Rob is a professional manager with 35 years of business experience. For 14 years he was CEO of Schering South Africa and for seven years was a non-executive director of South Africa’s largest pharmaceutical distribution company, during which time he was chairman of its board committees for HR and remuneration. 

Rob is a pharmacist with a Master’s in business administration. His extensive management experience includes the leadership of transformation and right-sizing programmes, the development of long-term brand-building strategies and the introduction and implementation of innovative tools to support business processes and executive decision-making.

He believes an effective leadership coach should be “constructively curious, a good listener and comfortable with complexity; using deductive reasoning, creative thinking and commonsense to meet the challenges of business.”

In 2008 Rob helped establish the Centre for Human Development and is currently CEO (a part-time position). CHD is a consultancy focused on leadership and corporate renewal as well as executive placement.
Rob is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors in Southern Africa and a Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa.

Rob holds a B.Sc.(Pharm) from Rhodes University and an MBA from Wits Business School and has completed the post-graduate course in leadership and growth at Cranfield University, UK.