Michael Weiss

Michael Weiss was appointed Group head of Strategy and Operations, as well as a member of the group executive committee on 1 October 2017. In addition to heading group strategy, Mr Weiss is also responsible for identifying growth opportunities in mostly sub-Saharan Africa where Alexander Forbes plans to expand its geographical footprint. He joined Alexander Forbes from A.T. Kearney, one of the world’s leading management consulting firms, where he joined as a business analyst and moved up the ranks to become a partner of the global strategy and transformation team with a focus on emerging markets. As country manager, he took the lead on several market entries by scaling up new teams and businesses.

Mr Weiss has over 19 years’ experience in the consulting services, including financial services. He also has in-depth, cross-functional international experience in major industry sectors, among them consumer goods and retail, transportation, healthcare, automotive and telecommunications. During his career he won and managed projects that included large-scale transformation, digital transition, market entry or repositioning, turn-arounds, merger and acquisition advisory work and privatisation in diverse international markets, including the United States of America, South Africa, Brazil, Russia, Saudi Arabia and most of Eastern and Western Europe.

Mr Weiss holds a Diploma in Financial Management from Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.