Danielle started her career in Management Consulting for a company that specialised in strategy and commercial due diligence. She continued to work in strategy planning, competitor intelligence and project management for the next 11 years, primarily in the FMCG and grocery sector.

In 2018, Danielle made a career shift into financial services, joining Allan Gray as Client Experience Manager. Here, she continued to leverage her strategy analytics skillset and began to take an interest in financial planning. “Having grown up in a household with a father as a financial planner, I took for granted that I’d always had access to good financial advice. Working at Allan Gray helped me better understand the advisor landscape and lit a real passion in me. I’m fortunate to be able to join HMA, an established and independent practice, and to be able work alongside highly experienced financial planning professionals”.

Danielle has a Bachelors degree in Social Science (Psychology and Political Philosophy) as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management through the University of Cape Town.

Qualifications:
B SocSci (Psychology and Political Thought), PDip Enterprise Management, RE5

Danielle grew up in Richards Bay and has lived in Johannesburg and Cape Town. She now calls Cape Town home. She has a very enthusiastic and affectionate Hungarian Vizsla named Parker.

Danielle enjoys trail running, hiking and mountain biking. She has completed a full Ironman event (Port Elizabeth), as well as a few Two Oceans Ultra marathons and the Otter African Trail Run. She has an interest in photography and has been known to frustrate her fellow hikers with her inability to walk past a beautiful flower without getting the perfect shot.

Danielle has an interest in wine making and has completed an introductory course to South African Wine facilitated by the Cape Wine Academy. More recently, she participated in harvest and got some experience working in a Stellenbosch cellar. She hopes to make her own wine as a hobby in the future.