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At 24, I founded my first tech company and scaled it to a multi 7-figure business. Then, four years later, a near-fatal health crisis hit, forcing me to step down as CEO.
Rather than returning to the old familiar world, I chose to rebuild my health, my life, and my work from the ground up.
I moved across the globe and committed years to study and reflection, including learning from some of the best teachers in psychology and leadership, along with deep personal work to rethink the rules I had been living by, and what success in life and business actually meant to me.
What I came to realise is that the path I had walked came at the expense of values I was no longer willing to sacrifice. At the same time, the alternative pather offered a life organised around freedom and ease, yet it would have meant stepping away from the level of growth I still felt called to pursue.
So I committed to designing a way of operating that holds ambition and life within the same system.
That commitment shaped everything I live and do today.
I now reside in Cape Town and run an executive coaching practice serving clients in over 20 countries. Alongside my coaching, I co-founded ValueOS. And once a year, I take a small group of clients into the wilderness for a leadership expedition.
When I'm not working, you'll find me out in the mountains training for ultra trail races, or enjoying life's quieter moments with my partner, close friends, and my beloved dog, Suka.
I hold my BA in Business Admin. I'm trained in Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), Neuro Affective Relational Model(NARM), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I've also been guided and trained by work-class coaches, immersed myself in eastern philosophies and spent significant time in the Amazon learning from the Shipibo tribe.
I’ve been privileged to be taught, guided and inspired by leading experts in their field including:
