Highly Experienced International Business Executive

Real World Operational Focus

Rob's content, insights and methodologies encapsulate the lessons of over three decades of international business experience and related research, observation and reflection. 

In a rich and varied international business career Rob has been:

  • Operationally engaged with over 150 businesses around the world
  • Closely involved in over 50 actual or potential acquisition transactions
  • A part of a senior management team that grew a South African domestic business into a dual listed technology group employing over 8,500 people and operating in over 80 countries
  • Nominated for the South Africa CFO Of The Year Award when serving as Chief Financial Officer of a $6.5 Bn turnover group  


'I had the pleasure of working with Rob Evans whilst at Logicalis and I can't speak more highly about him. Not only is Rob incredibly insightful and knowledgeable, he is a genuine person and great fun to be around. Love his stuff.'

- Gary Lomas, Sales Director at Onnec Group


'I am a huge fan of Rob and encourage you to check this out, he has great insights  #improvedoutcomes'

- Gahn Lane, Vice President Global Channel Partners And Alliances at Pindrop


'Rob has very strong strategic and operational credentials having worked extensively around the world and held a wide range of financial, operational and M&A roles'

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'I would thoroughly recommend Rob's courses. He is a very successful and astute business leader with a wealth of experience to share.'

- Mark Graham, CIO at The Counselling Foundation


'Fantastic Practical Learning Experience'

- Mevin Anenden, Senior Client Manager at Logicalis


'All the critical issues we face in building a business are dealt with cleverly and interestingly'

- Chris Griffiths, Marketing Director at Travel A La Carte Ltd


'Rob has packaged his experience and research into a well thought out framework, delivered in an entertaining and easy to consume way'

- Lynn Murphy, Chief Executive Officer at Plugable Technologies


'Plenty of food for thought. It gets you to think of how you are running the business and gives you ways of improving'

- Ian Edwards, Business Manager at The Westgrove Group


'Loving the inspirational videos Rob!'

- Iqbal Singh Bedi, Founder Of Award Winning Intelligens Consulting


'Great Rob! Thanks to share so many content, rich content!'

- Ernesto Schlesinger, Founder Partner at Jequitiba Investimentos


'Rob Evans #Kudos. Thank you for always bringing your best self to work #InspirationalLeader.'

- Faizal Bahemia, Chief Commercial Officer at Innobox and Co-Founder of BGlam


'Liking your new venture very much and am sure will give you lots of great satisfaction helping people achieve even more'

- Subhash Ramatour, Finance Director at Macks Ltd


'Rob Evans Friday moments - genuinely some absolute gems of knowledge and tough questions to ask yourself all backgrounded by some of the most beautiful scenery on the planet'

- Chris Gabriel, Chief Strategy Officer  at Sapphire Systems


'I look forward to your Question on a Friday Rob Evans'

- Gary Swale, Chief Engagement Officer at Inspirze Context Technology


'The second day of the 12 International MHRA Conference was opened with the amazing presentations by Rob Evans and Carlamaria Tiburtini.'

- Macedonian Human Resources Association (MHRA)


'Great session Rob. The ability to simplify and make sense of our complex and uncertain world is vital for leaders. Thank you.'

- Bob Morton, Past President at World Federation Of People Management Associations (WFPMA)


'Thanks to Rob Evans for being a fantastic co-panelist.'

- Carlamaria Tiburtini, Senior HRBP at Avio Aero - a GE Aviation Business


'Pleasure working with you!'

- Illya Baranyuk, Intern at MHRA


'Surrounding yourself with the people that will help push challenge and support you is so important - especially when you work on your own. Thanks for a great meeting Rob, I'm truly energised now!'

- Theresa Carnall, Marketing Coach at TBC Marketing



'I can hand on my heart say that this is the only self-reflection content / engagement I have encountered.'

- Mevin Anenden, Senior Client Manager 


'CEO's rarely create the time and space for reflection, this is a very engaging and thought provoking way to help you along the journey.'

- Lynn Murphy, Chief Executive Officer 


'Rob spends time upfront getting you to understand where you operate today, how does the business and the team operate? Is the business designed to win? Is our culture right for us and is it working? And several other relevant questions. The great thing about this approach is before he has taught me any new capability, he has taught me to really understand where my challenges are in leadership. It has my brain identifying linkages between aspects of business and leadership I hadn't thought of.  This is a far more effective way of learning in my view and I think learning at a leadership level really needs to be done this way, there is no 'out of the box' solution. It's experience gained as we progress and experience shared by successful leaders like Rob.'

- Mark Graham, CIO 


'I have bought a selection of business books over the last few years. All of them sounded like they would help improve the business's bottom line and contained some clever ideas. The difference with this course is that it covers many of the issues I hoped these books would cover. It attacks them from a different angle, focuses our thoughts and highlights practical ways to develop in our roles and for our business. This course has started the process that the books I bought never addressed, and for that reason, I feel this course is very beneficial.'

- Chris Griffiths, Marketing Director 



'very engaging and thought provoking'

- Lynn Murphy, Chief Executive Officer 


'All the critical issues we face in building a business are dealt with cleverly and interestingly'

- Chris Griffiths, Marketing Director 


'This course is holistic, it took me on a journey, which looked at finance / sales / customers / organisational construct etc.' 

- Mevin Anenden, Senior Client Manager 


'Plenty of food for thought, it gets you to think of how you are running the business'

- Ian Edwards, Business Manager 


'I'm part way through the training course on business leadership with Rob Evans and loving it. The old brain synapses are firing off left, right and centre!'

- Mark Graham, CIO 


'You always make me think'

- Gahn Lane, Vice President Global Channel Partners


'The course took me three to four hours and I was able to easily learn new ideas / approaches / tools.'

- Mevin Anenden, Senior Client Manager


'Rob has packaged his experience and research into a well thought out framework'

- Lynn Murphy, Chief Executive Officer 


'PPMC (People, Principles, Mechanics and Culture) leadership is a brilliant framework and something I’ll be using.'

- Mark Graham, CIO 


‘Rob, great summary on the ingredients of performance teams’

- Dirk Maiwald, Manager Corporate Technologies 


‘we need to adopt PPMC’

- Chris Griffiths, Marketing Director 




‘entertaining and easy to consume’

- Lynn Murphy, Chief Executive Officer 


'I loved the touches of humour and the clear and exciting storytelling to help with some of the explanations for things we should be considering'

- Chris Griffiths, Marketing Director 


'Thoroughly enjoyed Rob's way of presenting....and the few cameo appearances of his dog!'

- Mark Graham, CIO 


'Very much enjoyed learning from the authors many years of experience in business. The 1-2-1 engagement afterwards really put this off the chart. Thanks Rob!’

- Mevin Anenden, Senior Client Manager 


'With you, we can always expect the unexpected. Liking your new venture very much and am sure will give you lots of great satisfaction helping people achieve even more.'

- Subhash Ramatour, Finance Director 


'I worked in the same firm as Rob, I cannot stress how valuable I have found his insight and energy. #leadershipdevelopment  #energy #motivation'

- Gahn Lane, Vice President Global Channel Partners


'I found this course both useful and interesting. I now have a clearer understanding of the big picture and will be looking to focus on the most critical areas that will make the most significant difference to the business.'

- Chris Griffiths, Marketing Director


'Fantastic Practical Learning Experience'

- Mevin Anenden, Senior Client Manager 


'I've learnt a great deal from it. Much of this course made me think about about past roles and more on the mistakes than successes (why do we do that?). I know I always wanted to look after people and lead well when in this type of role, but I was often so focused on the objectives, I know I made mistakes. It's experience I wish I'd have had access to back then.  If you have a passion for the team as well as the business direction, I strongly believe you will benefit from these courses.'

- Mark Graham, CIO 


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Guided Reflection

Our situation is always unique. Nobody has previously done precisely what we are doing, with our experiences and personality, alongside our mix of colleagues and with our resources at this particular moment in time. We have to find a way that works for us in our context. Our inner work is important to help us in this. The more shape we are able to put to our thinking and the more we can leverage the experiences of others, the more likely we are to find the right solutions for us.

Thought Provocation

Thought provoking experiences deliver a helpful platform for stimulating new perspectives. When our people buy in to an idea they are more likely to strive to implement it. As our mindsets shift so too our ways of operating. 

Pragmatic Frameworks

We can’t implement development messages if we don’t remember them. That’s why these programmes are structured within overall frameworks and with handy situation specific models crafted based on experience and framed to be easily memorable for operational use. 

Engagement Through Energy, Insight And Entertainment

The more we enjoy a process the more engaged in it we become. The more engaged our people the better our outcome. 

A Business Outcome Focus Drives Better Business Outcomes

Our development work has a purpose. To drive a better business we need our people feeling better equipped, more confident, more conscious in leadership and making better informed commercial decisions. The more practical our development work the likelier our business will improve.