Fran Beighton

Fran Beighton is Head of Growth at Daily Maverick in South Africa. As Head of Growth, Fran oversees over 70% of the revenue efforts at Daily Maverick including membership, grant and philanthropic funding, the live journalism division, e-commerce and the book publishing division. During her six years with the publication, Fran and her team have grown the membership base to 32,000 members from a starting base of 200, launched numerous new divisions, and have been the grateful recipients of multiple national and international awards.