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Ilze-Mari Gründling

Senior B2B Reporter
Ilze-Mari brings a decade of publishing experience to DesignRush, writing news, interviews, case studies, ghostwritten bylines, editorials, and press releases distributed by Reuters, AP, Dow Jones, and others. She was previously Digital Copywriter for CapeTown ETC and an in-house writer for African Decisions, a respected corporate and government journal in Africa, and Johannesburg Stock Exchange Quarterly (JSE) Magazine, the flagship publication of Africa’s largest stock exchange.
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