I started Global Advisors in 2005 after leaving Gemini Consulting. My consulting career had been an amazing journey thanks to Gemini, my fantastic colleagues and the clients we were privileged to serve. I decided that I would try to build a firm that had the best of what I had experienced and seen in the global strategy consulting industry. Further, I wanted to leverage my experience in building a unique approach to strategy formulation and implementation in the face of increasing levels of uncertainty.Those were lofty goals. I had no set time limits – only an uncompromising determination to build something worth the effort and that would attract the best team and clients possible. It has been quite a journey! I believe we’re well on the way to delivering what I hoped we might. This is evidenced by our amazing team members and clients. Global Advisors was founded based on a belief in the importance of a quantitative approach to strategy that addressed increasing levels of uncertainty. This belief was grounded in the hiring of employees with quantitative skills from physics, engineering, finance, economics, mathematics and statistics backgrounds.Global Advisors are acknowledged global due diligence experts. Recent and current projects include European, African and South-­East Asian clients.We’re a boutique firm with some high aspirations. Which brings me to our name – a big name for a small firm! I chose “Global Advisors” as a stake in the ground. It needed to communicate our aspiration, relevance and be truthful to our delivery capability. I was determined that we set globally relevant benchmarks. If this was not to be the case, then I would rather join an existing firm with international reach and perform internationally relevant work. We’re based in Johannesburg and have delivered work in Africa, Europe, North America and Asia. We have leveraged a network of international associates. And we believe our work has continued to set a world-class standard.

Before founding Global Advisors, I was a member of Gemini Consulting’s South African leadership team of three.I led Gemini’s South African Financial Services practice and built extensive experience in Life Assurance and Development Finance. I also headed Gemini’s South African Information Management Discipline and eBusiness Unit.I consulted with Gemini Consulting for eight years where I achieved a number of firsts and awards, culminating in promotion to principal level within six years at the age of 29.