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C-Level and board support
Empowering leadership with actionable insights and strategic guidance
Introduction: C-Level and Board Support is a professional advisory service led by Sarel Blaauw, designed to equip senior executives, board members, and strategic investors with the clarity, insight, and direction needed to navigate critical decisions and emerging opportunities. Engagements are tailored to client needs—beginning with discreet, high-level advisory delivered personally by Sarel Blaauw and seamlessly scaling to structured support through TacminMadini where project evaluation, governance, or operational planning is required. Backed by over four decades of leadership, project delivery, and strategic advisory experience, this service provides immediate decision-making readiness while building a strong foundation for long-term success and sustainable project involvement.
Personal advisory & Client representation
Project advisory enablement - TacminMadini
Strategic transition support - personal to business
Personal advisory & Client representation
Personal advisory & Client representation
Discreet leadership insight and trusted advocacy
Sarel Blaauw offers direct, board-level advisory support in his personal capacity, providing executives, investors, and leadership teams with independent guidance at critical decision points. This personalised engagement focuses on strategic evaluation, opportunity positioning, and early-stage representation where discretion, trust, and practical insight are paramount. Whether advising on potential initiatives or representing Client interests in preliminary discussions, this approach ensures experienced, measured support without immediate need for formal project structures.
Applicable for:
- Strategic dialogue to shape executive or boardroom decisions
- Independent evaluation of emerging opportunities or project alignments
- Discreet client representation in exploratory discussions or relationship facilitation
Project advisory enablement - TacminMadini
Project advisory enablement - through TacminMadini
Structured strategic support for execution readiness
Where advisory needs progress beyond preliminary engagement, TacminMadini’s project advisory services are introduced to provide structured, scalable support. This offering focuses on aligning project intent with execution frameworks—bringing technical depth, operational discipline, and governance oversight to strategic initiatives. Under Sarel Blaauw’s leadership, TacminMadini’s structured involvement ensures that critical decisions are backed by detailed evaluation, delivery planning, and risk mitigation strategies, giving leadership teams confidence to advance projects with clarity and control.
Applicable for:
- Formal project advisory and structured decision support
- Technical evaluation, operational readiness, and delivery planning
- Risk alignment, governance oversight, and execution assurance
Strategic transition support - personal to business
Strategic transition support - personal business
Seamless progression from strategic intent to project completion and beyond
Strategic Transition Support provides continuity across the full project lifecycle — from early-stage advisory through operational delivery and into closure or repositioning. This flexible engagement pathway allows clients to scale support as needed: beginning with discreet leadership advisory, expanding into structured project involvement, and sustaining executive alignment as projects conclude or transition into new opportunities. By maintaining a consistent strategic thread, leadership teams benefit from sustained insight, better-informed decisions, and a smoother transition between project phases — ensuring that strategic intent remains visible and actionable, from inception to completion and beyond.
Applicable for:
- Scaling advisory involvement as project opportunities mature or reposition
- Maintaining alignment between leadership vision, operational outcomes, and closure activities
- Bridging early informal engagement, structured delivery support, and project completion or new strategic initiatives
Why it matters: Today’s project environments demand leadership teams to act with both strategic foresight and operational flexibility. Navigating opportunities, managing risks, and aligning initiatives with broader corporate or investment goals requires more than technical input—it demands experienced executive judgment. Through a model that begins with personal advisory and scales to structured project support when needed, C-Level and Board Support empowers leaders to make decisions confidently at every stage. By maintaining continuity between early strategy discussions and project delivery readiness, clients benefit from timely insight, risk-informed action, and sustained alignment with their long-term objectives.
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