About

About us

Flash is a specialist sponsorship marketing consultancy that focuses on commercial rights.

We represent a handful of established well-respected rightsholders, and our purpose is to seek out and match them with like-minded partners that are looking to connect and engage with their fans and athletes. Our strategic direction and creative solutions provide a fresh way of delivering on partner expectations for rightsholders via simplified commercial structures that are measurable.

Rightsholder contract development and management play a crucial role in ensuring both our rightsholders and brand partners receive exactly what they need to deliver on their strategic goals and brand targets.

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Our team

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Richard vd Schyff

Richard is a natural, charismatic leader & has over 20 years of experience in the sponsorship industry.

Richard is extremely well connected, holding relationships with most major brands, rights holders & media owners in SA. His contacts extend across Africa and into Europe.

He has managed some of South Africa's largest accounts in MTN, Vodacom, Standard Bank, Absa, Toyota, SASOL, Yellow Pages, Nestle, Eskom, Emirates, BP & Castrol & Huawei.

Born & bred in KZN, Richard was educated at Kearsney College, has a BSocSci from UCT & a PDM from Wits Business School and In his day captained the South African National Water Polo team.

Gill Fraser

Gill is our import from Cape Town, where she studied sports management and worked at the 2013 ICC Cricket World Cup.

After 2 years abroad, she returned and joined 34Sport on the Powerade account, before joining Flash Media & Rights Sales. Gill was 2IC at the 2015 Comrades “Nedbank Green Mile” & Soweto Marathon, followed by Partnerships Rights Manager for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka (2016 & 2017) . She moved across to Dimension Data as Sponsorship Programme Manager for Dimension Data’s sponsorship of the Tour de France.

She’s a masters hockey player, part time mountain biker and scuba diver, but better known for her laugh.

Testimonials

What they say about us

“Flash's incredible work ethic and customer-first attitude have supercharged our Comrades Marathon project. Their knack for solutions and adaptability, coupled with a rare trust and respect in business, have made our partnership a game-changer. We're beyond thankful for the growth and success they've fuelled.”
Oliver WillsMarketing Lead Africa, Royal Swinkels

“I’ve had the pleasure of working with the Flash sponsorship team since 2014.

Over the last 7 years, we’ve achieved many successes together including the re-branding of our Qhubeka brand identity, developing a new commercial strategy and communication plan, as well as conceptualising and implementing campaigns like #Giro100Bikes and #DoYourPart - two very impactful fundraising initiatives for Qhubeka, which leveraged our partnership with pro-cycling team, Dimension Data for Qhubeka.

Flash has also handled our hospitality programme at the Tour de France with flawless professionalism and gave our charity partners memories to last a lifetime. It’s been an absolute pleasure to work hand-in-hand with a partner like Flash who embrace the charity as if it were their own.”
Anthony FitzhenryQhubeka, Founder

“"COSAFA has been working alongside Flash Sponsorship for the past 2+ years and have found the company to be very thorough, attention to detail driven. Excellent sales deck with all the info any prospective sponsor would require.
The team also believes strongly in Stakeholder relationship - secure the sponsor, retain the sponsor!"”
Sue Destombes COSAFA, Executive Director

“At Mr Price Sport our purpose is to make authentic sport's footwear, apparel and equipment accessible to all South Africans with our Maxed and Maxed Elite sports brands.

The Flash team acknowledged our long history in sport sponsorship and our strategic objectives as a value retailer to present visionary, commercially considered sponsorship opportunities that align to our strategy.

The team at Flash brought experience, sound advice and keen management of the agreement process to the table. Our agreements concluded to date include commercial and technical partnerships with the Comrades Marathon Association, Cell C Sharks rugby team and Team SA as the Olympic team sponsor.

Anthony, Richard, and the team at Flash go beyond to collaborate with passion, partnership, and value at heart.”
Dylan CherryHead of Marketing, Mr Price Sport