André van Heerden is the founder of the corporate leadership program, The Power of Integrity, and the author of Leaders & Misleaders, An Educational Bridge for Leaders, Leading Like You Mean It, and Is Leadership History? 

 

His highly successful Power of Integrity Leadership Program has earned enthusiastic praise from hundreds of corporate leaders over the past eight years.

 

André grew up as a cultural exile and comes from a country that doesn’t exist anymore.  Since studying law at Rhodes University in South Africa, he has been a history teacher, a deputy headmaster, a soldier, a policeman, a refugee, an advertising writer, a creative director, an immigrant, a marketing communications strategist, an account director for leading multinational brands, a marketing consultant, a conference speaker, a leadership coach, and an author. 

 

His career in advertising involved working with a wide array of international blue-chip brands like Toyota, Lexus, Ford, Jaguar, Honda, Renault, Kodak, Canon, American Express, Kimberley Clark, SC Johnson, Motorola, and John Deere, and prominent New Zealand brands such as Farmers Trading Co. and Tararua Dairy Products. His creative work earned recognition in South Africa, Europe, the United States, and in the Asia Pacific region. 

 

André's interests include philosophy, psychology, history, politics, and rugby.  He is married with four children, and five grandchildren.  He and his family have lived in Auckland for the past 31 years.