Flip Meyer is a well-known South African financial journalist with 29 years' experience with Naspers group. Naspers holds international media interests over the globe - in sub-Saharan Africa, Greece, Cyprus, the Netherlands, the United States, Thailand and China. On January 31, 2005 he resigned his position as financial editor for "New Projects" of Sake, a publication in the Naspers group. Flip now pursues his own interests as a media consultant in South Africa and abroad.

Flip obtained BCom. degree at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, majoring in Marketing, Economics and Accountancy. He subsequently obtained a postgraduate diploma in Advanced Financial Management from the University of Pretoria Graduate School of Business.

Positions held in the Naspers group:

• 1985-1989: Editor: Sake-Rapport
• 1989-1998: Editor: Sake-Beeld
• 1998-2002: Group financial editor: Sake
• 2002-2004: Group financial editor: New Media Projects

While editor of New Media Projects, he was responsible for the operation of the Afrikaans news web site www.sake.co.za

Achievements:

Some of Flip’s awards and achievements are:

• 1988: FAK Bill Venter prize for contributions to financial journalism
• 2002: Piet Cillié prize for creativity, the highest honour awarded by Naspers to journalists in this media group
• 1989-2004: Development of the Economist of the Year competition, organised and produced the banquet now regularly attended by captains of South Africa industry and government leaders

Broadcasting Experience:

Flip has appeared as guest speaker/panellist on numerous Summit TV programmes. He has also hosted "Jou Geldsake", a business programme presented on RadioSonderGrense, an Afrikaans radio station.

He was a finalist in the Mastermind TV competition hosted by Summit TV, the major Southern African business TV station.

Major Projects:

Flip launched the "Economist of the Year" competition in 1989 and has been the driving force behind its expansion. Initially fewer than ten economists entered the competition. Currently more than 30 entrants are evaluated for this prestigious honour. The competition is regarded as the premier competition for economists in South Africa.

In his former Nasper capacity, he was instrumental in creating a financial phone-in service, as well as providing readers of Sake with a cell-phone text message service keeping them updated on the latest news in financial markets.

In collaboration with the University of Pretoria's department of Auditing and Accountancy, he has initiated a new South African competition, the objective of which is to encourage listed companies to become more transparent in the publication of their financial results in the press.

International Exposure:

Flip has attended six annual general meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, where he reported on the proceedings. These meetings were held in Washington DC, Hong Kong, Madrid, Berlin and Toronto.

He has traveled to more than twenty countries and more than ten states in the US.

Clients

Some clients of Flip Meyer are:

• Sake 24. Leading Afrikaans national financial publication. Flip is the chief co-ordinator of the Economist of the Year Project.
• Jou Geldsake: An Afrikaans weekly publication on personal finance. Flip writes a weekly column on news that effects personal finance. (www.sake.co.za)
• Gauteng Business. A newspaper focusing on small to medium business (SMEs), explaining movements in economic variables in simple English to SMEs. (www gautengbusiness.co.za) (One of the articles an be found here.)
• City of Tshwane: Writing articles with the budget document as base. (www.tshwane.gov.za)
• Masthead, the independent organisation for independent financial brokers). Survey on Masthead done for Jou Geldsake. (www.masthead.co.za)
• Barnard Jacobs Mellet, a leading stockbroker in South Africa. Translation of English articles done in Afrikaans and published in Jou Geldsake. (www.bjmdirect.co.za)

Also see the following:

• Flip in the Media
• Flip and Golf
• Flip and Celebrities
• Current Activities