Richard Vowles is a Cape Town-based, South African business and brand equity strategist with 30 years of experience in brand and business value architecture, brand positioning, branding, advertising and narrative (copywriting) experience.

Richard has authored five books – three in the business space, one novel and a holocaust memoir (The Varsovian Covenant).

Richard worked for Unilever before building, merging and selling the Engine Room, an award-winning advertising agency group, along with a joint venture with Jupiter Drawing Room (JHB). Richard went on to establish KNIGHTSHIFT, a marketing, design and communications consultancy through which he works with a number of local companies and international clients based in the UK, France, Israel, USA and Russia.

Richard also works with partner, Ian Davidson in Bullion House, a Growth Consultancy specialising in strategic brand asset value growth. They are co-owners of Eden River, a consulting practice that helps businesses use environmental strategy to innovate, create value and build competitive advantage. Eden River is the originator of WaterSmart – a resource platform aimed at helping Cape Town and the region survive the water crisis and thrive in a new water smart future.

From time to time, both Ian and Richard work with a collective of nearly famous old friends called ABNF (allbrandnoflakes) on projects of mutual interest.

He is happily married to Jacqui and they have four adult kids a land rover and a large continent.