JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA // Collette Wasielewski is Head of Design at FCB Design in Johannesburg, South Africa. She cut her branding teeth at Enterprise IG (now Brand Union) where she was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to rebrand the Nigerian banking giant GTBank (listed on the London Stock Exchange post rebrand). 

In the following 11 years and 4 agencies, she worked on and learned from brands such as Virgin Mobile, Coca-Cola, Converse, Toyota, Vodacom, South African Tourism, Brand South Africa, Nando’s and 46664 apparel amongst many others – winning a few awards along the way. 

Currently, her talented design department at FCB tackles everything from traditional corporate identity through to brand activation and rainbow creation – literally. The latter earned them and their client Coca-Cola 5 Cannes Lions, a Loerie Grand Prix, a Grand Cristal, a Hub prize and a bronze Clio in 2014.

In her personal capacity Collette is mother to 1 human and 4 animals, is a firm believer in the power of design thinking to change the world and wakes up everyday feeling privileged to be living in Johannesburg and Africa, here and now.