Marthie Raphael
Chief Executive Officer, Pep Clothing
Marthie Raphael is Chief Executive Officer of Pep Clothing.
Pep Clothing (PepClo) is the Cape Town clothing manufacturing arm of Pepkor and the largest single-roof clothing manufacturer in Southern Africa. It makes about 15 million garments a year, two thirds of them school clothing.
In the job
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Pep Clothing marked fifty years of local garment production, making more than 10 million school uniform items and over 1 million undergarments a year. Source
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Raphael said Pep Clothing makes 15 million garments a year across five factory divisions, with 67% of output being school clothing for the January return to school. Source
Career before
- Quality engineer, Pep Manufacturing
- Pepkor joint venture site, Malawi
- 2003Returned to Pep Clothing, business development and logistics roles
Education
Degree in Consumer Science, Stellenbosch University
Sources
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