I have spent more than four decades in financial services, beginning my career in 1980 by translating a technical ratebook from English into Afrikaans — long before computers became part of everyday life in South Africa.

Over the years, I worked as a broker consultant, financial adviser and independent financial planner, building and rebuilding my own businesses and working with hundreds of clients through the many financial decisions that life brings.

I hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Planning (NQF 8), but my greatest education has also come from life itself. I’ve experienced divorce, remarriage, illness, business ownership, financial independence and significant financial loss.

Today, I no longer provide personalised financial advice. Instead, I want to use what I’ve learned over more than 40 years to help people understand their financial affairs, ask better questions and become better prepared for the unexpected.

Get Financial Savvy is about making complicated financial matters easier to understand — with practical information, useful tools and a little more humanity.

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