Joanna Oosthuizen
PR Chief Client Officer
EMEA Chief Communications Officer
Delivering disproportionate impact for brands is Joanna’s core objective and she has built a notable career of over 20 years doing just that. Now PR Chief Client Officer and Chief Communications Officer for Ogilvy EMEA, she leads strategy for prominent corporate and consumer clients across 28 markets, whilst consistently delivering significant growth for the business.
Prior to focusing on exceeding client excellence, Joanna was EMEA CEO PR and Influence, where her entrepreneurial flair and insatiable desire to innovate to enhance efficiencies won highly coveted new business and delivered unrivalled client retention.
Joanna has extensive strategic communications experience across multiple sectors, where she advises CEOs and C-Suite executives on issues and events that have impact on business operations and landscape. Her experience includes beauty, personal care, travel and tourism, state owned enterprises, petrochemicals, mining, fast moving consumer goods, beverages, automotive, financial services and healthcare and she has worked on brands such as L’Oréal, South African Tourism, Avis, British Airways, UN Women and Bacardi.
Joanna was an Executive Director of Ogilvy South Africa and during her time in that role, she built the country’s largest PR consultancy. In addition to this she served as a member of the Executive Committee of Ogilvy South Africa, the Executive Committee for Ogilvy PR & Influence Europe Africa and the Middle East and the Worldwide Executive Committee of Ogilvy PR & Influence. Joanna has held rankings in PR Week’s Global Power List and is on the board for ICCO EMEA.