Vivienne Caroline Dorrington
In memoriam: Vivienne Caroline Dorrington - 19 June 1958 – 21 April 2020
28 April
2020 News
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our
CEO, Vivienne Dorrington, after a long and brave battle with cancer.
Like her father, Ray Beaumont, who founded Technews
Publishing in 1985, Vivienne was passionate about business-to-business
technical publishing in South Africa and under her leadership the company
continued to flourish and grow after she took over the reins from Ray.
Starting out as a young BComm graduate, Vivienne immediately
found her feet in sales, proving to be a knowledgeable and formidable force
here. She had an innate curiosity and business insight which she easily
translated into workable marketing solutions for her customers and which later
stood her in good stead as she led the company. Coupled with tenacity and
intelligence, this insight and curiosity usually meant seldom ‘switching off’
and her passion for work was rivalled only by her love and pride in her children
Laura and Michael.
One of her particular work passions was for the magazine
Hi-Tech Security Solutions and even after taking over as CEO which obviously
meant a change of direction, her passion for sales remained with her as she
continued to lead her magazine and mentor the team to follow in her footsteps.
Determined, decisive, yet always compassionate, engaged and
gracious, Vivienne was an inspirational leader whose presence, insight and
enthusiasm will be sorely missed and it was a privilege to have worked with her
and call her our friend. We also know she had tremendous impact on all who knew
her and we will all go forward with irreplaceable memories of our tenacious
champion.
We salute you Viv, our CEO, our mentor, our friend.
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