Craig Raath

Craig Raath

21st Century Group Director,
Growth and Enablement

Bachelor of Commerce
Majoring in Business Economics and Industrial Psychology
(University of South Africa)

Master Reward Specialist
(Accredited by the South African Reward Association (SARA))

Current Remco Seats

  • South African Pharmacy Council – Chairman;
  • Saint Stithians College – Independent Remco Advisor;
  • Tri-Star Construction – Independent Remco Advisor.

Current Position:

21st Century (Johannesburg)

  • Group Director (2025 – present)
  • Executive Director (2011 to 2025)
  • Operations Manager (2006 to 2010)

As a Group Director at 21st Century, Craig has overall accountability for business development and growth across 21st Century’s 5 companies:

  • Remuneration and Reward;
  • Organisational Design and Development;
  • Change Management;
  • People & Talent;
  • Analytics.

Craig has consulted to over 1000 organisations both nationally and internationally, and sits on and advises several board committees. As a recognised industry specialist, he has written numerous articles and has spoken at conferences on varied remuneration and reward topics.

Areas of work include:

  • incentive scheme design,
  • employee value proposition,
  • financial modelling,
  • performance management,
  • salary structuring,
  • strategy and policy development;
  • general executive remuneration consulting.

Previous Positions:

Deutsche Bank (London)

  • Compensation & Data Specialist (2000-2005)

Craig undertook various preparation exercises for global year-end compensation processes, including supporting business area controlling in the monthly accrual management process; analysing market data to establish salary and total compensation benchmarks; and managing the global salary process. He was responsible for data quality management, which included collating and uploading salary & promotion proposals during the annual compensation process.