Andrew has worked in the electricity industry for the past 21 years in a wide range of fields including power system planning, information technology, business planning and demand-side management.

Andrew is a Senior General Manager, currently responsible for Eskom’s integrated demand management programme which involves collaboration with business and society to reduce the demand for electricity through energy efficiency, whilst growing South Africa’s economy.

Chairman & Vice President: Shell Oil Products Africa (South)

Bonang is currently the Chairman and Vice President of Shell South Africa (Pty) Limited, where he is Chairman of the boards of Shell South Africa Holdings (Pty) Ltd; Shell South Africa Energy (Pty) Ltd; Shell South Africa Marketing (Pty) Ltd and Shell South Africa Refinery (Pty) Ltd. He also has responsibilities for their Aviation, Marine and Lubricants global businesses and operationally accountable for their Retail; Fuels & Bitumen; Supply & Distribution classes of businesses as well as Legal; HR; Safety (HSSE) and Transformation classes of functions.

Until 31 December 2008, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Drake & Scull FM SA (Pty) Ltd, a Facilities Management company owned by the Tsebo Outsourcing Group.

Up to May 2003, he was Chief Executive:  Shared Services and Associated Companies of Sanlam; a member of the executive committee (EXCO); alternate director of the Sanlam Limited main board; chairman of the board of TASC; a director of Innofin; Gensec Property Services and Fundamo.  Until 2002, he was the Chief Executive: Corporate Marketing, Sanlam.

Until August 2001, he was the Executive Vice President at South African Airways (SAA) responsible for Strategic Alliances, Network Management and Global Sales.  The revenue generated by this business unit was in excess of R8 billion of which more than R5 billion was generated outside of South Africa.  The staff complement was more than 800 with nine direct reports.

Before this he was the Managing Director of Otis (Pty) Ltd – the world’s biggest and oldest elevator company where he spent five years– and in 1997, winners of the Black Management Forum’s (BMF) “Progressive Company of the Year” award, with responsibilities for South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana and Namibia. He served on the Management Committee of South Europe, Middle East and West Africa Area (SEA). Prior to this, he successfully led the Otis Inland Region to improved business performance in General Management as Regional Manager and a member of the Executive (EXCO) Team.

History

After spending four years at Wits Medical School, he acquired Business and Management experience by spending ten years in the pharmaceutical industry progressing through various positions, including product management and new business development management – culminating in being appointed Export Manager at Logos Pharmaceuticals (MSD), where he was the only delegate from Africa at the “Cholesterol Reducers International Conference” in Barcelona, Spain in 1992.

In 1994, he joined Sandoz Products (Pty) Limited (now Novartis) as Head: Public Affairs and Communications Department and a member of the Executive Committee (EXCO), reporting to the Chief Executive Officer.  Apart from being the official company spokesperson, he also represented the company in various forums; inter alia, the Commission of Inquiry into National Health Insurance.

Recognition

Bonang was awarded the 2007 South African Facilities Management Association (SAFMA)’s ‘Personality of the Year’ and the 1997 Black Management Forum’s (BMF) Manager of the Year.  In October 1998, he attended the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) Conference in Miami, Florida, in May 2003 and April 2004 the Young Presidents Organisation (YPO)’s Global Leadership Conference (GLC) in Las Vegas and London respectively.  In November 2001, he received the Presidential Award for his “Servanthood in South African Industry & the Economic Empowerment of Previously Disadvantaged Individuals”.

Current Directorships

• South African Airways (Pty) Limited (Chair of SA Travel Centre & then Audit Committee , until June 2010)
• Hollard Insurance Company Limited (Member of Audit Committee)
• Swiss Re Africa Limited
• South African Express Airways (Pty) Limited (Chair of REMCO)

Hobbies

Spending quality time with his lovely wife Susan and two daughters - Tshepiso & Maneo, reading, jogging and golf.

Specialist Advisor Strategy, Governance and Knowledge

(B.Soc Sc; B.Th; Dip SBM; CFP)

• Facilitator:
  • Corporate Strategic Planning
  • Corporate Decision Making
• Corporate Governance Process and Structure Facilitation
• Innovation Strategies
• Process and Systems Design
• Presentations and Seminars
• Training (design and deployment)

Roger has worked for 20 years in both large corporate environments and small business environments. His speciality is in making complexity understandable and facilitating robust solutions.

He is passionate about assisting companies and individuals find their clear strategic direction and purpose – and helping them to take steps in implementing this purpose in an effective way.

1990 to Present (20 years experience)

Strategy, Governance, Operations and Knowledge

• Training and Presenting - in both informal and formal environments across a range of subject areas and sectors.
• Strategic Planning and Implementation – having been involved directly in a number of start-up/early stage companies this has [provided the opportunity to be involved from the “ground floor” in the design of business models, financial control systems, investment models and a range of other policies, procedure and processes.
• Strategic Facilitation and Decision Making – again the ongoing opportunity presented through internal strategic planning as well as from an “outsiders” perspective has provided exposure to a range of critical business decision processes.
• Strategic and Business Model Analysis and Development.

Achievements

Alternative Investments Symposium Gauteng

• Speaker at this event organised by the Institute for International Research

Unit Trusts Symposium Gauteng

• Speaker at this event organised by the Institute for International Research

Qualifications

Certified Financial Planner (CFP™) Qualification

• Personal Financial Planning
• Corporate Financial Planning
• Healthcare

Bachelor of Social Science *(University of Natal, Durban)

• Marketing
• Industrial Psychology
• Industrial Sociology

Bachelor of Theology (Unisa)

• Systematic Theology
• Practical Theology

Diploma in Business Management (Damelin)

Current Positions Roger Hitchcock currently holds a number of directorships ranging from Executive Director in Honeylane Consulting to Non-Executive positions in the Mining Sector, Retail and NPO.

Details are available on request.

Project and risk management consultant with more than 25 years project experience as developer, analyst, project and programme manager. Currently focusing on the people aspects of project success including change management, project leadership and communication.

Qualifications:

BSc Hons (Psychology); BSc Masters (Physics); PhD (Social Science)

Project Success Proven:

The Project Success team works with project stakeholders and teams to increase the success rates of projects. We specialise in assisting with project start up and consulting on projects in distress. We are a team of subject matter experts with the experience and skills  required to set up and run successful projects. Our services include master classes, team building, consulting and mentoring of project stakeholders. Our services are based on our combined experience and research-based knowledge of the requirements to achieve optimal project success.

C.J.MOERDYK
MARKETING ANALYST
Fellow of the Institute of Marketing Management
65 De Villiers Way, Glencairn, Simon's Town, 7975
Tel (021) 7822677 
Cell 083 222 5636
E-mail cmoerdyk@mweb.co.za

CHRISTOPHER JAMES MOERDYK (Chris)
April 2011

The former head of strategic planning and public affairs at BMW South Africa, Chris Moerdyk was listed in a recent Markinor corporate survey as one of South Africa's top marketing thought leaders and in an earlier Financial Mail poll he was voted one of the 20 most influential people in the SA advertising industry.

He now spends his time as a marketing strategist, analyst, auditor and mentor.  He is also regularly commissioned by numerous marketing industry magazines, radio and TV shows for opinion.

He is non-executive chairman of bizcomunity.com and in 2001 he was awarded a prestigious Fellowship of The Institute of Marketing Management. In September 2002 he was appointed by The State President to the inaugural board of the Media Development and Diversity Agency on which he served for six years.

He was a founder member of the Government/private sector national communications partnership for the 2010 World Cup and headed up the 2010 NCP Media & Communications Cluster.

In 2008 he was invited to join the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council – an influential global network of 3,500 senior marketing and brand decision-makers dedicated to knowledge exchange, thought leadership and peer networking

From 1989 to 2007 he served on the management board of BMW SA responsible for strategic planning and public affairs. He produced the company's five year strategic plans and was also a member of the team on BMW SA's ground-breaking export strategy. He was responsible for product launches to media, corporate events, media liaison. Chris was also a member of the BMW International public policy strategy group and part of the organising committees for the visits of HM Queen Elizabeth ll to Land Rover S Africa and Chancellor Helmut Kohl to BMW SA. He was also English speech-writer for the chairman of the BMW Group in Germany, Eberhardt von Kuenheim.

For many years he was co-chairman of the Sony South Africa Corporate Communications Council. He remains a marketing advisor to Sony, as well as to the Metropolitan Group, Neotel, Land Rover SA, Sanparks, Optimal Energy (SA's first electric car ) Master Maths, Regent Insurance, MixTelematics and other blue chip companies. He helped establish and was a member of Standard Bank Group's Strategic Issues Forum. Chris recently completed a complex perception change marketing strategy for Land Rover SA.

He was inaugural chairman of the Oversight Committee of the Marketing Association of South Africa.  He chairman of the board of the Catholic Newspaper Printing Company Ltd and serves as a pro-bono member of the board of the Newborns Groote Schuur Trust.