Gabrie Cillié , Durbanville Cape Town, South Africa

Working with business professionals, I help organisations grow and improve. I'm a business partner that find solutions to problems. Over the past 20 years, my career evolved from technical valuations and product actuary into the marketing and business development space, across a range of industries including financial and professional services, IT, AI/advanced analytics/machine learning, and telecoms. Strategy, business and product development are key strengths and I am a firm believer in lifelong learning.

I offer a rare combination of technical skills, business savvy and strategic thinking and brings value to the full life cycle of business from incubation to implementation, to growth and diversification. I have developed and managed complex custom projects locally and internationally, in the UK, South East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

Notable strength and skills include:

- Technical Actuary including valuations, analysis and product pricing
- Financial Services Domain Expertise
- Strategy Implementation & Business Development
- Risk Assessment & Management
- Pricing Mechanics
- Critical Thinking – from ‘big picture’ through to fine details
- Product Development – B2B & B2C
- Financial Projection Model & Business Case Development
- Creative Problem Solving
- Board Presentations
- Financial Analysis & Forecasting
- Customer & Market Research
- Mergers & Acquisitions, including due diligence
- Entrepreneurial Mindset
- Management Advisory

Important principles for client engagements include:

- Obtain a through understanding of your needs as a first milestone
- Reliability
- Punctuality
- Professionalism
- Output driven
- Deadline driven
- Always connected and available (except if indicated otherwise, with reasonable lead time)
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Versatility, but yet honest about my abilities and skills
- Budget conscience
- Always willing to go the extra mile