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I have spent the better part of three decades working on strategy — first across 19 years at Deloitte, where I eventually served as Managing Director of Deloitte Consulting for Africa, overseeing operations across 16 countries, and later as the EMEA Consulting Marketplace Leader, responsible for coordinating Deloitte's consulting strategy across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

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