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Today, I help leadership teams unlock clarity, ask sharper questions, and act with more courage.

Give me a room of leaders—CEOs, founders, executives, investors—and I’ll help create the conversation they didn’t know they needed.

That’s what I’m told is my craft.

Whether I’m moderating fireside conversations, guiding ExCo teams through strategy off-sites, or curating leadership conferences, my focus is on helping people cut through noise, challenge assumptions, and move from talk to action.

I started my career in accounting and investment banking. Roles at PwC, Deutsche Bank, and Barclays taught me how good big organisations are at managing complexity—and how hard they find disruption. Too often, innovation looked like theatre. So I pivoted.

Now, I build environments where leaders can step back, confront uncomfortable truths, and think more boldly about what comes next.

-         Exponential Times – Thriving amidst accelerating change

-         The Power of Purpose – How to drive competitive advantage

-         Unlock your operating system- How to create exponential growth opportunities

-         The AI-Ready Leader – Practical leadership advice for the algorithmic age

-         Beyond KPIs: The Operating Principles of Exponential Growth

-         Exponential Times – Thriving amidst accelerating change

-         The Power of Purpose – How to drive competitive advantage

-         Unlock your operating system- How to create exponential growth opportunities

-         The AI-Ready Leader – Practical leadership advice for the algorithmic age

-         Beyond KPIs: The Operating Principles of Exponential Growth

• SA’s Most Innovative Companies (Fast Company,2019) • Being asked to host the AWS Unicorn Founders Series • Being asked to write a column for Forbes Africa
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