Geoff Whyte

Chief Executive Officer, Advtech

Geoff Whyte is Chief Executive Officer of Advtech, in the role since March 2024.

Advtech is a JSE-listed private education and resourcing group operating across Africa. In the year to December 2025 it reported an operating profit above R2 billion for the first time.

In the job

  1. Was announced as the successor to Roy Douglas, joining Advtech from Nando's where he had been chief executive. Source

  2. Reported an operating profit above R2 billion for the first time, for the year ended 31 December 2025. Source

Career before

  1. about a decade to 2023Chief executive, Nando's
  2. Senior positions at Unilever, PepsiCo, Cadbury-Schweppes and SABMiller

Education

Master's degree in economics, University of Aberdeen

Sources

  1. bizcommunity.com
  2. businesslive.co.za
  3. bizcommunity.com
  4. en.wikipedia.org

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