Ken Ironside’s last ‘real’ job was as a director of PPC, a top 50 JSE company, accountable for the implementation of an ERP system. Prior to that he held the positions of human resources director in PPC and general manager public affairs for the then Barlow group.

At the end of 1998 he formed Ken Ironside & Associates as a vehicle to put into practice many of the ideas he generated in his corporate career and since.