FOUNDERS OF FORBES GROWTH
BARBARA JELLIS
Director wealth and professional services
Barbara brings over 30 years of experience as an Executive Financial and Business advisor. Her associates and team have backgrounds in Law and Chartered Accounting/Auditing, and collectively they provide expert financial, legal and business advice to individuals, CEOs, Directors, Small and Medium business enterprises and Corporates.
She oversees and delivers full financial risk assessments, with proposals to optimise tax and wealth management, through appropriate collective investments, fund schemes, portfolio options relative to appropriate risk profile which is all key to achieving the best results for clients, as well as trends into portfolio management and differentiating between the different asset classes.
Barbara holds a Certificate of Achievement in Wealth Management through USB Executive Development Ltd (Stellenbosch University) and an International Quality Service Award. She is also qualified in Public Relations which is complimentary to the marketing and business advice provided by her and her team of expert associates.
Barbara is also an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Associate Neuroscience coach. Drawing from the work of leading Neuroscientists her approach to coaching at all levels, provides an integrated understanding of brain functioning and issues such as awareness, attention, reflection, insight, action, expectations, self-awareness, working memory, learning, emotions, social interactions and accountability to name a few, all of which are elements crucial to effective coaching. Passionate about people her focus is to provide solutions with the most favourable outcomes.
ASHLEY FORBES
Director people and governance
Ashley brings over 25 years of experience as a principal advisor and business leader in designing, delivering and partnering with clients on large scale strategy, organisation and leadership development programmes. Allied to this is his high touch work in executive coaching and board development. He and his team have coached executives and executive teams across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and the UK.
He combines empathy and positive challenge to ensure creative and innovative thinking. This in turn drives clarity in decision making in complex and uncertain environments. His work enables executives and global teams to integrate their development within the emergent strategy and commercial context of their organisation and the demands of the wider system within which they operate. In his work across cultures, he brings a passion for developing diverse and inclusive environments for people to excel.
Ashley graduated in Industrial Psychology, with post graduate qualifications in Employee Relations from the University of KZN, South Africa. He lectured in employee relations at the University of Cape Town and completed the Organisational architecture Program (Accenture) at Templeton College, Oxford. He is a member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) and is qualified in numerous psychometric tools. He works across sectors, including energy, industrial goods and services, tech, telecommunications, fast moving consumer goods, numerous UK central government departments and financial services.
