africa Conference• Export-Import WorkshopsSecured Endorsements from: Three regional African Economic Communities, COMESA (Common Market for East & Southern Africa), EAC (East African Community), SADC (Southern Africa Development Community)Three aligned Community Business CouncilsTwenty-six African countries – as signatories to the Africa Free Trade Agreement, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD Business Council)The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport SA, The SA Association of Freight Forwarders, Proudly African, Brand South Africa, and many others.Secured Media Partnerships with CNBC Africa, Channel Africa, SABC News, SAFM, Business Report, Export & Import, African Trader, Freight & Trade Weekly, Shipping News, Diplomat, and many othersAligned, featured, and promoted Xtendevent, as a future virtual trade show platform across the BRICS Africa Forum & Exhibition, The Southern African International Trade Exhibition (SAITEX), Africa’s Big Seven (AB7) – Africa’s leading Food & Beverage Industries trade exhibition and INDUTEC as Southern Africa's leading Industry & Technology Trade Fair

Consulted with and assisted Bembani Sustainability Solutions with the design, development, and production of environmental management training workshops for municipal managers, municipal employees, and multimedia educational campaigns localized public environmental education in support of FIFA 2010 World Cup Host City compliance.

Fabulous Products manufactures and distribributes health-related brands into retail markets.I managed new products design and development, product packaging and design and outsourced manufacturing.I was also responsible to identify retail channels, manage negotiations, listings and agreements and manage national sales agents, merchandisers and warehousing and logistics service providers.

Blue Hills Housing Development offers affordable stand-alone houses in Blue Hills, MidrandInitiated and managed the development feasibility for a 50 ha multi-density Township in Blue Hills, Midrand, SA. The approveddevelopment comprises over two thousand homes bridging the ‘affordable’ and ‘gap’ markets.

Maendeleo Resorts is a world class eco-friendly resort hotel on Zanzibar (Unguja. Responsible for promoting the development of a 120 room US$ 23 million 4-star resort hotel at Fumba, Unguja (Zanzibar Island),Tanzania. Secured the property and assembled a world-class team of legal, financial, development (architectural, cost-controlling,engineering, technical consulting, environmental consulting, construction and design and project management) and hotel management and marketing professionals, managed the resort planning and design and motivated a non-profit Foundation to benefit Zanzibari children.

Digital Synergy is a multimedia digital production and distribution company specialising in business marketing and communications.Responsible for delivering educational multimedia skills promotions series and producing video documentaries. Promoted and distributed secondary school curriculum for Star Schools Television and The Learning Channel.Achievements• Delivered free multimedia skills promotion series to over 5000 government secondary schools.• Personal commendations from the Skills SA Foundation, the National Skills Authority, the Ministry for Education and over two thousand secondary school Principals.• Produced award winning video documentaries including South Africa’s first participation in the International Youth Skills Olympics- distributed free to all Technikons and Technical Colleges in South Africa.• Raised millions for charity - making possible the free distribution of educational video to all schools for the disabled in South Africa.

Responsible for event conception and design, production and events management. Oversaw the overall communication between the company and media partnerships, delegates, exhibitors, visitors, sponsors and stakeholders. Events sales and marketing.AchievementsPromoted and co organised South Africa’s most successful outdoor consumer events in their sectors - including:» Johannesburg World Festival: Visitor Gate 50 000+» ProBoat: 20 000 +» Saturday Star Radio 702 Taverns of the World: 40000+» Fantasy Land: 30 000+» Earthlink: 35 000+Personally onboarded 120 exhibitors in four months establishing AdEx as the largest and most profitable on the calendar.The visitor advertising campaign “The One Show - with Muscle” drew record attendance of over 4000 trade visitors.

Thomsons Publications - leading South African B2B publishing house. Responsible for Export From SA and then Computing SA. Managed advertising sales for new publishing opportunitiesAchievements• Top Sales Achiever Relaunched Computronics as Computing SA. Launched Export Made Easy for the South African Department of Trade and Industry.• Handpicked as part of turnaround business team for major publishing investment. Published numerous trade magazines, year books, annuals and corporate commemoratives.

P.F Colliers is a publishing company.Responsible for sales, field sales management and training. Oversaw recruitment and administration including the scripting and designing of recruitment advertising and conducting sales representatives’ interviews, recruitment and training.