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Kairos Strategic Advisors are a niche sustainability-focused governance, operational
risk and compliance advisory and consultancy firm.
We have rare expertise, guiding and supporting our clients- to achieve their short, medium, & long-term value-creation objectives in their Sustainability and ESG journey. Our emphasis is focused on outcomes-based corporate governance, sustainability strategy, and non-financial reporting. At our core, we are catalysts for transformation, offering a suite of services designed to empower our clients and fuel their success. We leverage our expertise to address the most pressing challenges facing our clients.
Tailored solutions are provided, in line with international best practice, by advising, training, coaching, monitoring & assessment, and audit assurance-readiness preparation.
Our Mission is to empower organizations become resilient and thrive in a rapidly evolving landscape, led by purpose-driven leadership, a positive ethos, and an ethical culture. As a trusted partner, we will support our clients to become future-ready and, enable them to create sustainable value, for the long-term, making a difference to society, the environment, and the economy.
Our Vision is to successfully guide our clients navigate the ‘new frontier’ of Sustainability Reporting, through Strategic Governance and collaboration, embracing a philosophy and framework that works.
Our philosophy is centred around 7 Key Pillars
1. Explaining the ‘WHY’
2. ‘Doing the right thing’
3. Mindfulness
4. Transparency
5. Empowerment
6. Accountability
7. Purpose
The biggest risk is not knowing what the cost of doing nothing is, and the opportunity cost of lost opportunities!
Our Value proposition
Our value proposition encapsulates the essence of what sets us apart. Its the commitment we make to our clients, assuring them of the unique benefits they will acquire using our services. Through tailored solutions, extensive expertise and through a client-centric approach, we always aim to exceed expectations, delivering long-term value, with impactful outcomes.
Our Name
The ancient Greeks had two words for time: Chronos and Kairos.
While the former refers to chronological time, the latter signifies a critical or opportune time for action!
An updated definition of ‘kairos’ concludes that, along with taking advantage of the timeliness and appropriateness of a situation, the term also implies “being knowledgeable of and involved in the environment where the situation is taking place in order to benefit fully from seizing the opportune moment”.
Furthermore, Eukairia (ευκαιρία) derives from Kairos and means a “good opportunity” or a “suitable moment in time”.
It represents a turning point or a chance to act effectively. Think of it as the favourable window of time when everything aligns for success.
This has been the inspiration behind our name.
Our Ethos
Our cornerstone philosophy, core values and adopted approach is based on:
- Trust & Integrity
- Simplicity
- Transparency
- Accountability
- Respect
- Result-oriented
- Prudence
We have a well-defined methodology, follow a disciplined approach, with ethical conduct, governance, and risk management, and apply intellectual curiosity in all our dealings.
Our team has extensive all-round experience. We have multi-disciplinary capabilities across the full spectrum of a company’s environment, both internal and external.
We enjoy longstanding relationships with all our clients and have seen them grow commensurately with the advisory assistance and services we provide.
Robust processes have been implemented to comply with laws, regulations and international frameworks standards and best practice.
We offer strategic, practical, and effective advice and follow a simple, seamless approach.
Our wide-ranging network and capabilities allow us to link up with best-in-class law firms, insurance brokers, risk advisors, accounting firms and financial institutions.
Our Approach (ARISE formula)
We follow an approach that deploys current resources wisely and prudently.
The collaborative partnership approach adopted by the team is synergistic and symbiotic-cantered, designed to ensure that the team, its clients, and its service providers:
- Do the right thing
- Create and generate value
- Achieve objectives and deliverables, with desired outcomes and positive impacts
- While ensuring sustainability and resiliency
We work around our ‘ARISE’ formula:
- Awareness – of everything that concerns you
- Resources – deploy resources wisely and prudently
- Information – data quality and disclosure – ‘one version of the truth’
- Strategy – reconfigure for the future, to become resilient and create value for the long-term
- ESG – emphasis on Environmental, Social and Governance
Where appropriate, we structure our Roadmap around three key stages:
Stage 1: Plan It – Collaboratively and methodically
Stage 2: Build It – Effective action requires specific tools and building blocks. Create a new reconfigured operating and productive paradigm
Stage 3: Grow It – with the foundation set, continue with confidence to a regenerative and resilient type of business.
The key drivers for us consulting to companies is to assist them to:
- Assist management to navigate a rapidly evolving landscape and paradigm shifts taking place
- Strengthen their reporting to include a multi-capital perspective
- Grow their company – with long-term value creation in mind
- Build up their credibility, trust and stability and strengthen their business relationships and prevent creating a ‘Trust Void’ and ‘Trust Deficit’
- Help create and strengthen their competitive advantage and negotiating position – by building capacity and not corroding it
- Helping them keep all the links the chain attached
- Helping them make a difference to society
Our Commitment to clients
Our aim is for our clients to benefit from our higher skill-set expertise, experience and mission-critical advice that is provided to the Board, CEOs, C-Suite and key decision-makers.
We offer senior-level business experience with strategic thinking capability, achieving this through:
- Service excellence
- Truthfulness, transparency and integrity
- Ensure that all stakeholders’ interests are fully protected at all times
- Focus on your business
- Commitment to a long-term, mutually beneficial relationship
- Access to a team with diverse skills and decades of experience in auditing, banking, risk, governance and finance, as well as extensive networks and links to some of the world’s top legal, insurance and other business practices such as sustainability training, foreign exchange and digital transformation
- Successful and established track record
- Conflict-free and unbiased advice
Inspiring Growth
Promoting Progress
George Delyannis
CA(SA), PGDip Specialised Accounting (CVO), PGDip Advanced Banking
George is a Chartered Accountant with Big 4 and over 35 years’ post-qualification experience.
He is a seasoned finance and banking senior executive, both at Executive Committee and Board level. His experience spans Pharmaceutical & Biotech, Retail Banking, Risk Management, Compliance, Corporate Governance, M&A, Sustainability & ESG.
George has delivered above average results in profitability, risk and compliance, with positive and impactful outcomes. He has an agile and collaborative style, with an ability to influence and lead across complex projects, dealing with diverse stakeholder groups. He has displayed strategic vision and decision-making capabilities, enjoying good working relationships with stakeholders and regulators.
Leadership, culture and purpose have always been at the forefront of George’s career, from scouting, military service, and in business roles, demonstrating a capability in developing and leading high-performance teams. He has mentored, coached, trained, and developed competent leaders, from culturally diverse backgrounds, to succeed.
George is very committed to sustainability and the environment, focusing on an Integrated Thinking and Integrated Reporting approach to non-financial reporting.
Professional Education & Qualifications
- Chartered Accountant (South Africa)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Specialised Accountancy (Chief Value Officer)
- Higher Diploma in Tax Law
- Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Banking
- Certified Compliance Professional
- CSR Sustainability Practitioner
Shared Values
Delivering Comprehensive Solutions
We are very proud of our association with our strategic partners.
These collaborations enable us to provide very rounded, incremental and meaningful value-
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