Marianne Erasmus

News Partner Lead - Sub-Saharan Africa & Israel, Google, South Africa

Marianne is a seasoned digital advertising specialist serving as News Partner Lead for Sub-Saharan Africa & Israel at Google. Previously she was Head of Commercial Strategy for AdSpace24, the commercial team for Media24 News. Having carved a career in publishing her path led her through all aspects of packaging and monetising content starting her career in book publishing, then into magazine publishing, both in South Africa and Australia and finally she joined the Media24 digital publishing business in 2017. While there she worked in a cross functional team driving innovation in ad formats, content marketing and the publisher programmatic landscape. She lives in Johannesburg and is the mother of 2 boys.