Camilla Clerke, Executive Creative Director at Ogilvy South Africa
After several years studying B.Com CA, Camilla got out just in time, pursuing a career in advertising. After a number of years working on TV ads, print and radio campaigns, she found her way into the more experimental and innovative side of advertising, focusing on behaviour change through succinct customer journeys with creative solutions at their core. It was here her life changed forever. Exploring innovative solutions to solve business problems; like building a real-life website on a 2km cycling track for Toyota RAV4, turning a non-profit organisation into a Media Agency to feed hungry children for the PSFA, and telling people to “say it with a cactus” instead of flowers in Netflorist’s drought campaign, Camilla has won a number of awards, both locally and internationally; including Cannes Lions, Loeries, Bookmarks, Webbys, D&AD, FWA and One Show. She has also sat on the Cannes, Dubai Lynx, Creativepool, One Show, Loeries and Bookmarks panels, and has a seat on both the IAB and Creative Circle councils in South Africa. She was also in the top 100 Creativepool’s Creative Industry Influencers of the Year for 2020.

Thina Zibi, Independent Director
Thina Zibi is passionate about storytelling. A city-lover with roots in rural Transkei, Thina trained as an art director at AAA School of Advertising but really believes her learning comes from the art of people-watching, spending hours between coffee shops and dingy dance floors in downtown Johannesburg. What sets her apart is Thina’s creative flare, emotive approach, a touch of humour, and her ability to meaningfully merge all the beautiful things she loves about people: how we laugh with our entire bodies, eat with our hands, open bottle caps with our teeth, and the words we make up to find one another across language barriers. Thina got her start working in leading agencies, carving her way up from Junior to Creative Director, but her love for visual story-telling soon pushed her to follow her dream of becoming a film director. Currently, Thina’s short film “Bompi” is doing the rounds on the international film festival circuit, playing such festivals as PAFF and AFRIFF. Her 3-part mini web series funded by the international Black Women Distrupt programme was showcased on Kweli TV, and her first short, Bakhona was an art direction finalist and won a cinematography award at My Rode Reel. With her understanding of the advertising world and obsession with performance and character, Thina’s ability to collaborate on projects is valued by the creative teams who work with her.