Andre Lombaard

Experience

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  Ogilvy One Worldwide

  Apr 1994 - Sept 1995

  Account Manager

  For the first two years of his career he worked in Ogilvy One, a direct marketing specialist, servicing BAT, Audi, VW and other FMCG and Corporate Client like Ceres and Syfrets

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  Ogilvy

  Oct 1995 - Jul 2005

  Account Management Specialist

  Andre spent 10 years in Ogilvy Johannesburg (SA’s leading agency) working on many of South Africa’s best-known brands, across a range of diverse categories. Some of the projects and Clients he worked on and led include South African Breweries (Castle, Amstel, Lion, Chandlers, SAB Corporate, MGD, Peroni, Castle Lite), Volkswagen / Audi, M-Net, DStv, SuperSport, SARS, IBM, SAP, Nestle, Nedcor, First National Bank, MultiChoice, 702 Talk Radio, Sun International, Exxaro, Gautrain, Collect-a-Can and Konica Minolta, amongst others. Show less

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  Brand Activation

  Aug 2005 - Dec 2010

  In January 2006 he was appointed Managing Director of Brand Activation and continued building the operation into a unit of 85 people. In this period Brand Activation was also responsible for the entire Sun International portfolio (Resorts, Gaming and Corporate brand). Andre was responsible for the Sun International re-branding project (across all 33 properties). He also managed the international portfolio, which included a two-year stint travelling to Egypt to launch Sun International’s Port Ghalib Resort on the Red Sea. Show less

  • Managing Director

    Jan 2006 - Dec 2010

  • General Manager

    Aug 2005 - Dec 2005
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  Ogilvy

  Jan 2011 - May 2011

  Group Executive

  Andre was appointed Group Executive of Ogilvy South Africa and looked after two of the group companies - Ogilvy Durban and Mother Russia as well as key Group clients including Cell C, where he was responsible over a 2-year period, for the integrated brand re-launch, as well as Sun International (Resorts, Corporate and Gaming) and South African Tourism.

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  Ireland / Davenport

  Jun 2011 - Aug 2015

  Director

  Andre joined Ireland-Davenport where he led South African Tourism, Vodacom, and also established Amplified, a PR, activation and digital unit within that Agency.

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  Ogilvy

  Sept 2015 - Sept 2016

  Managing Director - Team RED

  When SA Tourism left Ireland-Davenport, Andre rejoined Ogilvy, to lead the consolidation of the Vodacom business into the Ogilvy Group under Team RED.

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  Cheil South Africa

  Nov 2016 - Dec 2018

  COO

  After a three-month sabbatical Andre joined Cheil as its Chief Operating Officer. Samsung was his focus, where his team were responsible for retail, advertising, activation / events, sponsorship, digital & social. Cheil become much more profitable under his leadership, and new engagements in 2018 included PR, FFM strategy and integration, digital & PR / Comms and TV events & activation.

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  Smollan

  Jan 2019 - now

  Executive - Marketing Solutions