Colleen is past chairman of the Institute of Marketing Management, the first woman in South Africa to hold that position. She has received the President’s Award from the Institute of Marketing for “Outstanding Contribution to Marketing in South Africa”. Colleen speaks on global platforms and is an industry expert speaker at various business schools including the University of Stellenbosch (MBA program), Cape Town, and the Business School of the Netherlands, Buren, US State Department Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) Program, Washington. She is a member of the South African chapter of WPO (Women Presidents Organization), New York.