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South Africa

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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

We work with select clients to innovate and augment employee and customer value propositions. Our comprehensive suite of added value solutions allows you the flexibility to rapidly launch customised and integrated products and services, digitally applications, integrated support and servicing capabilities, backed up by a world class client service center.This allows our clients and partners with opportunities to reduce operational costs and tap into new and additional revenue sources.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Independent Business Consultant and Project Manager to 3 Fintech start-ups. Co-directing solution design, securing funding, managing solution delivery, go-to-market and distribution strategies, 3rd party liaison and team coaching.Established an alliance-based network of blue-chip insurers and administrators, to assisting SME’s and aggregators, augment their value proposition with customised and embedded Financial Services and added value solutions. Advised a payments processing company on digital strategy and operating model design for a digitally enabled insurance start-up (Fintech).

Cape Town Area, South Africa

* Alliance Manager and interim CEO (seconded): to a joint venture between 4 strategic partners. Identified, proposed and led the initiative from concept to prototype, partner selection, seeking investors, negotiations, contracting, solution development, business set-up (NewCo) and Pilot. * Project Manager and Lead: Strategic Alliance Capability Design and Implementation; incl. an alliances and 3rd party review.* Project Lead: Design and developed a Strategic and Shared Services methodology, best practice and “strategic roadmap” to assist executive decision making. Implementation of governance structures, reporting framework, balanced scorecards and guidelines for executive performance management. * Project Lead: Business Unit Target Operating Model (TOM) review ; “As Is - To Be” capability and process assessment.* Change Management Lead and Coach: - Established a Change Management capability and the overall (consolidated) change planning and management across all strategic projects for Old Mutual Retail Mass Market. - Developed a portfolio level “Change Dashboard” to monitor and support overall transformation and change planning and change risk management. - Design, development and implementation of business and project change methodology. - Provided executives and line managers with change support (including coaching and mentoring). - Supported business and multiple concurrent strategic programs, and projects with change planning and implementation; incl. New Business Business Retention, Point of Sale technology, client communications - Led planning and facilitated employee engagement sessions and strategic input (3000 employees). - Developed a Transformation Risk strategy.

South Africa

Director of own company that offers business consulting, mentoring and coaching to corporate and medium sized businesses. Specialist areas and services include: Strategy, Business and Practice Development, Transformation and Change Management, Distribution and Multi Channel Management.Investor in a Direct Sales Call Centre (60 seats); set up distribution and 3rd party service agreements and designed client value proposition and “loyalty” programme.

MD and Founding Partner: A start-up business rroviding outsourced Human Capital Solutions to the Service Industry.Service Offering included: Call Centre Outsourcing; Recruitment and Selection; Human Capital Strategy; Organisation Architecture Design; Change and Journey Management; Human Performance Design; Communication Planning and Management; Programme and Project Management.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Reported to the Executive Sales Director for Individual Life, Group Schemes and Actuarial Consulting. Executive member to the Sales EXCO responsible for facilitating and coordinating the distribution strategy process across multiple channels. This encompassed consulting to and supporting Channel Heads, facilitation of the strategic planning process, competitor intelligence, market scanning, strategic scorecards, liaison with Heads of Marketing and Product Development. Additional responsibilities included managing and co-ordination of distribution projects and management of the Sales Force Remuneration team responsible for incentive design and operational support across all channels.

Local office and Financial Services Practice Lead for Change Management, Human Performance and Distribution, incorporating Sales Force Efficiency, Distribution Strategy, Multi-Channel Management, Channel Design, HR and organisational performance. Developed, presented and sold proposals whilst overseeing client relationship management, account planning, recruiting, leading and mentoring managers and consultants.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Manager: Leadership Development for Unidata. Reported to the Executive Manager: Corporate College, responsibilities included: - Implementation and management “Quality Circles” (LEAN) and an employee engagement programme (reporting directly to the CEO). - Liaison with the National Economic Initiative (NEI). - Delivery of an integrated executive leadership assessment and development programmes. - Conducting corporate skills audits.

JohannesburgA multi national pharmaceutical, fine chemicals, veterinary, and fibre producer. Reporting to the Training Manager, responsibilities included administrating and delivering numerous training and development programs specific to managers, supervisors, and skilled and semi-skilled employees. Also managed trainee development schemes whilst liaising with the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Permanent Force officer (Infantry) - Army College, Formative Branch: Responsible for leadership assessment, selection and training of permanent force officers. - Company and platoon commander.

B-Mil, Industrial Psychology

Change Journey Planning And Management, Certificate

Templeton College

B-Mil

Executive Development Programme, Executive Development Programme (Edp), Certificate

Strategic Sales Management - Presented By Andris Zoltner, Certificate

Strategic Sales Management, presented by Andris Zoltner, Kellog School of Management, Chigaco

Organisation And Culture Design, Certificate

Strategies For Company Growth

Presented by professor Jay Annand, University of Michigan Business School

Economics Of Insurance

Matric

Activities and Societies: School Prefect 1st team Rugby 1st team cricket Athletics Underwater hockey Drama Debating

Inspirational Leadership

Economics Of Insurance, Certificate

Leadership Development Programme, Certificate

Executive Development Programme (Edp)

Executive Development Programme

Change Journey Management

Advanced Organization Design

Education record

Education record

Education record

Accredited Coach Mentor (Practitioner), Mentoring And Coaching, Practitioner