Happy Ntshingila
Executive Director, Marketing and Communications
Absa

Happy joined Absa in January 2006 and is responsible for the leadership of the Marketing and Communications cluster, including Group Customer Experience, PR & Communications, Group Marketing and Group Corporate and Public Affairs.

Happy is also responsible for the governance of the Barclays brand on the African continent.

Happy started his career with Unilever, moving on to IBM, Tiger Oats, Ogilvy & Mather and Vodacom. In 1991 Happy co-founded HerdBuoys, the first black-owned advertising agency in South Africa. Happy is conversant in 7 of South Africa's 11 official languages.