This week's London appointments

This week’s round up of London appointments includes Confluent, Yellow Brick Capital, Ardent, and Onclusive. Read on to find out more.

Richard Timperlake - Confluent, Inc.

Confluent, Inc, the platform for data in motion, has today announced the appointment of industry veteran Richard Timperlake as senior vice President EMEA, Sales

Richard brings with him experience in driving digital transformation and helping customers across industries succeed with modern technology.

Responsible for driving growth in EMEA, Richard will work with customers across the region to help them set their data in motion and deliver the incredible customer experiences required to compete in today’s digital world. Timperlake will be based in London and will report directly to Larry Shurtz, Confluent’s chief revenue officer.

Larry commented: “Timperlake’s appointment reflects on Confluent’s continued focus of earning our customers love. His background as a world-class leader in the tech industry and passion working with customers to drive business outcomes from data is a great match for our customer-centric approach.

“We are delighted to bring his considerable knowledge on board and believe he is in a perfect position to drive the region’s growth and support our key customers.”

Richard added: “Confluent is a category creating company that has set the industry standard in how brands use real-time data. I look forward to working with this talented team and culture to build on its success as we make the use of streaming data a competitive advantage for organisations throughout EMEA.”

Johan van Zyl - Yellow Brick Capital

Private equity firm Yellow Brick Capital has announced Johan van Zyl as Group wide CEO. Johan, who was previously group COO, will replace Johnathan Kol-Bar, who will now act as executive chairman.

As Group CEO, Johan will be responsible for the running of Yellow Brick Capital, who have investments in property development and management as well as sustainable and precision agricultural technology companies. As of 2020, the company has been centralised and is now headquartered in London with teams operating across the world.

On the property front, Johan is looking to broaden Yellow Brick Estate’s offering by expanding their current buy to sell development portfolio whilst also venturing into buy to let products.

Within their YB AgTech collection of companies, Johan is looking to continue to push boundaries and stay ahead of curve within the fast-growing sustainable agtech industry. The company will continue to form strategic partnerships, such as their current collaboration with SupPlant on their shared GroPlant technology.

Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Johan gained a degree in Management Accountancy from the University of Stellenbosch. In 2000 he took over as Managing Director of I-Feeder South Africa, since merged into I-Feeder Technologies, making him the second generation in his family within the industry.

Whilst there, he transformed the company through profitability and strategy. The company achieved major success in Africa with prominent growth in Sudan, Egypt, Namibia, Ghana, Uganda, and Zambia. In 2020 Johan partnered with Yellow Brick Capital and was announced as COO of the company in 2021.

Johan commented: “As the new CEO of Yellow Brick Capital, I look forward to taking the company into its new phase. Under my direction, we will be growing both our property and sustainable ag tech interests across the world. This is a very exciting time for the company, with significant announcements set for the coming months.

“I look forward to growing and empowering our very capable team to ensure we not only lead in our activities, but also keep our shareholders extremely happy with their investments.”

Johnathan Kol-Bar, executive chairman at Yellow Brick Capital, added: “I am so pleased to announce the appointment of Johan as CEO of Yellow Brick Capital. In his new position, he will spearhead the growth and development of the company, utilising over two decades of experience.”

Manuel Moerbach - Onclusive

Newly formed global media monitoring and measurement business, Onclusive, today announces the appointment of Manuel Moerbach as Chief Executive Officer.

Moerbach joins the company which launched in January 2022 following the acquisitions and merger of Kantar’s Reputation Intelligence business, US-based analytics experts Onclusive and media relations platform PRgloo by tech investor Symphony Technology Group ‘STG’.

Adopting the name Onclusive, the combined company is a new global media monitoring, measurement and workflow management partner for PR and communications.

Manuel Moerbach started his career in publishing at Axel Springer SE and then at Jahr Top Special Verlag, before joining market and consumer data specialist Statista in 2009 when it was a five-person start-up.

During his tenure at Statista, Moerbach was responsible for its hyper growth, with the company growing to over 1,200 employees, from a handful of clients to over 25,000 customers, becoming a market leading global business measured by revenue.

Along the way, Moerbach drove a significant global expansion from its European base, starting up their businesses in the United States and Southeast Asia to create one of the world’s leading business information platforms. For the last eight years, Moerbach was based in New York City and will now move to London to start his new role.

Manuel said: “I am delighted to be joining the team at Onclusive at such a pivotal time in the company’s story. Having spent over a decade at Statista, I am excited to bring my wealth of experience around international growth and expansion and apply these learnings to Onclusive.

“I look forward to working closely with the team to build upon the strong foundations of a company created in response to the evolving needs of our PR and communications clients.”

J.T. Treadwell, managing director at STG, added: “We are thrilled to have Manuel join our team. His excellent, highly successful experience leading the global growth expansion of Statista is a terrific analog for the ambitions we have with the new Onclusive, and we look forward to building this platform together with him and the rest of the Onclusive leadership team”.

Rob Quaile - Ardent

Infrastructure and regeneration specialists Ardent are delighted to welcome a new director to their growing team of regeneration specialists.

Former CBRE associate director Rob Quaile has been appointed as a director of regeneration in light of significant business growth for Ardent.

Providing a “wealth of regeneration and development experience”, Rob’s specialist knowledge in development consultancy, land assembly, compulsory purchase, and valuation will prove invaluable to Ardent’s ambitious market plans.

Beginning his career as a solicitor specialising in qualification in commercial real estate and dispute resolution, Rob retrained as a surveyor and has previously held roles at Gerald Eve and CBRE.

Rob commented: “I am extremely excited to be joining the team at this time. I have admired Ardent from afar for a number of years and have enjoyed working alongside the team in the past.

“Ardent’s corporate values of positivity and focus on being your best and exceeding expectations resonate with me and, I believe, lead to the best outcomes for clients and colleagues alike.

“I look forward to being a part of that message and supporting Ardent’s continued success and growth to becoming the key Development and Regeneration advisory service.”

Colin Cottage, managing director of Ardent’s Compensation Directorate, added: ’I am very excited to welcome Rob into the ever-growing compensation team at Ardent. He is a significant appointment that demonstrates our ability to attract the best talent in the market.

“Rob’s first-class experience in the regeneration and development sector will enhance our already market-leading offer in this space and ensure that we can continue to provide our clients with a best in class level of service.”

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