We believe every manager deserves the tools and support to run their team with confidence and ease.
And we believe every team needs a manager who communicates well and engages fully with groups and individuals.
Marph exists because we care. We want to provide grounded support for leaders of people, who are striving to do good work in their organisations.
Managers are often juggling expectations, required to translate strategy into reality, and expected to keep teams motivated and on track.
It can be a tough spot, and too often managers are left to figure it all out on their own.
That’s where we come in.
With over 40 years’ combined experience across communications, digital strategy, leadership, and people management, we bring a practical, human-focused approach to helping managers manage effectively.
Our tools are straightforward, scalable, and designed for real working lives. No jargon. No ivory towers. And no advanced studies needed – just curiosity, commitment, and a little bit of courage.
Who are we?
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Peter Philp
DIRECTOR
Peter Philp is the founder of Marph. He brings more than 15 years of experience working with and leading service-provision teams, helping organisations translate strategy into day-to-day practice.
His professional background sits at the intersection of management, systems, and communication.
Alongside senior operational roles, Peter has worked extensively in strategic communication and journalism, developing a practical understanding of how people absorb information, adopt habits, and change how they work.
This dual perspective shapes everything Marph builds – tools designed for the real conditions of modern teams, not idealised ones.
Peter holds an MBA and professional certifications in project management. His approach combines analytical rigour with a strong sensitivity to how change is experienced on the ground, ensuring that tools, systems and processes are not only well designed, but genuinely used and sustained.
He founded Marph in 2017 after repeatedly encountering the same organisational gap: plenty of frameworks and incentives, but very little that helps managers embed good practice in everyday work.
Marph was created to support managers as they learn by doing, help their teams develop through daily work, and build habits that last without adding unnecessary complexity.Peter’s guiding principle is simple: it has to be built for people – not for theory, not for hierarchy, but for the humans doing the work every day.
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Estelle Marais
DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Estelle brings more than two decades of international experience in management, strategic communication, and organisational engagement to Marph.
She has worked across corporate, non-profit, academic and inter-governmental sectors, leading teams of diverse size and focus.
Her academic foundation includes master’s degrees in corporate communication, development management, and conflict and peace studies, alongside an MBA and professional grounding in journalism.
That blend of theory and practice gives her a rare lens on how people interpret, act on, and align around shared purpose.
Estelle’s work at Marph is centred on connecting people, purpose and messaging in ways that resonate with real teams and real work.
She shapes how Marph’s tools and offerings speak to the challenges organisations face when they want clarity without complexity, cohesion without jargon, and measurable progress without unnecessary process.
Across sectors she has built and led teams that range from small specialist groups to larger operational units, always with a focus on clear communication and sustainable impact.
Her approach balances thoughtful strategy with practical delivery, and it plays a central role in how Marph supports modern managers and their teams.
Estelle’s guiding idea is straightforward: make time matter — not by filling it up, but by shaping it around what truly moves people and organisations forward.
