John Dixon

Saatchi & Saatchi BrandsRock is a full service brand solutions company with offices in Cape Town & Johannesburg.
Our growing team of experienced, skilled individuals understand the business of brands and know how to produce the best creative campaigns that deliver results.

- Led a portfolio of 8 divisions in the Draftfcb South Africa group (650 employees) with responsibility for:

1. Overall company strategy and approval of operational plans.
2. Profitability and Growth
3. Development of corporate policy framework
4. Management organisation, including management of 8 direct reports, setting authority levels and clear delegation of authority.
5. Relationship with board of directors and shareholders

I was Managing Director of Draftfcb Johannesburg, one of the largest advertising agencies in South Africa.

I was responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of the company which had 250 employees.

Octagon was South African leading sports marketing agency, and represented the interests of sponsors like MTN; Coca-Cola; Standard Bank, ABSA and Eskom.