Derek Bouwer

Derek is a an experienced business executive with a well-developed ability to identify and support growth potential in businesses. Over the past 20 years, Derek has fulfilled various financial, commercial and executive leadership roles, and has helped drive client and partner relationships across 15 African countries. His commercial, analytical and leadership skills & experience enable him to bring an independent and unbiased perspective when assessing and developing organisations’ growth and performance aspirations; and his capacity to work with diverse teams enables him to actively coach and support them in the development and delivery of their growth and (re)structuring strategies.

Previously, Derek was the Group CEO of TBWA\ South Africa and his experience includes start-ups, acquisitions (identification, valuation,  negotiation & integration) and mature environments in need of redevelopment; and he has the ability to comfortably engage across multiple stakeholder sets, from executive shareholders to local minority shareholders to foreign-controlled holding companies.