Speakers 2023
Pepe Marais
Founding partner of Joe Public United. Chairman of One School At A Time. Closet Afrikaans rocker. Author. Humanitarian at heart. Core interest: Growth of people.
Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa
Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa is the Chief Executive Officer at the Tourism Business Council of South Africa with 20 years’ experience in International Marketing, Business Development, International Trade Relations …
Peter McAtamney
Peter is the founding Principal of Wine Business Solutions (WBS), one of the only businesses globally whose sole focus is providing strategic advisory and management consultancy services to the wine industry.
Robin Shaw
Mike Ratcliffe
Mike Ratcliffe has the business of winemaking and wine tourism in his bones. For almost 3 decades Mike was responsible for the growth and management of the very successful Warwick Estate …
Wrenelle Stander
Wrenelle has extensive experience in both public and private sector. Finding the sweet spot in the nexus between the two is the thread that strings together her various roles. Prior to joining Wesgro, Wrenelle held three other enterprise leadership roles, including that of Chief Executive Officer of Comair Limited …
Katlego Ditlhokwe
Katlego Ditlhokwe is a Brand Storyteller and a Thought Leader with over 10 years experience in the advertising and media industry. Katlego’s passion for storytelling …
Chantel Botha
Chantel is an activist for creating happy workplaces, remarkable customer experiences and protecting nature. She teaches teams in large organisations the recipe to create remarkable customer experiences …
Paul Siguqa
Paul Siguqa, acquired Klein Goederust in 2019, a 10-hectare farm in the heart of the Franschhoek Valley, making Klein Goederust the first 100% Black-owned wine farm in the valley …
Kevin Campbell
Delta has been flying into South Africa for over 16 years, but the newly revised routing, which includes Cape Town, has added a new dimension to the South African route. This opens up new opportunities for Delta in the country.
Shelly Fuller
Shelly has an MSc in Conservation Ecology and been working in the environmental field for over 15 years in the private and NGO sectors…
Andrew Douglas
Andrew is a Wine Warrior and Direct-to-Customer futurist. Andrew is the Group Managing Director and Founder of Southern Skies. Over his career in the South African wine industry Andrew has gained a reputation as an innovative change agent and entrepreneur …
Hardy McQueen
Hardy specialises at the crossroads of CULTURE x TECH x MEDIA x BRANDS, creating businesses that have culture at their core. His passions extend towards building and growing creator communities that resonate …
Kathryn Cilliers
Kathryn joined Spier in 2015, stretching her creative and strategic wings first in product development and now as Spier’s Marketing Director.
Jeremy Borg
Jeremy aims to make wines that are as interesting, exciting, and individual as wild dogs. The pawprint of the company has spread to five continents, with Painted Wolf wines being sold in 16 countries …
Kevin Arnold
Kevin has been a winemaker in the Stellenbosch for the past 47 years and was involved with Delheim, Rust en Vrede Estate and Waterford Estate, that he founded in 1998. He now has a new wine brand called THE FAMILY …
Jean-Pierre Rossouw
Jean-Pierre Rossouw has been involved in the South African wine and food arena since 1999 – as journalist, author, publisher and now retailer. Author of Tasting the Cape and ….
Pieter Cronjé
Pieter has extensive all-round marketing, communication and leadership skills, combined with management and business experience earned in local government, public enterprise and private sector organisations – in South Africa and abroad …
Africa Melane
Africa is a broadcaster and has been the Master of Ceremonies for events and functions for both the public and private sector. He has hosted events for Provincial Government, Local Government, Wesgro and other agencies of government….
Margi Biggs
Margi is the convenor of the annual Wine Tourism Conference and Awards, now in its 6th year. She is owner and Managing Director of Specialized Tours & Events, a 30-year-old, tourism logistics business operating throughout Southern Africa …
Andre Morgenthal
André studied philosophy, languages and drama at the University of Stellenbosch in the early 90s.Towards the end of his studies, André started a wine tourism business, offering specialised wine tours to discerning wine and gastronomy tourists…
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