Hercu Wentzel

Hercu Wentzel has a diverse work experience spanning over several decades. Hercu currently holds the position of Chief Operating Officer at BMG360 since December 2023. Prior to this, they worked as the Global Chief Transformation Officer at Choreograph, a WPP company specializing in data products and technology, from April 2021 to August 2023. From December 2016 to April 2021, Hercu served as the Chief Operating Officer at Wunderman Thompson Data. Before that, they held the same position at acceleration from January 2010 to December 2016. In 2008 and 2009, they were the Vice President of Growth & Marketing at Naspers Limited, and from 2005 to 2007, they held the position of Vice President of Channel Management at the same company. Hercu also has experience at Comcast, where they served as the Executive Director of Corporate Marketing from 2002 to 2004, the Executive Director of New Business Development from 2001 to 2002, and the Director of Affiliate Relations for the North East region from 1999 to 2001. Hercu started their career at MultiChoice Group (Naspers Company) as the Marketing Manager from 1996 to 1998. Hercu also held various roles at the same company, including Marketing Manager for Original Productions and Events from 1994 to 1995, and Corporate Human Resource Manager from January to December 1993. Hercu began their career as a Branch Manager at Multichoice (Naspers Company) from 1991 to 1992.

Hercu Wentzel's education history includes the following:

- Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pretoria in 1985.

- Post Graduate Diploma in Strategic Marketing Management from the University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika in 1992.

- Certificate in Internet Technologies from New York University in 2000.

- Executive Program from UCLA Anderson School of Management in 2008-2009.

- Certificate in Design Thinking from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2016.

- Certificate in Digital Strategy for Business from Columbia University in 2018.

- Certificate in Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy from MIT Sloan School of Management in 2018.

- Certificate in Product Strategy: Discovering, developing, managing, and marketing products as a business from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management in 2019-2020.

- Certificate in Digital Transformation: Platform Strategies for Success from MIT Sloan School of Management in 2020-2021.

- Chief Digital Officer Program from University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business in 2022-2023.

- Business Analytics for Leaders: Data to Decisions from University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business in 2023.