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More Beyond was founded in 2013 by Sonja Blignaut. We specialise in helping organisations and
people become more resilient and adaptive in the face of uncertainty. More Beyond partners
with several international thought leaders in the field of complexity. We play various roles:
• we are thinking partners, bringing new ways of thinking and seeing the world, new tools
and frameworks alongside the expertise that already exists in your organisation and team.
Often, leaders don’t need a coach or consultant, but rather someone to think with them, to
challenge their patterns and broaden their ideas.
• we challenge orthodoxy: to be effective in the so-called VUCA world requires us to not only
think differently, but also to structure our organisations differently and to stop doing some
of the things that we have been taught are best practices. It normally takes someone from
outside the organisation to bring blind spots and complacencies to the surface.
• We provide custom learning journeys in sense-making, resilience, future-fitness, adaptive
organisations and more
• we facilitate adaptive strategy and other emergent processes.
• we provide access to unique software tools that enable organisations to create narrative
landscapes to guide decision-making

Our Group was established in Cape Town in 1845 as South Africa’s first mutual life insurance
company, offering financial security in uncertain times.

Our purpose is to help our customers thrive by enabling them to achieve their lifetime financial
goals, while investing their funds in ways that will create a positive future for them, their families,
their communities and broader society. In this way, we significantly contribute to improving
the lives of our customers and their communities while ensuring a sustainable future for our
business.

We now employ more than 30 000 people and operate in 14 countries across two regions Africa
(South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda,
Rwanda, South Sudan and eSwatini) and Asia (China)

Our vision is to be our customers’ most trusted lifetime partner, passionate about helping them
achieve their lifetime financial goals.

Following the listing of Old Mutual Limited in 2018, we unveiled a vibrant new brand identity
to reflect our fresh, customer-led approach and stronger focus on Africa. Old Mutual’s visual
personality now draws on the optimism, vibrancy and seize-the-day spirit of the continent,
reinforcing the message of “Made in Africa for Africans”.

At ProEthics, our main focus is organisational training. We use our extensive legal qualifications
and practical experience to develop and present customised, face-to-face and online training
courses that address organisational ethics and anti-corruption compliance. Contact us info@
proethics.co.za or janette@proethics.co.za or visit our website http://www.proethics.co.za

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