Neil Barker

Board Member and Managing Director

City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

About

A dynamic, results-driven and mission-oriented CEO holding an LLB degree with 16 years of experience in Marketing, Media, Property and Law and a successful track record of identifying growth opportunities within these industries. A strong ability to solve complex company problems using excellent judgment and decision- making skills in addition to being gifted with natural leadership and resourcefulness, which provides the perfect motivation to succeed as an entrepreneur. An excellent communicator who makes every person feel as if he or she is the only one in the room. Repeated success has been achieved by ensuring the business’s policies and overall operation are within the expected parameters and, combined with continuous involvement with clients, shareholders, and employees, have resulted in positive and beneficial experiences for all parties involved.

Experience

  • Board Member at Exporters Eastern Cape
    Jun 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

    Exporters Eastern Cape is a non-profit organisation for persons/companies involved in exporting, either directly or indirectly, or for persons/companies with an interest in exporting. The organisation’s mission is to encourage more local firms to prepare themselves to take on the challenge of exporting and to assist existing exporters to become more globally competitive

  • Managing Director at OM & Barker
    2013 - Present · 13 yrs 6 mos

  • Chief Operating Officer at LDV South Africa
    Mar 2025 - Mar 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Board Member at Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber
    Jul 2021 - May 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber is a non-profit organisation representative of a broad spectrum of businesses in Nelson Mandela Bay. The aim of the Chamber is to create an enabling environment and promote economic growth and development through various Chamber action arms such as: our SMME and Entrepreneurship Committee, our Trade and Investment Committee, as well as various Task Teams. Additionally we provide an array of value adding services to local businesses in the form of business-to-business networking opportunities, enterprise and exporter development programmes, informative publications, as well as workshops and seminars to name but a few. Furthermore, advocacy, lobbying, and strategic interventions are key focus areas to facilitate an enabling environment for business.