The CMO Corner

The CMO Corner

By Thabani KhumaloBusiness
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The CMO Corner episodes

  • S2 Ep1: Standard Bank Chief Brand & Marketing Officer - Thulani Sibeko

    Born and raised in Soweto, Thulani Sibeko is an enthusiastic, collaborative, optimistic and assertive marketer and business leader. Since graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Accounting Major) in 1992, Thulani has held different marketing roles in different industries and companies over the past 25 years, including Gillette, Polaroid, Procter & Gamble, Vodacom, Hollard and Nedbank.

    After serving as the Group Executive for Marketing, Communication, and Corporate Affairs at Nedbank for 6 years, Thulani joined the Standard Bank Group in January 2018, as the Head of Marketing and Communication for the Group. Since January 2021, Thulani has been the Chief Brand and Marketing Officer of the Standard Bank Group, leading the marketing and communication functions across 20 countries. He is a member of the Standard Bank Group Leadership Council (GLC).

    Qualifications:

    Master in Business Administration (Henley)

    Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (California State University, Sacramento)

    Graduate Certificate in Business Studies (Harvard Extension School)

    39 min
  • S1 Ep6: Sanlam Chief Executive: Brand - Sydney Mbhele (CM SA)
    Sydney Mbhele is a chartered marketer (SA) with a proven track record in building brands and markets. His experience stretches Financial Services (Banking, Insurance, and Investments), Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), and Telecoms. He has worked in Marketing, Communications, Sales, Corporate Affairs and led major brands for organisations that include the likes Unilever (local & Global roles in London), SABMiller Nedbank, Liberty, and Cell C. Sydney is currently the Group Executive: Brand at Sanlam Group (a member of Group Exco), and Chairman & board member of the Marketing Association of South Africa. Sydney is also the co-founder and Chairman of Mentor A Boy Child (a non-profit organisation) focusing on helping young boys become better men for society.
    1 hr 1 min
  • S1 Ep5: Google Africa Chief Marketing Officer - Mzamo Masito
    My guest, Mzamo Masito is the chief marketing officer for Google Africa. His role entails bringing to life Google’s mission to organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and be helpful, useful for every African, so that Google’s users and partners can grow in Africa.
    1 hr 1 min
  • S1 Ep4 : Nando's Chief Marketing Officer - Doug Place

    I spoke to the CMO for Nando's, the South African fast food chain that specialises in flame-grilled peri-peri style chicken. Founded in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1987, Nando's operates over 1,200 outlets in 35 countries. We spoke about all things creativity, what makes him and his team tick and the changes the marketing industry needs as he sits in the Marketing Association of South Africa's board. 

    Doug Place is the Chief Marketing Officer of Nando’s Africa, Middle East, and South Asia.

    Prior to Nando’s Doug held the position of Marketing Executive of Ster-Kinekor Theatres. Before joining Ster-Kinekor, Doug worked at Cadbury South Africa.

    He has received more than 100 international and national marketing and advertising awards including 3 Loeries Grand Prix awards. Most recently Nando’s won the Marketing Organisation of the Year award at the annual Marketing Achievement Awards where he was also a finalist for Marketer of the Year. 

    Doug is a Wits graduate and holds a B.Com B.Com Honours Degree (cum laude), and was the top graduate student in both Marketing and across all disciplines in the business school. He is also a registered Chartered Marketer (CMSA), sits on the Professional Designations Board (PDB) and is a board member of MASA.

    53 min
  • S1 Ep3 : Nedbank Group Executive for Marketing & Corporate Affairs - Khensani Nobanda
    Khensani Nobanda is the Group Executive for Marketing and Corporate Affairs at Nedbank. Her marketing career spans 18 years, working across a number of local and multinational organisations. Her first marketing role was at Unilever where she started as the Rama Assistant Brand Manager. Kensi’s Unilever career culminated in her running the Skin Category for Unilever in Africa, Middle East and Turkey, based in Dubai. She has also worked at Diageo, South African Breweries and Vodacom where she was before she joined Nedbank in September 2017. Kensi is passionate about brands, especially brands that are purpose led.
    1 hr 4 min
  • S1 Ep2 : Brand Africa & ABLA Founder - Thebe Ikalafeng
    On S1 E2 of the CMO corner. I chatted with a good friend/brother/mentor of mine. He is the perfect guest as we celebrate Africa Month in May. Everything he does is centered around Africa. Having been to all 55 countries in the Africa. Thebe is the founder of Brand Leadership Group which is a marketing group that has shaped brands like PRASA, Transnet, UNISA and many more SOEs. He has been recognized by New African Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Africans. He founded Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands, the only pan-African research and ranking of brands in Africa, to promote excellence in building brands in Africa. He is the founder and Principal of Africa Brand Leadership Academy (ABLA) which empowers and inspires Africa-focused global brand leadership.  With a corporate career that started at Colgate Palmolive in New York and concluded as chief marketing officer for NIKE for Africa, he won over 75 awards in branding and marketing communication globally.
    53 min
  • S1 Ep1: Brave Group Chief Future Officer: Musa Kalenga

    I wanted to chat about the future of marketing, and there is no better way than to chat to Musa Kalenga, Chief Future Officer at the Brave Group and the CEO of BridgeLabs. We touched on his entrepreneurial journey, the switch to being corporate head, ditching all of it to go back into entrepreneurship, the future of marketing with all the shifts we see and how brands and marketers can start showing value through the humanization of brands. Have a listen  

    44 min
  • The CMO Corner Trailer

    Do you want to come into a world of intimate and real conversations to learn from some of the leading current and former Chief Marketing Officers and Marketing Executives? Well, this is the podcast for you! Join Thabani Khumalo (CM SA) as he picks their brains on brands, their marketing journey and more

    1 min

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On the CMO corner, Thabani Khumalo (CM SA) chats to some of the best Chief Marketing Officers (CMO's) and Marketing Executives that are leading your favourite brands on topics around brand building,…