MALUTI - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- SENIOR CONSULTANT
- Public Relations Strategist
Anushka is a public relations strategist with extensive professional management experience in the public and private sectors. With a bachelor's degree in Communication from the University of Technology - Mauritius, she has, over the past ten years, been engaged in community, government, and corporate communications, mastering media relations; events and communications planning and creation; issues and crisis management; philanthropy and cause-related communication; digital communication including social media and Web 2.0, as well as website content management.
Prior to joining the team at Maluti Communications, Anushka worked as a journalist for local daily newspapers, before doing agency work as Brand Marketing Executive, planning and developing marketing strategies for various international brands represented in Mauritius, monitoring market trends and readapting her approach to cope with the demands of the industry.
During her career, Anushka has had the opportunity to direct numerous media relations efforts for major corporate organisations on a national scale, be it for profile-raising opportunities, brand awareness campaigns, or public affairs and crisis communication efforts.
After a short spell in the legal field, Darish, today a holder of a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications and a Masters in Marketing Management from Curtin University of Technology, shifted to communications. He never left our intriguing world of communications and PR since November 2007 when he joined Maluti Communications.
Over the past 15 years, Darish has accumulated solid experience in public relations and marketing. On one hand, such prized skills and knowledge enable the senior partner of Maluti to churn out quick solutions in times of crisis. On the other, Darish plans, develops in a creative way bespoke communications and PR strategies for clients.
Over and above his immediate availability on the professional side, Darish is a strong advocate and supporter of international NGOs which work for human rights, poverty alleviation, and education. A former active member in an international gender equality organization, he strives for gender equality as that's the way for a community, country, and economy to move ahead. As a citizen, he remains committed and dedicated to national causes.
Darish is an avid hiker and has a passion for traveling, discovering and embracing new cultures.
Marina, is the founder of Maluti Communications and Maluti Training, a training school. registered with the Mauritius Qualifications Authority. Marina believes that to be a good leader, a solid reputation management expert, and an engaged citizen, one must leverage on one's professional expertise, but also have the courage to be a troublemaker if necessary, to be aligned with one's values. This is, according to Marina, how good things happen.
And this is how she has steered Maluti Communications and Maluti Training over the last two decades.
Marina holds a Bachelor and a Masters in Communication Management (RSA), with a specialisation in reputation and crisis management. Maluti's clients describe her as a very active, hands-on and engaged collaborator.
With 20+ years of career in Corporate Communications and Reputation Management first in South-Africa and then in Mauritius, Marina has been an advisor and partner to many companies as well as governmental bodies/authorities. These include most of the large local conglomerates, quite a few parastatal government bodies such as the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority, key associations of employers such as the Mauritius Sugar Producers' Association, the Chamber of Agriculture, or Business Mauritius which federates over 1200 companies, and quite a few ministries. Marina also actively supports and advises numerous Small and Medium enterprises and entrepreneur(e)s.
Marina is also regularly called upon to work on challenging public affairs projects, at a national level. While not being involved in any political issues, Maluti assists in the aftermath of various national disasters, for example in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Wakashio oil spill during the pandemic, or the re-opening of Mauritius' frontiers post-Covid.
Over the last twenty years, Marina has also been called upon to regularly give lectures at local universities, over and above delivering trainings for Maluti.
Marina has worked on communication projects with clients in Europe - mainly UK and France, in South Africa, the Indian Ocean region and the UAE, as well as work with a Mumbai based company.
On the social front, she is an engaged citizen and member of various local NGOs'.