30+ years in strategy execution, strategic risk Management and business architecture
- Execution readiness diagnostics: establishing whether an organisation can deliver what its strategy demands, and what closing the gap would cost — across people, process, technology and governance
- Strategy execution design and planning: business architecture, capability maturity assessment, portfolio governance and lean portfolio management (SAFe)
- Key topics: execution readiness, business architecture & capability maturity, M&A execution risk and post-merger integration, corporate governance (King 5), strategic risk management, target operating model design, systems dynamics modelling, balanced scorecard & strategy mapping
Geographies:
- South Africa and pan-African (primary); Mauritius
- Partner network across Belgium, Canada and Australia
Client sectors:
- Banking (retail and business), life assurance and employee benefits, retail, healthcare, public sector, telecommunications and IT services
Typical engagements:
Pre-investment execution readiness review; post-merger integration risk assessment; operating model and capability maturity design; portfolio governance build; board-level governance alignment under King 5
Before and Outside ICG
Banker: Strategic planning at Nedbank, then Senior Manager, Customer Value Management at Standard Bank — leading the shift from product silos to a single customer strategy across channels (Loerie Award)
Consultant:
- Programme Director, employee benefits (Mauritius / MEA) — multi-country rollout across Africa for multinationals and government institutions
- Corporate strategy and regulatory change, listed life assurance group — customer strategy, market conduct risk, risk appetite and future-state target operating model
- M&A integration and value chain transformation, JSE-listed retail and financial services — synergy capture across finance, IT, supply chain and HR
- Supply chain capability maturity, metropolitan government — CMMI programme across seven directorates
- Founder, Making Strategy Work (2023–present); Partner, Business Architecture Info, Montreal
Credentials:
- MSc Strategic Management and PG Dip Strategic Planning, Edinburgh Business School; BCom Hons, UNISA; BSc, UKZN
- Certified Member, Institute for Strategic Risk Management (M.ISRM); SAFe 6 Lean Portfolio Manager; TOGAF; MSP; PRINCE2; Wharton Executive Training
Community: PMI — Portfolio Management Fifth Edition development team; Standard for Portfolio Management 4th Edition committee
Contact:
+27 83 44 11205