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Franchise Consultant

Eric Parker - Franchising Plus

Eric Parker 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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Anita du Toit - FranchisingPlus

Anita du Toit has been in franchising since 1998 and has gained experience consulting to diverse clients in the telecommunications, automotive and retail industries in the South African franchise sector. She also gained finance experience working as a Franchise Specialist at FNB Commercial. Anita obtained a Masters Degree in Marketing with distinction from the University of Pretoria in 2000. She authored papers published in academic journals, including the Journal of Marketing Channels and Franchising Law and Policy Review. Currently, Anita is a senior consultant and partner at Franchising Plus. Anita’s key strengths include conceptualisation of strategy, project management and research.

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Legal Consultants for Franchising

Eugene Honey - Bowman Gilfillan

Eugene Honey 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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General Franchise Experts

Annie Baptiste - Franchising Plus

Annie Baptiste Annie has been working in the franchising sector since 1999. During her tenure at Deloitte she started training franchisor staff as well as franchisees on business skills. Annie joined Franchising Plus as the training manager and 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. Annie also developed a whole training and development programme for retail personnel which currently forms a large part of the Franchising Plus training offering.