Brand Pretorius will deliver one of the keynote addresses at this year’s TruckX Expo and Conference to be held on July 12 and 13 at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit near Johannesburg.
The business leader – who is a former managing director of Toyota SA Marketing, CEO of McCarthy Retail Limited and an executive director of Bidvest – will address the topic: The Value of Good Leadership.
TruckX, sponsored by Ctrack by Inseego and Standard Bank, moves to the Kyalami venue to accommodate an expanded exhibition and conference programme that includes FleetX and IMHX – co-located expos aimed at South Africa’s fleet and materials handling industries.
“I’m looking forward to delivering my presentation,” said Brand, who has received numerous national marketing, motor industry and leadership awards in a career that spans more than four decades.
His address will cover a variety of aspects, from the real value of good leadership to the current reality; from key lessons he learnt while climbing the corporate ladder to challenges faced.
As one of the South African motor industry’s most respected representatives, Brand is well-qualified to speak on leadership. He holds honorary professorships at the University of Johannesburg, University of Pretoria, University of the Free State and an honorary doctorate in marketing from the Durban University of Technology.
He is a Fellow in Leadership at the Gordon Institute of Business Science and the chairman of the Italtile Foundation. He also serves on the boards of the READ Educational Trust and the Motor Industry Ombudsman of South Africa, and he is a non-executive director of Agrinet, Tongaat-Hulett, Reunert, Italtile and Tata Africa Holdings.
Further, he serves as non-executive chairman of Metair Investments and is a member of the advisory boards of the business incubator, InvoTech, and the international consultancy firm, Alexander Proudfoot.
His book, In the Driving Seat – Lessons in Leadership, was published in 2013 and has become one of the most popular business biographies in South Africa. It has been reprinted six times.
To find out more about TruckX, FleetX and IMHX – or to book to attend the conferences – log on to www.truckx.co.za.
