Our Team
Rashid Lombard
CEO
Rashid Lombard applies his expertise in the management of entertainment and entertainers. International political and war photojournalist by trade, former station manager of Fine Music Radio and former programming manager at P4 Smooth Jazz Radio, Rashid produced e-TV's well-received "Jazz Café". A Cape Town legend in his own right, with some 20 years experience managing music concerts and events. Founder of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival has a played a pivotal role in conceptualising, strategising and implementing the marketing strategies for the festival now branded as “Africa's Grandest Gathering “
Community Organizations:
Trustee : Themba Music Project, Nyanga East, Cape Town
Trustee : Nyanga Arts Development Centre, Nyanga East, Cape Town
OTHER:
Director : Cape Town Partnership (Advisory)
Member : Cape Town Routes Unlimited (CTRU) Advisory Committee – Marketing and Transformation Committee
Billy Domingo
COO
Billy Domingo (COO) - applies all his International knowledge and expertise of producing and managing multi-million rand stage and stadium shows. He has a strong understanding of all aspects of safety and security on a national and international level. An International multi-skilled strategic planner, co-founder and Life Member of the African Promoters Consultative Committee, Billy (as he is affectionately known), has stage- directed the likes of Miss World, Miss South Africa, Presidential Inauguration, Two Nations Celebration held at the Royal Albert Hall London with President Mandela and Queen Elizabeth and also Presidential Imbizos and other like events for SUN INTERNATIONAL. He managed designed and coordinated international and other conventions and launches at the Sun City Super Bowl (and Sun City) between 1979 and 1997, where after he left to join espAfrika.
Eva Domingo
Operations Manager
Previously employed at Sun International, Sun City, Eva’ scope of work ranged from ticketing to front of house including special events coordination. eg Miss World, Loerie Awards and all international music concerts. Eva now manages the Cape Town International Jazz Festival and holds a Diploma in Marketing
Charmane Creamer
Project Finance Manager
She started out in the accounts department and moved into Financial Project Management. She spent 3 months in Holland working with a Dutch company MOJO Concerts where she was trained and worked in the financial project management department on projects like, Sting, Bon Jovi, North Sea The Hague and many more.
Carenza Van Willingh
Media and Marketing
Carenza holds a Diploma in Marketing Management and has worked in the marketing industry for the past 15 years. She started out in the financial industry thereafter worked as an independent events coordinator for several events. She is also a qualified graphic designer. Carenza heads the media and marketing at espAfrika.
Yana Lombard
Talent Booking
Yana holds a Diploma in Video technology at Natal Technikon. She has worked for Associated Press and CNN as a producer, in a freelance capacity. Yana now produces the annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival DVD and is involved in artist booking for the festival and other espAfrika events.
Harm Meyer
Finance Manager
BCompt. (UNISA) Adv. Dip. (Management Accounting) (CIMA)
Started his career working for KPMG as an article clerk. From there he took a financial managers position at a company in the manufacturing sector where he worked for 2 years. He moved to Cape Town where he was a financial consultant at a pastel consulting firm after which he started working as a Management Accountant at a company in the Cellular retail industry for 3 years. He joined ESP Afrika in August 2007 where he took the position of a Financial Manager.
Chantel Windvogel
Events Coordinator
Chantel Windvogel is a Marketing and Sales Management graduate from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. She joined espAfrika in 2004 as an Project Assistant for Training and Development and six months later became Project Manager. Chantel worked in all areas of production at espAfrika, as well Road Manager for Jimmy Dludlu in Cuba in 2005. She now heads up corporate hospitality for the Cape Town International Jazz Festival.
Wayne Dreyer
Production Manager
Started working at Jam Music Company, and Pharcyde Productions in 1990 as runner. He later joined Making Music Productions as a Production Assistant and then Velocity Films Africa as an Accounts Manager. Wayne started as Production Manager at Go Events (sports hospitality company) and joined espAfrika in 2003 as a Production Assistant after working as freelance production assistant for a few years. Wayne now heads up the production of all events at espAfrika, including technical production, site production, logistics and procurement.
Henlene Mathys
Projects Manager
Henlene started working for espAFRIKA as a production volunteer at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival in 2004. There after she joined the espAFRIKA team as the production administrator in 2005. She has been a project manager on various espAFRIKA events such as the Cape Town International Jazz Festival’s Golf Day for 2007 and 2008. Most recently she coordinated and managed the Crystal Gala Dinner of 2008.
Nicolene Segers
Creditors Accounts Manager
Nicoline has a certificate in book-keeping, which she did through Varsity College. She worked for 12 years in the pharmaceutical industry before she joined espaAFRIKA’s accounts department in 2002. Now she is a Creditors Accounts Manager for our company.
Gavin Riley
Safety & Security
Gavin joined espAFRIKA as the security consultant and planned and managed the security for the 2008 Cape Town International Jazz Festival and the Mozambique Jazz Festival. This is after he left the ranks of the South African Police Services where he served with distinction in the VIP Protection and Security Services. Gavin has coordinated the security for most of the conferences and events hosted by government in Cape Town such as G20 Summit, World Economic Forum, Presidents Investment Council, Mining Conferences and the 46664 Concerts.
Rashieda Ismail-Davids
Office Manager
Rashieda started working for espAFRIKA in 2004 as a receptionist until she became an office manager four years later. At this position, she is in charge of the coordination of the operational side of the office like maintenance work. Previously Rashieda was employed by Grootte Schuur for 13 years. She holds a certificate in tourism management and has worked as a tour guide on a freelance basis.