Confidence. Credibility. Curiosity.

Llewaynne
Niekerk.

Commercial Growth | Sales & Business Development Leader

I build revenue opportunities by connecting clients, people and businesses through consultative selling, creative commercial solutions and strategic relationship development.

Portrait of Llewaynne Niekerk

01 / About

Commercial thinking.
People at the centre.

I am a commercial and business leader with over 25 years of experience across advertising, publishing, sales, business development and operational management. My career has been built around identifying opportunities, understanding client needs and finding ways to create value beyond traditional business models. I believe revenue growth comes from strong relationships, innovative thinking and disciplined commercial execution. I develop people, encourage them to think beyond conventional boundaries and believe that accountability and performance go hand in hand.

Revenue growth is built through relationships, fresh thinking and disciplined execution.

02 / Proof

Ideas that move
business forward.

A selection of commercial partnerships, new revenue opportunities and capability-building initiatives.

01 / PARTNERSHIPS

Turning Advertising into Commercial Partnerships

At Media24, I transformed a traditional advertising relationship with 1Life into a holistic marketing partnership, bringing integrated advertising and marketing solutions together.

ResultAnnual spend grew from R123,000 to R3 million.
02 / NEW REVENUE

Creating Revenue Beyond Traditional Media

I developed repeatable mall activation opportunities connecting brands, media partners and consumers. A partnership involving Rama Lite helped reintroduce its product to the Western Cape market while generating additional advertising and marketing revenue.

ResultThe concept was subsequently imitated by other media companies.
03 / COMMERCIAL CAPABILITY

Building Commercial Capability

I led approximately 150 people and introduced holistic selling to around 20 Key Account Managers. This became a standard basket offering where applicable, strengthening proposal development, commercial awareness and profit-driven selling.

ResultHolistic selling became a standard basket offering where applicable.

03 / Skills

Commercial range.
Practical strengths.

Tools & Commercial Capabilities

Microsoft Office Print and digital advertising Integrated marketing solutions Commercial proposals

Strengths

Revenue generation Strategic relationship development Business development Commercial leadership

04 / Journey

A career built
on progression.

1993–1994

Diplomas in Education

Dower College

1995–1998

Secondary School Educator

1999–2002

Africa Direct

Sales Representative and Manager

2002–2006

Entrepreneur

Jabez Fashion and Niekerk Distribution Services

2006–2024

Media24

Advertising Sales, Key Accounts, Advertising Sales Management, Publishing Management, National Publishing Management and Commercial Management

2011

Management Development Programme

University of Stellenbosch Business School

2014

eMarketing Certificate

Quirk Red & Yellow

05 / Contact

Let’s explore what we could build together.

If you’re looking for commercial leadership grounded in relationships, creative thinking and a focus on results, I’d welcome the conversation.