Nosipho Maketo van den Bragt
Chief Executive Officer

An attorney, creative business entrepreneur and aspiring writer, Nosipho is a multipotentialite that thrives in idea synthesis, rapid learning, and adaptability. With a passion for storytelling and breathing life into concepts in visually realistic ways, but also a passion for advocating strongly for creatives, Nosipho co-founded Chocolate Tribe in 2014.

Rob Van den Bragt
Chief Creative Officer

Rob comes with a wealth of international experience having over 25 years in various leading VFX studios such as The Mill, Cinesite, Passion pictures, and Glassworks. While overseas, his creative expertise and burning passion for animation and VFX afforded him opportunities to work on several successful international productions in feature film, TV-series, and commercials as an animation/CGI supervisor. 

Tiaan Franken
Chief Technical Officer

Tiaan’s journey started in 2005, as a Technical Director developing pipeline workflows and working in motion capture. Later expanding his skills into the field of water simulations, massive crowd simulations, lighting, rendering, and complex creature rigging, using many of his own custom tools. Later joining a film production and developing its pipeline and technical requirements for worldwide release.