Tessa is a business executive with 20+ years experience encompassing the complete marketing functional value chain from opportunity assessment, insights generation and innovation to in-market execution and activation.  She has an established track record in consistently delivering strong business results in both growth and turn around environments and across multiple geographies having worked in Africa, Europe and the UK.

 

Tessa has held leadership roles in a number of blue chip organisations including having served as Marketing Director for Miller Brands UK (now Asahi UK), Head of Portfolio and Innovation for SAB (Ltd) and as Chief Marketing Officer for Famous Brands in South Africa.

 

Tessa holds a B.Bus.Sc (Hon) degree in Marketing from the University of Cape Town and a B.Comm (Hon) degree in Economics from the University of the Witwatersrand.  Tessa has lived in Budapest and London and is currently residing in Johannesburg, South Africa.