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CEO
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Marius Ackerman is the founder and CEO of ABIC. After serving in the military for 14 years, Marius gained extensive experience in the application of BI in the
financial services industry when serving as Information Resource Manager within the ABSA Group and later as strategy consultant specialising in CRM and BI at the
Dutch ICT Firm, Roccade Finance. Marius is the author of various publications, including a report on Customer Intelligence published by the Lafferty Group and co-authored
by Paul Wickens. He holds a degree in Military Science, a post-graduate degree in Economics and a Masters degree in Information Science.
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Expertise
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ABIC is staffed by a team of experienced professionals, each a specialist in his/her field. Our consultants have extensive experience in intelligence and
research projects as well as vertical industry experience. The majority of our consultants have at least 20 years relevant experience and all consultants have
relevant academic qualifications. In addition to the ABIC pool of skills, we also have access to the experience and skills of our local and European associates.
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Clients
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Our clients are primarily multi-national companies operating in the financial services, ICT and logistics industries. Typically our clients have business operations in
Sub-Saharan Africa or are expanding into Sub-Saharan markets.
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Geographical focus
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ABIC has regional expertise in a number of SADC countries and maintains consulting networks in a number of these countries.
Through associates we are able to provide research support in a number of non-SADC countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Associates & Partners
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To increase our regional reach ABIC would typically in-source skills or work with research partners and associates to deliver projects for clients.
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