According to the group, Morris, who previously headed up creative for the group, will be once again focusing on supporting the creative leadership team as its agencies double down on the creative product — making sure to continue delivering creativity that is an economic multiplier for its clients.

The group is a collective of leading specialist agencies that provide creative solutions across the marketing ecosystem.

The collective agencies include:
  • FCB Joburg
  • Hellocomputer Joburg
  • HelloFCB+
  • McCann1886
  • Fuelcontent
  • Meta Media
  • The Media Shop
  • Craft
  • Lucid, and
  • Weber Shandwick.
"I'm incredibly excited to be handing over the reins to Skwambane. He has stewarded FCB and Hellocomputer in Johannesburg through some of their biggest accolades and business growth in the agencies' history," says Morris.

"Skwambane is a very unique leader with a rare and enviable skillset, a fact recognised by Adweek in 2020 when it included him on its Creative 100 Honour Roll, which celebrated gifted professionals who inspire current and future generations," adds Morris.

Morris says, "Skwambane's business acumen has been a huge support to me and the rest of the group and I have no doubt he'll take Nahana from strength to strength."

"After seven years almost to the day, it is time for change and I'm honoured and excited to take on this new challenge," says Skwambane. "The ups and downs have been the most dramatic of my life."

"I can only thank Morris for bringing me into the Nahana family and giving me this opportunity. I fully intend to build on the incredible business he has led for almost a decade and partner with my executive team to keep growing our business, our people and ourselves," adds Skwambane. 

According to the duo, both Morris and Skwambane are upbeat about the prospect of Khuvutlu taking on extra responsibilities for the group's fortunes.

"Khuvutlu has spent the last five years evolving his understanding of the nexus of communications with the digital and marketing technologies that have ballooned in the global and local communication world," says Morris."That's why I am certain he is the right person to lead the FCB and Hellocomputer Joburg entities as the world, the economies and the communities we live in are in flux."

Skwambane adds, "Over the last two years specifically, FCB Joburg and Hellocomputer Joburg created a group with a shared vision and a shared management team."

"Khuvutlu has been a part of the process of change from the very beginning. A creative, entrepreneur and a born leader, during his 18-year career he has found a way to balance all three critical ingredients to run a successful set of creative services businesses. This is the reason why he represents our credo that creativity is an economic multiplier for the brands we manage in an omnichannel world," says Skwambane.

"We've weathered a storm that has decimated the marketplace and brought many businesses in our industry to their knees. Now we are in the strongest position we have ever been to bring the new normal to our client's businesses, by bringing the consumer and our brands even closer together in a timeless and timely manner. I look forward to getting stuck in and meeting with our clients and partners to map the next chapter," Khuvutlu concludes. 

The changes at Nahana, FCB Joburg and Hellocomputer Joburg were effective as of Tuesday, 1 March.

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