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Celebrating Industry Excellence:
2026 Finalists & Winners

The IMM Institute Excellence Awards celebrate the industry’s brightest minds and trailblazers. In 2026, remarkable talent, innovation, and leadership took centre stage as individuals and teams pushed boundaries and set new benchmarks. Meet the outstanding finalists and winners whose impact and achievements continue to shape the future of their fields.

Marketing Student
of the Year Award 2026

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Sophia
Downes

WINNER

Portrait of a young man in a dark denim shirt, centered inside a gold laurel circular award frame.

Syon
Roopchand

Portrait of a smiling young woman with blonde hair, framed by a navy circular gold laurel badge and floral background.

Yasmin
Malan

Supply Chain Student
of the Year Award 2026

Smiling graduate in cap and gown holding a diploma, blue backdrop behind her, framed by a gold laurel border.

Kay
Whitehead

WINNER

Marketing Student
of the Year Award 2026

Portrait of a young woman in a black graduation gown, smiling, with a decorative gold laurel frame around a circular border

Sophia Downes

WINNER

Syon Roopchand

Portrait of a smiling young woman with blonde hair, framed by a navy circular gold laurel badge and floral background.

Yasmin Malan

Supply Chain Student
of the Year Award 2026

Smiling graduate in cap and gown holding a diploma, blue backdrop behind her, framed by a gold laurel border.

Kay Whitehead

WINNER

Emerging Marketer
of the Year Award 2026

Professional headshot of a man in a dark suit and tie inside a gold laurel circular award frame.

Thabang
Modiba

WINNER

Smiling woman in a white blazer, framed by a circular gold laurel wreath, portrait headshot

Nomsa
Ngubeni

Smiling woman in a beige jacket framed by a gold laurel circular award border.

Michelle
Kuyler

Gold circular award seal with a laurel border and a minimalist line-drawn portrait, inscribed 'Emerging Supply Chain Practitioner of the Year Award'.

Emerging Supply Chain Practitioner
of the Year Award 2026

Smiling young man in a light blue shirt inside an ornate gold laurel circular frame on a dark background.

Jarett
Lynch

WINNER

Gold-bordered circular award badge with 'Entrepreneur of the Year Award' and a minimalist line-drawn face on a dark blue center.

Entrepreneur
of the Year Award 2026

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Carl van
Blerk

WINNER

Headshot of a bearded man in a black suit inside a gold laurel award frame.

Cobus
Visser

Smiling man in a black polo shirt, framed by a gold laurel circle on a red background

Godiragetse
Mogajane

Emerging Marketer
of the Year Award 2026

Professional headshot of a man in a dark suit and tie inside a gold laurel circular award frame.

Thabang Modiba

WINNER

Smiling woman in a white blazer, framed by a circular gold laurel wreath, portrait headshot

Nomsa Ngubeni

Smiling woman in a beige jacket framed by a gold laurel circular award border.

Michelle Kuyler

Gold circular award seal with a laurel border and a minimalist line-drawn portrait, inscribed 'Emerging Supply Chain Practitioner of the Year Award'.

Emerging Supply Chain Practitioner
of the Year Award 2026

Smiling young man in a light blue shirt inside an ornate gold laurel circular frame on a dark background.

Jarett Lynch

WINNER

Entrepreneur
of the Year Award 2026

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Carl van Blerk

WINNER

Headshot of a bearded man in a black suit inside a gold laurel award frame.

Cobus Visser

Smiling man in a black polo shirt, framed by a gold laurel circle on a red background

Godiragetse Mogajane

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Marketer
of the Year Award 2026

Portrait of a man in a black vest and tie wearing glasses, framed by a gold laurel circular border.

Sydney
Mbhele

WINNER

Portrait of a smiling Black woman in a dark blazer, centered inside a gold laurel circular frame (award-style presentation)

Zakithi
Mncwango

Smiling woman with dark hair in a black blouse, inside a gold laurel circular award frame on black background.

Mandy
Lindeque

Supply Chain Professional
of the Year Award 2026

Portrait of a smiling Black woman with braided hair, wearing a white blouse, inside a gold-and-navy laurel frame.

Malle
Mabelane

WINNER

Smiling man in a black suit and white shirt, portrait framed by a gold laurel wreath.

Jonathan
Mphake

Portrait of a man with short dark hair wearing a light blue shirt and a blue lanyard, framed by a gold laurel circle badge against a green background.

Pieter
Roux

Marketer
of the Year Award 2026

Portrait of a man in a black vest and tie wearing glasses, framed by a gold laurel circular border.

Sydney Mbhele

WINNER

Portrait of a smiling Black woman in a dark blazer, centered inside a gold laurel circular frame (award-style presentation)

Zakithi Mncwango

Smiling woman with dark hair in a black blouse, inside a gold laurel circular award frame on black background.

Mandy Lindeque

Supply Chain Professional
of the Year Award 2026

Portrait of a smiling Black woman with braided hair, wearing a white blouse, inside a gold-and-navy laurel frame.

Malle Mabelane

WINNER

Portrait of a man with short dark hair wearing a light blue shirt and a blue lanyard, framed by a gold laurel circle badge against a green background.

Pieter Roux

Smiling man in a black suit and white shirt, portrait framed by a gold laurel wreath.

Jonathan Mphake

Corporate Marketing Team
of the Year Award 2026

PACE Auto Group logo: blue circle with white 'pace' text and orange 'auto group' banner, surrounded by a gold laurel wreath.

Pace Auto Group

WINNER

Logo: Motsepe Advertising text inside a white circle with a gold laurel wreath border.

Motsepe Advertising

Corporate Supply Chain Team
of the Year Award 2026

Circular Eskom emblem: blue center with gold laurel border and the text 'Eskom National Transmission Company South Africa'.

National Transmission Company South Africa

Gold circular Sustainability Impact Award badge featuring a white line drawing of a person cradling a baby in a blue center.

Sustainability Impact
of the Year Award 2026

Portrait of a smiling man in a black suit and tie inside a gold laurel wreath circular frame.

Emmanuel Bonoko

WINNER

Portrait of a man in a dark suit and blue tie inside a circular gold laurel award frame, indicating a formal recognition badge

Siya
Ngcobo

Portrait of a smiling person wearing a bright yellow blazer, framed by a decorative gold laurel circle with a wooden background behind them.

Sibongile
Mongadi

Corporate Marketing Team
of the Year Award 2026

PACE Auto Group logo: blue circle with white 'pace' text and orange 'auto group' banner, surrounded by a gold laurel wreath.

Pace Auto Group

WINNER

Logo: Motsepe Advertising text inside a white circle with a gold laurel wreath border.

Motsepe Advertising

Corporate Supply Chain Team
of the Year Award 2026

Circular Eskom emblem: blue center with gold laurel border and the text 'Eskom National Transmission Company South Africa'.

National Transmission Company South Africa

WINNER

Gold circular Sustainability Impact Award badge featuring a white line drawing of a person cradling a baby in a blue center.

Sustainability Impact
of the Year Award 2026

Portrait of a smiling man in a black suit and tie inside a gold laurel wreath circular frame.

Emmanuel Bonoko

WINNER

Portrait of a man in a dark suit and blue tie inside a circular gold laurel award frame, indicating a formal recognition badge

Siya
Ngcobo

Portrait of a smiling person wearing a bright yellow blazer, framed by a decorative gold laurel circle with a wooden background behind them.

Sibongile Mongadi

Lifetime Achievement
Marketing Award 2026

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Santie Botha

WINNER

Lifetime Achievement
Supply Chain Award 2026

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Douglas Boateng

WINNER

Lifetime Achievement
Marketing Award 2026

Portrait of a smiling woman in a black outfit, centered inside a gold laurel circular award badge.

Santie Botha

WINNER

Lifetime Achievement
Supply Chain Award 2026

Portrait badge: man with glasses in a light blue shirt, framed by a decorative gold laurel circle

Douglas Boateng

WINNER

Marketing Student
of the Year Award 2025

Sria Roopchand

WINNER

Syon Roopchand

Deidré Summers

Supply Chain Student
of the Year Award 2025

Gugu Nkala

WINNER

Rutendo Gwese

Emerging Marketer
of the Year Award 2025

Liat Madinane

WINNER

Amy Cowell

Vusumuzi Radebe

Marketer
of the Year Award 2025

Happy Ngidi

WINNER

Erné Ankiewicz

Supply Chain Professional
of the Year Award 2025

Lethlohonolo Mpshe

WINNER

Phumzile Sokhela

Sinethemba Mbelu

Corporate Marketing Team
of the Year Award 2025

WINNER

Corporate Supply Chain Team
of the Year Award 2025

WINNER

Lifetime Achievement
Marketing Award 2025

Robert Brozin

WINNER

Lifetime Achievement
Supply Chain Award 2025

Lebogang Letsoalo

WINNER

2026 Awards Gallery