The Green Scene

Lisa Bell is the founder of The Word Architect, Chief Editor of WORD Magazine, and owner of The Organic Shop. Through The Green Scene, she champions environmental entrepreneurship, conscious consumerism, and sustainable innovation, spotlighting brands and leaders building purpose-driven businesses across Southern Africa and beyond.

Kreatively Yours

Krystin Morgenrood is a brand and graphic designer specialising in visual storytelling across campaigns, social media, and digital platforms. She blends creativity with strategy to help businesses express their identity with clarity, cohesion, and impact.

The Digital Pulse

Ashleigh Easthorpe is a digital marketer and copywriter with a sharp eye for brand voice and audience engagement. She crafts strategic content and manages online platforms to ensure businesses communicate with relevance, precision, and consistency in an evolving digital landscape.

The Give Back

Kevin Chaplin is a social entrepreneur and founder of the Amy Foundation and Ubuntu Football Foundation. With decades of experience in youth empowerment and social development, he works to transform vulnerable communities through leadership development, education, and sport.

Resilient Entrepreneur

Liezel van der Westhuizen is a high-performance coach, hypnotherapist, and founder of the Giraffe Brand Academy. She helps entrepreneurs and leaders build confidence, resilience, and mental fitness, combining neuroscience-based tools with practical strategy to unlock sustainable growth.

The Collab Collective

WeWork was founded in 2010 with the vision to create environments where people and companies come together and do their best work. Since then, we’ve become a leading global flexible space provider committed to delivering technology-driven turnkey solutions, flexible spaces, and community experiences. WeWork South Africa is owned under a franchise partnership by SiSebenza, which holds the exclusive rights to operate WeWork in South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius and Nigeria.

You’ve Been Lied To

Richard Mulholland is an international speaker, founder of Missing Link, and bestselling author known for challenging conventional thinking in business and communication. He works globally with organisations to improve leadership presence, storytelling, and strategic clarity.

Beyond The Pose

Marike Herselman is a portrait photographer focused on authenticity and connection. Her work captures individuals and brands in a way that reflects confidence, personality, and presence, helping clients show up powerfully in both personal and professional spaces.

Positive Vibes

Andre du Toit is a business educator and professional speaker with extensive experience in the corporate and technology sectors across Africa. Passionate about entrepreneurship and continental growth, he brings insight, optimism, and practical wisdom to leadership conversations.

What’s Your Flavour?

Kim du Plessis is a media strategist with over two decades of experience in radio, campaign development, and brand messaging. She combines creative thinking with commercial acumen to help businesses craft campaigns that resonate and deliver measurable results.

Lead Well

Dr Kerryn Powell and Dr Werner Koen are leadership specialists and researchers focused on responsible, ethical, and Ubuntu-based leadership. Through consulting, teaching, and thought leadership, they support organisations in building sustainable cultures rooted in accountability and human dignity.

Healthy Habits Hub

Ruan Retief is a performance coach with a background in Human Movement Science and multiple world titles in karate. He designs tailored fitness and lifestyle programmes that support long-term health, resilience, and peak performance.

Behind the Productions

Rhoda and Alfonso Stoffels are the founders of Nickay Productions, a multimedia production company specialising in storytelling across digital platforms. They combine creative direction with strategic thinking to produce content that connects, educates, and inspires.

The Stewardship Edit

Kalnisha Singh is a development economist and transformation specialist focused on ESG, governance, and sustainable growth. She helps organisations move beyond compliance by aligning strategy, metrics, and stakeholder engagement to drive long-term value creation.

A Law Unto Her Own

Nomfundo Mabaso is an admitted Attorney and Conveyancer with an LLB from the University of Pretoria and an LLM in Commercial and Business Law from the University of the Witwatersrand. Her experience spans private practice and corporate sectors, including insurance, healthcare, and regulatory industries. She specialises in Healthcare, Commercial, Data and Property Law, as well as advisory, compliance, and corporate governance services. Nomfundo also serves on Board Committees, lectures sessionally at Wits University, and is currently pursuing her Certified Director designation through the Institute of Directors South Africa.

On The Edge

Karina Andersen is the Founder of SmilingOne and a social impact change specialist working across prisons, boardrooms, and classrooms. For nearly two decades, she has guided leaders and communities through deep transformation, blending intuitive leadership, culture change, and human development to unlock potential and shift systems from the inside out.