I am really good at building brands off the back of digital and social media. I know how to build communities first and launch products after. I won a few film awards back in the day and have taken that love for telling stories and focused it into being a brand venture builder. I don't like building where it's crowded. I love building where nobody else is.

I recently built a brand with two friends into 33 countries globally. Prior to that I built some great eCommerce companies in South Africa. 

I am ridiculously passionate about helping startups find their voice. I am fortunate enough to spend some of my time coaching startups on how to tell their story better and how to use free tools to build their businesses.

Nic Latouf

For too long, South Africans moving abroad has been framed as a loss. Like the talent just disappears.

At The Lekker Network, we see something different.

We see the Tenth Province, a global extension of South Africa that might be our most valuable and underutilised asset.

South Africans are building companies, leading teams, shaping industries and creating value across every major market in the world. The talent's not the problem. The problem is it's fragmented and largely unmapped.

TLN already connects South Africans across time zones, industries and continents. What we are looking at next is data.

So we're thinking about a 'Tenth Province Census'.

Real valuable insight. Where are South African engineers concentrated? How many founders are in the UK? What industries are South Africans leading globally?

When we can quantify the Tenth Province, we stop being a scattered diaspora and start becoming a coordinated global force.

Thoughts?

Co-Founder of The Lekker Network | 2x Successful Exits (+1 absolute disaster) | Lekker Investments | Building the Global Home for South African Potential

University of Derby

Senior Lecturer

Academic Lead for Turing Scheme South Africa

Academic lead for Austrian Partnerships

I am the Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Interior Design course at the University of Derby. My role requires me to oversee the successful running of the programme.
I lead on the Design module at L6 and are involved in Construction L6 and Design at L4 at present. 

Other module leadership experience include: Visual Communication; Software training for SketchUp, Vray, AutoCAD, and Vectorworks; Work placement and related modules; Design Theory and History, Sketching and draughting

I am also Academic Lead for our Austrian Partnerships

Programme Leader for Interior Design

S.H.E.D. (Social Higher Education Depot)

S.H.E.D. (Social Higher Education Depot), is a CIC and spin-out company of the University of Derby. It is an adaptable mobile space, designed to facilitate dialogue, and to give voice to, and support communities. It is driven by cultural and socio-civic research and centred around the delivery of interactive and collaborative exhibitions and workshops to encourage dialogue and community engagement around social issues. My involvement here is multi-faceted, mostly shifting between designer and builder, and to support the delivery of SHED workshops for various events.

Design Director

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

During my time at CPUT, I taught a variety of modules across a variety of levels.

2016 January to December: 2nd Year Coordinator
2015 January to December: 1st Year Coordinator
2014 January to December: ECP (Extended Curriculum Programme) Year Coordinator
2013 January to December: 3rd Year and ECP Year Coordinator
2012 January to December: 3rd Year Coordinator

Modules taught: 
Design, Presentation Methods, History of Design, Design & Making, Making Theory, Materials, Interior Design Practice, Design Theory, Drawing for Design

3rd Year Co-ordinator - Interior Design

Inscape Education Group

Instructor

Yuri Arcurs Photography

Model

My Friend Ned

Kilowatt AV

Design for exhibitions, corporate set-stages and live-events and preparation of drawings for client presentations, and construction purposes. Liaise with clients in meetings, sales team, and technicians. Clients include: Old Mutual, Debonairs, Tusk Awards, EOH, Hugo Boss, Mars, Little Chilly, etc.

Designer

Scottie Dog Enterprises

Delivered design solutions for corporate installations and events, designing above and below the line interventions. Clients include: Adidas, Ajax Cape Town, Oakley, Living your Brands etc.

World Expo 2015 - Design Clusters

I formed part of the design team that worked with designers from Israel and Italy to design the Fruit & Legumes Cluster Pavilion for the World Expo in 2015. We worked together at the Polytechnico di Milano.

Cactus Innovations

Specialised in above and below the line installations, corporate event & set-stage design, and exhibition stand design / Liaise with venues to design seating arrangements around stage location / Consult with technicians and builders regarding manufacturing of stands / Deliver visuals and designs for bespoke graphics and wrapping of stands / Design of product glorifying stands & lecterns / Other responsibilities include development of design and working drawings / Visual presentation packages / Site visits and meetings. Clients include, Ogilvy, King James Advertising, Madame Zingara, Adidas, Puma, EOH, Liberty, Hennessy, J&B.

Experienced Educator in the Higher Education sector exceeding 10 years. He has a passion for education and the developing and mentoring of young people, to provide them with the right mind- and skillset for the future.

Programme leadership experience - 5.5 years. Growing the course by 400% and obtaining a 100% NSS score 2021/22.

Design practitioner in the field of corporate stage-set, and exhibition design, product design, and branding. Clients include Adidas, Tusk Awards, Old Mutual, Puma, etc.

Design Director for S.H.E.D. (Social Higher Education Depot) www.weareshed.co.uk

Supervisor experience in hospitality sector - 2 years

Judge for International LIV awards and SIT Awards

Strong conceptual and technical skills, ambitious, driven, detail-oriented, excellent communication and time-management skills, go-getter attitude, team-player.

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