2019 Speakers
James Peech
Founder & CEO
The Peech Hotel
Robert Jasper
GM
Sandton Sun
Shaun Wheeler
GM
Radisson Blu Hotel, Sandton
Andrea Anderson
GM: Operations
City Lodge Hotel Group
Robert Milder
Environmentalist & Founder
Van de Sant BV
Inge Dykman
Head: Leisure, Tourism and Trade
Wesgro
Caroline Ungersbock
Chair and co-founder
Sustainable Tourism Partnership Programme
Lorraine Jenks
Founder
Hotelstuff | Greenstuff
Mariette van Vuuren
Hospitality Sector Lead SA
Diversey
Gavin Beckett
Intelligent Automation Solution Architect
DigiBlu
Busisiwe Mathe
Chairman
PricewaterhouseCoopers SA
Wendy Alberts
Chief Executive Officer
Restaurant Association of South Africa (RASA)
Adrian Davidson
Director
Savile Row
Kabelo Lehlongwane
Director Of Strategy
FCB Africa
Kim Whitaker
Co-founder & Managing Director
Once Travel
Karin Sieberhagen
Sales & Marketing Manager
Serena Hotels, Lodges and Resorts
Marc Wachsberger
Managing Director
The Capital Hotels & Apartments
Philippa Rodseth
Executive Director
Manufacturing Circle
Sean Granger
General Manager
Granny Mouse Country House & Spa
Lee-Ann Bac
Director
BDO Advisory
Tim Harlech-Jones
Business Development Director
Bentel Associates International
Dr. Juliet Chipumuro
Academic Dean: Hotel Management School
Stenden South Africa
Alexis Bekker
Head of Sales & Marketing South Africa & Africa
Lux Resorts & Hotels
Ebi Lockhat
Public Relations Officer
South African National Halaal Authority (SANHA)
Victor Tharage
Director General
National Department of Tourism
Shaun Bird
General Manager
Sandton Convention Centre
Patrick Fisher
Operations Manager
Lanzerac Hotel & Spa
Lindsay Griffin
Head of Business Enablement
Aerobotics
Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo
Chief Operating Officer
City Lodge
Margie Whitehouse
Advisor
Youth Employment Service (YES)
Kamil Abdul- Karrim
Managing Director
PAM GOLDING Tourism & Hospitality Consulting
Matthew Foxon
Executive Chef
54 on Bath
Jane-Therese Mulry
Executive Chef
Qunu Restaurant – Saxon Hotel
Darryl Erasmus
Principal Consultant
The CGV
Barry Clemens
Regional Head African & Oceanic Countries
Hi.com
Dr. Tim London
Head of Organisational Innovation & Senior Lecturer
UCT Graduate School of Business
Tara Turkington
Chief Executive Officer
Flow Communications
Jerry Mabena
Chief Executive Officer
Thebe Services
Zinon Marinakos
Managing Director
DSA Architects International
Robert Milder
Environmentalist & Founder
Van de Sant BV
Clive Shepherd
Chairman
DSA Architects International
Wayne Godwin
Senior Vice President
JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group
Martin Kobald
Vice President – Worldchefs
Owner: ChefMLK Group of Companies
Andrew Rogers
Director
ARgute
Miller Matola
Chief Executive Officer
Millvest
Tony Elvin
Director
‘Ikhaya Le Langa
Dorcas Dlamini-Mbele
Area Director of Sales & Distribution – Sub Saharan Africa
Marriott Interntional
Mark Wernich
General Manager
Taj Hotels
Joanne Selby
General Manager
The Table Bay Hotel, Sun International
Sisa Ntshona
CEO
SA Tourism
Wesley Grobler
Executive Director
Warison Gemel
Dale Simpson
Curator
Radisson Red Hotel V&A Waterfront
Rishabh Thapar
Director
HVS Africa
Gillian Saunders
Private Consultant
Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa
Chief Executive Officer
Tourism Business Council of SA
Ati Ngubevana
Executive Head: Digital Process Re-engineering
Vodacom
