Accompany Advisory

B-BEE Level 2 Black Woman Owned firm, that has been a strategic partner to a top-tier (MBB) firm, working on strategic and operational transformations through advanced analytics, critical thinking, complex problem solving, and proactive performance and program management. Holds minority strategic investments in digital and disruptive businesses.

Managing Director

Nomanini

1️⃣ Co-founded digital informal sector banking platform; supported CEO and Exco; Non-Executive Director advising on strategy, value drivers, partnerships, talent sourcing, and financing to scale and grow.
2️⃣ Led commercial team of six direct reports across Africa and Middle East driving pipeline of organic and inorganic deals. Exco CCO role works with Product, Operations, and Engineering.
3️⃣ Drove Exco recruiting (Product, Operations Heads; CFO), and strategic projects around growth strategy, organisational structure, process improvement, ways of working; to drive clarity, performance growth.

Co-Founder; Investor; Board Director; Director Special Projects; CCO

Industrial Development Corporation

The IDC drives industrial value chain growth and development impact in Sub-Saharan Africa across its asset base of R120bn+. Worked with the CEO and Exco to articulate and drive delivery momentum across six key themes focused on IDC's twin pillars of financial sustainability and development impact.

Strategic Advisor to CEO

Spencer Stuart

Spencer Stuart is trusted by major multinationals and emerging companies around the world to help them make senior-level leadership decisions that have a lasting impact on their enterprises. Supported Exco teams source scarce talent and align on growth-focused strategic agendas. Worked across industries, with a focus on financial services, TMT, and FAANG.

Director

City of Johannesburg

Board member involved in strategic planning, policy critique, monitoring and challenging performance of executive team and wider management for a City of Johannesburg MOE.

Board Member, Director (Independent NXD)

McKinsey & Company

Strategy and management consultant across industries (esp. TMT, Energy, Logistics). Experience with internal firm building through best-practice consultant training and onboarding.

Management Consultant, Engagement Manager

South African Department of Health (KZN)

Worked in high-pressure roles as a Medical Officer, General Practitioner for a full-service community clinic, Emergency Response Doctor, and Paramedic College Lecturer. Key skills: problem diagnosis, structuring; fast fact-gathering; rational under pressure; psychology of teams.

Medical Doctor and Lecturer

Four Key Points:

1️⃣ Global Roots

I was born in Germany into an American-Persian Baha’i family. Speaking three languages at once was the norm. I've lived in Europe, the USA, and Africa, and seen 25+ countries.

I studied IB at a United World College, whose mission is to be a “force to unite people, nations, and cultures for peace.”

The above compel an approach of questioning assumptions, listening deeply, and seeking robust, collaborative solutions.

2️⃣ Doctor First

After IB, I toured 16+ European countries for a year with a German-based dance group; my dream was to become a multi-media producer. I became a medical doctor instead.

Apart from medical know-how, this discipline drove me to understand: 

(1) Patterns, systems, and insights from large volumes of data quickly
(2) People’s psychology, motivations, and drives dramatically improve team delivery
(3) That ‘life-and-death’ (LAD) is serious, but rare; life is mostly not LAD, so take moments under pressure to think clearly

3️⃣ Top-Tier Consulting

I’ve spent two decades in top-tier consulting, with McKinsey, Spencer Stuart, and otherwise.

I’ve held Executive, Board, and Advisory roles where broad perspectives were essential. 

One example: advising the CEO/Exco of a Financial Institution with a $10bn asset base and 800 professionals. Over two years, this client's profits doubled, and its funding pipeline grew by 147% to $1bn+ per year.  

I’ve seen the outsized value of structured, fact-driven, analytical, and disciplined approaches to incremental and innovative projects, pipelines, and problems.

4️⃣ Problems I Help You Solve

(1) I’ve spent 20,000+ hours over two decades processing leadership learnings and questions, which I post regularly. Ring the bell on my profile to be notified of these.

(2) Join “The Impactful Executive,” newsletter, where we address the three pains CEO face weekly.

(3) I help Boards and 'G3' Executives (CEOs, CHROs, CFOs) unlock value through: 

* Analytical Thinking (value drivers, model building) & Strategic Clarity (high-impact decisions)
* Execution Discipline (incremental and innovation-focused program management and value-building)
* Top Team Sciences (Exco engagement, effectiveness, efficiency, and senior team dynamics) 
* Executive Talent & Soundboarding (executive search global best practice, leadership advisory)

(4) I can hold a few Board and Exco advisory roles globally (esp. high-tech, high-growth).

If you'd like help driving outsized impact, please reach out.

Dr Ali Monadjem

Standard Bank Group

-	Creating high quality and impactful presentations. Formatting, editing and copywriting word documents and preparing analysis and reports for the bank’s leadership to engage with internal and external stakeholders. Including materials that would be presented at investor and analyst roadshows, client events, conferences, engagement with regulators and employee events.
-	Data analysis:  Analysing statistics and other data, interpreting and evaluating results, and creating reports and presentations for use by Executive Officers.
-	Effective design: Understanding and applying the principles of design - alignment, balance, consistency, contrast, proximity, white space, typography, colour, graphics, arrangement of individual elements, logos and the overall design to ensure that the design supports the bank's DNA, corporate image and other guidelines.
-	Acquiring Information: Conducting desk research to identify the need for, source, interpret and evaluate information from a variety of sources.
-	Stakeholder Segmentation: Identifying the different client, employee and stakeholder segments and sub-segments to design appropriate, effective communication and marketing experiences that will reach, communicate and connect with the target markets in an impactful and relevant way.
-	Effective Business Communication: Communicating information and ideas in a clear and concise manner, appropriate for the audience in order to explain, persuade, convince and influence others to achieve the desired outcomes.

Document and Presentations Design Specialist

Deloitte

Documents Specialist

Standard Bank Africa Ltd.

Contract position 

•  Supporting the Director and team of 5 organising their 
   day-to-day needs, such as:
­   -  Full diary management
­­   -  Co-ordinating meetings
­­   -  Assisting clients with access and parking
­­   -  Travel arrangements (flight bookings, visa applications, 
      transfers, accommodation, rental cars etc).
­­   -  Itineraries (combination of travel company and country 
      assistance).
•  On-boarding new staff which inlcuded arranging for 
   Internet & intranet access, telephone, desk and laptop
•  Assist directors with HR processes:
­   -  On-boarding
­­   -  Performance reviews
­­   -  Scheduling training for staff development
•  General assistance included the following:
­­   -  Completion and submission of travel expenses
­­   -  Completion and submission of personal expenses
­­   -  Constant monitoring of Directors expenses and
      reconciliation of his bank account to ensure payments
      were made timeously
•  General documentation assistance which included
   typing, scanning, filing, fax/photocopying and binding of 
   presentations and documentation
•  Office administration duties, such as:
­   -  Ordering stationery
­­   -  Regular check on area maintenance
­­   -  Liaising with relevant support departments for 
      assistance to meet the needs of the team
•  Continuous relationship building with the following
   people:
­­   -  Relevant support departments
­­   -  Foreign/country support individuals
­­   -  Foreign and local vendors and service providers
­­   -  Relevant country agricultural heads
•  Screen, redirect and handle telephone calls
•  Respond to emails on behalf of the Director or team
   members on official level
•  Delivery of projects within budget and tight deadlines
   utilising available resources

Team Administrator

The Creative Counsel

–  Creating presentations to potential clients, marketing TCC to them using the company history, past and present client database, driving the use of brand ambassadors, marketing the Field Services aspect of TCC.  
–  Formatting of PowerPoint, Word and Excel documents
–  Creating and maintaining standardised client and department templates.
–  Assisting sales executives with their sales pitches in presentation form 
–  Assist departments, directors, as well as company CEOs with gathering information, developing presentations as per client requirements/demands, creating impactful visual presentations relevant to the information required.  
–  Consulting on any creative work, such as office events, 
client marketing campaigns.  
–  Developing training manuals per campaign for field marketing teams
–  Assisting the Retail department in ensuring correct placement of point of sale artwork, assisting with logistics to various regions of marketing material. 
–  Managing field marketing teams in various regions to get campaign and promotional artwork and material properly and punctually placed at pre-assigned locations.

Presentation Specialist

McKinsey and Company

–  Production/conversion of documents into high-quality, client-ready PowerPoint presentations, national and international client base.
–  Document editing and formatting, i.e., PowerPoint, Word and Excel documents, editing and formatting within strict 
McKinsey global document standards, global branding
standards and compliance to rules of South African English 
and McKinsey punctuation standards.
–  Managing deadlines for the consultant teams
–  Providing and receiving feedback to consultants with regards to communication and expectations in order to boost performance of the subordinate team as well as provide a more streamlined service to the consultant teams.
–  Building client relationships with the consultant teams in order to create a pleasant and more approachable environment for both parties, i.e., ensure a strong relationship with both parties in order to ensure flexibility and satisfaction from both parties. 
–  Problem-solving any client concerns that may occur, 
such as deadline extensions, quality issues, conflict resolution. 
–  Taking on any overflow production work that comes in and ensuring all deadlines are met, and with good quality.

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