The Unleash Network is a market leader in financial and operational consulting.
Drawing on over 50 years of deep expertise across a number of industry sectors,
we help businesses find the best possible solution for difficult situations—quickly and honestly.
Unlike consultants who simply give financial advice, we collaborate with management and other stakeholders to create and execute a comprehensive action plan that addresses immediate challenges and moves your business forward.
Unleash assists business owners, management, financiers and entrepreneurs through every stage of the business life-cycle.
Credit: Managing Corporate Life-cycles by Dr. Ichak Adizes (Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ:)
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At Unleash we deliver creative, considered, responsible and deliberate solutions. The combination of solid theory, practical experience and detailed application, coupled with our care for people, sets our offerings apart from our competitors. The delivery of service will be undertaken by the Unleash Network of professionals supervised by the executive team of Alastair Macduff, Elmar Burger, George Rautenbach, Quintin Van Der Walt and Richard Malcolm.
Unleash offers more than just a service. We provide thought leadership, practical hands-on experience, entrepreneurial flair and a drive for developing the performance of our clients. We are passionate about unlocking the potential of business using a pool of Unleash experts who embark upon an all-stakeholders-benefit approach.
We provide independent non-executive directors drawn from the Unleash Network who are all seasoned professionals with operational experience in running companies at the highest level such as CEOs or CFOs. We bring the acumen and strong independence needed to enhance the performance of the board of directors.
We have a great team of people who can assist you in all aspects of your business.
Alastair heads-up and directs the Unleash Network following his on-the-ground experience in Australia and Southern Africa . He is a Chartered Accountant who brings decades-worth of acumen and experience in business leadership, problem solving and practical turnaround solutions.
×Elmar was one of the youngest registered business rescue practitioners in South Africa, where he was exposed to the pressures of running distressed businesses to achieve the best returns for all parties. This is where he developed the skills of identifying practical solutions to the problems faced by the distressed clients and devise and implement turnaround plans. He moved to Windhoek two years ago and has grown the Unleash Network in Namibia to become a recognised turnaround advisory group.
×Richard has over 2 decades-worth of experience in establishing businesses in Africa as well as a deep understanding of the African financial services regulatory environment and the practical workings of fintechs & insurtechs within the context of traditional financial services operations. He is well acquainted with cross-border money movements, both formal and informal.
×George is a seasoned attorney with international experience, and has a commercial flair and understanding of finance , which enables him to bring a different approach to solving complex issues in a practical manner. He is also a registered business rescue practitioner who has been a valuable member of the Unleash Network over many years.
×Quintin’s experience as a Chartered Accountant, coupled with his practical CFO approach, enables him to surgically assess and model the financial dynamics of a business. Quintin is a specialist in 13 week cash flow forecasting , which is critical to the survival of distressed businesses.
×Ida has recently moved to California to set up a financial advisory business to assist South African firms in their expansion into the USA market. As part of the Unleash Network, Ida’s brings with her the practical financial management experience gained over 25 years in South Africa along with her turnaround skill-set developed in running the back office for formal business rescues run by the Unleash Network members.
×Bruce is a seasoned professional in the recovery of non-performing loans to distressed companies and has extensive Africa-wide Development Bank experience. He brings valuable insights into the credit risk advisory side of the Unleash Network services. In addition, he is in demand as a trainer to the Workout and Recovery Units of the members of the Association of African Development Finance Institutions.
×Lawrence is a Chartered Accountant by profession but has had many different working lives during his career, encompassing retailing, cinema exhibition, advertising & marketing, and IT Consulting and Advisory. He is currently involved in helping companies and organisations to improve their Cybersecurity Posture through the implementation of Corporate & IT Governance structures and frameworks.
×Tony has become an expert in all facets of the digital landscape and is particularly adept at curtailing digital mischief and ensuring clients’ s digital infrastructures are fully protected. Tony’s operates in both South Africa and Germany, giving him a strong international perspective.
×Paul is a qualified Financial Advisor, Practicing Attorney, Mediator & Arbitrator. During his legal career, he practiced as an Advocate as a member of the KZN Bar Association, and then became a commercial litigation attorney at prestigious law firms in Pretoria and Mbombela. He is also an arbitrator and mediator specialising in transactions and labour relations matters. Paul also covers Financial Advice and Estate Planning.
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