Who is Fergus Ferguson
Fergus is a management accountant who completed his studies (B.Com Honns) at North West University in the early eighties and started his career as a financial accountant in the corporate sector in 1988. He quickly moved through the ranks and was afforded the opportunity to become involved in strategic and corporate marketing for Denel Informatics. In 1996 he obtained his MB
L degree from the University of South Africa, after which he was responsible for GeoWorld (Pty) Ltd. specialising in GIS software distribution in Africa. In 2000 this company was incorporated into the Siltek Group and he established his own management consulting practice. Ferguson Consulting (SA) Pty Ltd working in close collaboration with KPMG and SAB&T on various projects in Agriculture, Manufacturing, Retail and Training. Specific Areas of focus included:
1) Strategic Offerings, including strategy development, implementation and
measurement, business analysis, resource requirement definition and raising of finance;
2) Process Service Offerings, including business process optimisation, Governance and Compliance and Policy and Procedure development
3) People Service Offerings, people strategy and optimisation, leadership development and empowerment of teams;
4) Financial and Management Accounting mastery with productivity indicators.
5) Innovation and Improvement Offerings, challenging current thinking and practices including change management and business intelligence.
6) Business Rescues, Business Turnaround Implementation, Business Coaching and Mentoring. He is an ActionCOACH as well as Gazelles accredited Business Coach and Executive Coach/Mentor. The only coach in South Africa and only one of two coaches worldwide who is qualified in both coaching schools / curricula. As a licensed Senior Business Rescue Practitioner with CIPC, he has an impressive track record with ABSA, STANDARD BANK and NEDBANK in successfully turning around and rescued companies in the hospitality, construction and services industries. Combining rescues with coaching, he provides business help, business advice, business coaching and mentoring services to small and medium sized businesses and has a passion to help businesses grow and become profitable, in order to afford the business owners to enjoy the lifestyle they deserve.