As a Master Credentialed Coach and Integrative Behavioural Strategist, Sav blends behavioural and neuroscience with personality and leadership models. With over 30 years of experience in coaching, consulting, and entrepreneurship, she empowers individuals and teams as a Transformational, Executive, and Team Coach.

Sav is a Transformational, Executive, and Team Coach who consults, facilitates, and trains in Strategy, Wellbeing, Change Management, Leadership Alignment, and Organizational Resilience. She works with clients across South Africa, Africa, the US, UK, Scandinavia, and Europe. She also serves on international coaching panels and collaborates with universities and business schools.

Known for her warm, empathetic, and practical approach, Sav creates trusted spaces where individuals and teams can explore challenges and unlock possibilities. Clients describe her as relational, authentic, and energizing—able to guide meaningful progress through tailored, actionable coaching aligned with each person’s unique thinking and decision-making style.

As a neurodivergent thinker, Sav brings her full, authentic self to every engagement and invites others to do the same. She acts as a soundboard, thinking partner, and guide through complexity and change.

Her coaching expertise includes:

• First 100 Days & Transition Planning
• Team Alignment & Reintegration
• Grief, Loss & Retirement Coaching
• High-Performance Team Building
• Business School Lecturing & Masterclasses
• Motivational Speaking

Her home is in a beautiful coastal forest village on the border of KZN and Eastern Cape where she enjoys hiking and nature-based activities. She describes herself as somewhat of an adventurer and up for almost any challenge that stretches her and tests her resilience and courage (among other things she has skydived, cycled the Argus and 94.7 on single and tandem bicycle, fire-walked and survived a 5-day solo vision quest in the Cedarberg Mountains with a small change of clothing, a tarp and sleeping bag!)

Sav’s is experienced in – First 100 Days, Transition Plan Coaching, Existing/New Team Alignment, Reintegration into Workstream/Work Team, Grief/Loss Bereavement Coaching, Retirement Transition Coaching, Business School Lecturing (LDP), Building Cohesive High Performing Teams, Motivational Speaking, Master Classes

Sav has held leadership roles in listed South African companies and later founded a consulting firm, which was acquired by a listed company where she became Head of Professional Services. She has coached leaders and teams across diverse industries, including Entertainment, Retail, Contact Centres, Finance, Mining, IT, Construction, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing, and FMCG.

Sav’s clients say:

Sav, embodies humanity and is in tune with our country’s diverse cultures, people and socio economic environment.  She fuses this seamlessly with modern business and coaching technique to assist Senior Executives to navigate, cultivate cohesive teams and leadership that’s impactful.  I developed a good relationship with her personally as she is easy to work with and focused on getting results through impactful coaching to ensure that I attained my goals. 
 
I like her style of challenging, engaging on business and people issues, she became a soundboard for me to test ideas and thoughts.  As a CEO of a fast paced mobile business, one faces lots of moving parts while trying to maintain high levels of business performance while ensuring Team alignment, her coaching was of huge help.  Reflecting on the past 18 months taking on a new role in the firm, her support played a crucial role, her depth of experience and effective coaching methods sharpened my awareness of my leadership capabilities.

Lunga Siyo – Telkom Consumer CEO