Redefining Leadership for a Digitalised World

Join the Johannesburg Business School for a discussion with Greg Solomon, CEO of McDonald’s South Africa, on how McDonald’s leverages innovation and technology to empower employees and shape culture, while serving over 8 million customers in all nine provinces.

Greg Solomon, CEO of McDonald’s SA, started his career as a civil engineer. He joined McDonald’s SA in 1996 as a project manager and was instrumental in building many of McDonald’s First restaurants.

He believes that to lead you have to have Followed and this is evidenced in his multi-functional experience across the organisation, including Supply Chain, Marketing, Operations, and his current role as Chief Executive Officer.

For Greg, good leadership is the ability to influence others, build trust and respect and align his team to a common purpose. His leadership has resulted in 25 years of market share and profit growth whilst managing a diversified Franchise Portfolio. Greg is married and has two adult children and is passionate about Family, wildlife and health.

Programme Details

  • Date: Thursday, 4 November 2021

  • Time: 09:00 – 10:00 (SAST)