Franchise Consultant

Eric Parker - Franchising Plus

Eric has garnered a wealth of franchising experience as a former Marketing Director of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and co-founder of Nando’s. His involvement in the franchising sector included extensive involvement with FASA as a past Chairman of the organisation. He was appointed as the Director of the Deloitte & Touche Franchising Division in 1998. Eric has also authored books on entrepreneurship. As a partner in Franchising Plus, Eric is mainly responsible for the crafting of strategic plans for franchise organisations and facilitation of strategic planning. He is a sought-after public speaker and has appeared as guest speaker at many franchising events

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Lynn Mendonça - Franchising Plus

Lynn gained substantial practical franchising experience as a past Operations Director of Chicken Licken. She co-founded the Franchising Plus consultancy in 1994. At present, Lynn is a partner in Franchising Plus and acts as lead consultant on a variety of projects. Her area of expertise includes the structuring of franchise operational support and training. Lynn has also been active in the franchising community and has served on the board of FASA

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Legal Consultants for Franchising

Eugene Honey - Bowman Gilfillan

Eugene heads up the Trade Mark Prosecution and Commercial IP Department at Bowman Gilfillan in Johannesburg. He is a qualified attorney with a B Comm LLB (Rhodes).His trade mark practice includes availability searches, registration of trade marks, trade mark portfolio reviews and strategic intellectual property and trade mark management. He also specializes in copyright and commercial IP including license and franchise agreements, strategic intellectual property advice and intellectual property due diligence exercises. He acts for many leading local and international brand owners, franchisors and licensors.

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Franchise Financial Experts

Riaan Fouche - FNB

Riaan Fouche has headed up Franchising Unit at FNB Commercial for the past 42 months. Riaan Fouche’s career is closely intertwined with the growth and development of the Franchising sector in South Africa. Fouche was nominated for the Franchising Personality of the Year Award in 2001, and has had an active involvement as chair of various committees in the Franchise Association of South Africa. He has written hundreds of articles on various sector-related topics and is a popular speaker at international franchise events. A banker with an entrepreneurial mindset, Fouche can be credited with numerous banking innovations for the franchising sector.

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Anita du Toit - FNB

Anita du Toit has been involved in franchising since 1998 and worked as a franchise consultant at Parker Gordon & Associates, Deloitte & Touche and Franchising Plus. During this time, Anita completed a Masters degree in Marketing Management and published various articles on franchising in international academic journals. Anita was also commissioned by the DTI to write papers on Social Franchising and Tandem Franchising. She joined FNB in 2008 as a Franchise Specialist and has a special interest in research and development of the franchise sector in South Africa.

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General Franchise Experts

Annie Baptiste - Franchising Plus

Annie started her career in franchising as a Business Management lecturer at a private business college. She obtained her B Com (Honours) degree in Marketing in 1997 from the University of Pretoria. Annie was recruited as a consultant by the Deloitte & Touche Franchising Division in 1999. Currently, she is a junior partner in Franchising Plus. Annie has developed the training material for the Franchising Plus training courses and negotiated an alliance with the Institute of Marketing Management, who accredits these courses. Recently, Annie launched a New Venture Creation training company known as Launchpad with partners Assessment College and Bonngoe Capital.

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