SizweNtsalubaGobodo Advisory (SNG Advisory) is the first African firm to join the member firm network of global consulting firm Protiviti. SNG Advisory joins with Protiviti’s other Member Firms in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. As a Protiviti Member Firm, SNG Advisory is Protiviti’s exclusive representative for South Africa.

“Our presence in Africa will be significantly enhanced through our alignment with SNG Advisory, and we look forward to teaming up with a firm that embraces the values, dedication to excellence, and highly qualified staff to provide the delivery of innovative solutions to our global clients,” comments Joseph Tarantino, president and CEO, Protiviti. Protiviti has more than 70 offices in over 20 countries.

With its strong advisory expertise in the financial services, infrastructure, transport and logistics, energy and minerals sectors, Victor Sekese, Chief Executive Officer of SNG, believes the alliance relationship with Protiviti presents an exciting growth opportunity and a base to support their work across the broader African continent.

“Our commitment to service and innovation align extremely well with that of Protiviti, and the SNG Advisory team is very excited to work with Protiviti. Operating as a Protiviti Member firm is fundamental to our Africa strategy as we look to expand in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc),” he says.

Protiviti Member Firms form part of a group of independent consulting firms providing local knowledge and expertise to drive high quality finance, technology, operations, governance, risk and internal audit services to companies and organisations around the world. Protiviti has served more than 35 percent of FORTUNE 1000® and FORTUNE Global 500® companies. Protiviti also works with smaller, growing companies, including those looking to go public, as well as with government agencies.

With more than three quarters of SNG Advisory’s revenue base stemming from public entities, Sekese says SNG Advisory’s growth strategy centres around increasing its private sector component with its member firm relationship with Protiviti playing a key role in achieving this.

“In addition to increasing the global capacity of SNG Advisory, our strategic alignment with Protiviti allows us the opportunity to tap into its knowledge and skills base thereby enhancing both our talent pipeline and
our overall solutions offering. This is in line with our commitment to constantly strive to provide new and innovative solutions and thereby competitive advantage to our clients,” he comments.

“Operating as a significant player in an ever increasing global business environment requires that organisations develop the capacity to respond to client challenges from a global perspective, constantly striving to provide new and innovative solutions through an extensive and rich knowledge and skills base,” adds Sekese.

In addition, Sekese says Protiviti’s focused approach to business will allow SNG Advisory access to ‘best of breed’ international partners and cutting-edge resources within the advisory space. “Through Protiviti, our Advisory team will have access to strong thought leadership and significant knowledge resource and skill capabilities, well-equipped to transfer the latest thinking in business process, technology and technical skills to our clients,” he comments.

The Protiviti network boasts a proven track record of consistent growth and has attained international recognition from leading publications, analyst firms and professional associations. “Representing a variety of organisations across a broad array of solutions and industries, our solutions illustrate real-world applications of the skills and expertise Protiviti professionals deliver in helping our clients manage their most critical business challenges,” said Tarantino.