Leo Kok started his career as a financial journalist before getting behind the wheel of a weekly motoring supplement as editor. He left the media to complete a degree in business, before joining Toyota South Africa Motors as head of communications and official spokesperson. Today, Leo heads up the communications consultancy Panthera Media in Sandton, Johannesburg. Panthera is a level 2 empowered agency that specialises in the automotive and financial services sectors, with clients ranging from Maserati and Mahindra to Absa Vehicle and Asset Finance and Motorsport South Africa.