About
Building durable businesses, leaders, and ideas.
I am the CEO of AutoTrader South Africa, an entrepreneur, builder, writer and speaker focused on building durable businesses, strong leaders and clear ideas.
About
My background
For more than two decades, I have been building businesses through periods of rapid technological and market change and five major existential disruptive business threats.
As CEO of AutoTrader South Africa, I have helped lead one of the country's most recognised automotive brands through the transition from print to online classifieds, from online classifieds to marketplace, to marketplace with big data, and now into the era of artificial intelligence.
Beyond my executive role, I am an entrepreneur, builder, writer and speaker with a passion for creating teams and leaders that make a difference and organisations that endure. My work spans business leadership, digital transformation, technology, marketplaces and entrepreneurship.
My focus is simple: building durable businesses, leaders, and ideas.
A business's sole sustainable competitive advantage is its committed people and culture. Everything else can and should be copied.
Products can be copied. Technology can be replicated. Processes can be reverse-engineered. Strategies eventually become industry standard. What cannot be copied is a team united by trust, accountability, shared values, effective communication and a commitment to excellence.
What I Believe
What I Believe
People and Culture First
A committed team, a strong culture and effective communication are the only advantages that cannot simply be replicated.
Build For The Long Term
Durable businesses are built through consistent decisions, clear principles and patient execution.
Technology Is An Amplifier
Technology does not replace leadership, strategy or culture. It magnifies them.
Adapt Or Decline
Every industry is eventually disrupted. Strong organisations evolve before they are forced to.