Our Team

Malcolm Girling – Director
BSc Eng (Hons), MBA (Oxford), CEA, SAFEX, AFPC

Malcolm has been in the financial services industry for the past 12 years. Schooled in South Africa, he obtained his Honours Degree at UCT and went on to complete his MBA at Oxford University. On moving to the UK he initially worked as an Investment Banker before moving onto Mckinsey & Co, where he provided specialist advice to Banking and Insurance companies for 6 years. Previous to his life in the financial world, Malcolm setup and ran his own business for a number of years. Malcolm is one of the founding directors of Sable and as a qualified Financial Advisor also provides direct client advice.

BSc Eng (Hons), BProc, MBA (Imperial College), FPC

Andrew grew up in South Africa, where he was schooled and obtained both his Engineering and Legal Honours and Undergraduate Degrees. After working for Ernst & Young for 4 years (both in the UK and South Africa), he completed his MBA at Imperial College in London. Subsequently he worked for Old Mutual in the UK, initially focusing on the Offshore Private Banking sector and then moving onto Gerrard – the UK Private Client business. Andrew is one of the founding directors of Sable and as a qualified Financial Advisor also provides direct client advice.

Michael Abbott – Director, Sable Property
B.Comm (Econ) WITS, B.Comm (hons) RAU, CeMAP

Michael grew up and was schooled in South Africa. Having always worked in financial services he started his career at Investec Private Bank in South Africa. After moving to the UK in 2001, Michael entered the mortgage industry and worked as a Broker, Operations Head and Operations Consultant to the mortgage industry. As a founding director of Sable Property he brings considerable UK and Offshore property finance and property related expertise to the Sable client base.

Doug Turvey – Financial Advisor
B.Soc Sci (UCT), PDM.BA (Wits), CeFA

Doug grew up in South Africa where he obtained a degree in Economics and Information Systems at U.C.T. He then went on to Wits Business School and obtained his Diploma in Business Management. He worked in South Africa as Financial Director before moving to London. He was a consultant in Business Effectiveness and Change Management before joining Sable as a qualified Financial Advisor providing direct client advice.

B.Comm (Acc), B.Comm (Acc Hons), CA (SA), SAFEX, CeFA

Gary relocated to the UK from South Africa in 2000. As a qualified Chartered Accountant and three years auditing experience at Deloitte and Touche in Johannesburg, Gary has spent the last 7 years in the investment banking in London. He has joined Sable as a qualified Financial Advisor with a keen interest in tax and investments providing direct client advice.

Justin grew up in South Africa where he obtained a Bachelors degree in Financial Accounting at Stellenbosch University. He then worked in supply chain management for 2 years. Since arriving in London in 2004, he has obtained his Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting and is currently on his final level CIMA. He joined Sable in 2005 and has been instrumental in setting up the back office processes. Justin is now a qualified Financial Advisor providing direct client advice.

IMM (CPUT), CeFA

Neil grew up in Cape Town, South Africa where he obtained a diploma in Marketing Management at Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He then moved to the UK early 2000 and has worked within the Accounting / Financial Sales environment for 1st Contact Limited. He joined Sable early 2007 as a qualified Financial Advisor providing direct client advice.

B Bus & Economics , CeFA

Luke grew up in Adelaide, Australia where he obtained a degree in Business and Economics at Flinders University. He then moved to the UK and went on to work for 1st Contact as a consulting accountant for nearly 3 years. He joined Sable in early 2008 as a qualified Financial Advisor providing direct client advice .

B.Bus Sci (Ecos Hons), CeFA

Charles grew up in South Africa, where he was schooled and obtained an Honours Degree at UCT in Economics, specialising in finance. He worked in Foreign Exchange for the past 2 years as Financial Controller. He has joined Sable as a qualified Financial Advisor providing direct client advice.