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About Our Founder

Suzanne is the founder of Intaba Consulting; an advisory firm that works with boards and management on sustainable business strategies, investor-readiness and positioning strategies to drive visibility and shareholder value.

Suzanne’s career spans a variety of disciplines and industries from Investment management starting at STANLIB overseeing portfolios worth $125 million to leading telecom providers known for their cutting-edge innovations.

She most recently led the Investor Relations & Strategic Communications department for Centum, East Africa’s largest listed investment company.

She pioneered Investor Relations at Safaricom Ltd, after the launch of its IPO leading to 1,000+ targeted engagements and investments from global investment banks including JP Morgan, Franklin Templeton and Fidelity; and a $4+ billion market capitalization.

At Etisalat Group in the UAE she oversaw the Investor Relations function for the Group’s 15 operating companies in Africa, Asia and the Middle East with an investor outreach program that realized fair valuation of the group at $42 billion in market capitalization.

She also sits on a number of Boards ranging from Family businesses, Investment Holding Companies and a CMA Regulated Entity.

Sectors

Financial Services

Technology

Media and Telecommunications

Energy

Real Estate

How We Do What We Do

Analytics

We prepare board quality information such as business case studies, investor profiles, peer group analysis and market trends. We also develop financial models with a clear demonstration of potential return.

Advisory

We give strategic counsel and work as an extended workbench for senior management, providing robust and impartial advice.

Access

We harness a global relationship network to provide enhanced access to corporates and investors and the media.

Training

We work with our clients to equip them with tactical tools and relevant views on best practices and how best to be “Investor-Ready”.

In an era when consumers, investors and employees all demand transparency, a company’s brand values must be consistent with its corporate values in order to be recognized as a reliable and unified entity. Companies that can achieve internal and external alignment can benefit immensely, from improved reputation and customer engagement to bolstered [investor] acquisition and retention.