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    Meet the team

    DIRECTORS

    Henri de Kock

    HENRI DE KOCK

    Director

    About Henri

    Henri is the founding partner of the firm. He has worked in several industries, including private equity, corporate finance, management consulting, external audit and performance management. He specializes in tax planning, structuring, management consulting and transactional advisory. He is also a Registered Tax Practitioner.

    Mariaan Leonard | Accountant

    MARIAAN DE KOCK

    Director

    About Mariaan

    Mariaan sees the potential in others. Each person is a work in progress, alive with possibilities, and are drawn toward people for this reason. When she started the accounting practice in 2009, the goal was and still is, to help our clients experience success, looking for ways to challenge them, to grow and progress.

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    ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT STAFF

    Henri de Kock

    Lorraine Karsten

    Practice Manager

    TINA RAS

    Office Secretary

    Annelize Janse van Vuuren

    Personal Assistant

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    STRATEGISTS 

    Jeanine
    Amor Eloff

    Accountant

    Lorraine
    Andrea Britz

    Accountant

    Corne
    Sunel Mertz

    Accountant

    Kayleigh Pelser
    Danielle Jordaan

    Trainee Accountant

    Kayleigh Pelser
    Nicolene Smit

    Trainee Accountant

    Danel Davidtz
    Alyssa Fourie

    Trainee Accountant

    Kayleigh Pelser
    Megan van der Velde

    Trainee Accountant

    Kayleigh Pelser
    Zandelee Erasmus

    Trainee Accountant

    Danel Davidtz
    Kayleigh Pelser

    Trainee Accountant

    Marelise Herbst
    Michelle Britz

    Trainee Accountant

    Who are we?

    Made with Grit® is a team of strategic and passionate financial and business experts, who can sort through the clutter and find the best route to solving problems. By collaborating with our clients, we are able to generate ideas, develop and implement powerful structures to build profitable businesses.

    Henri de Kock CA (SA) and Mariaan Leonard PA (SA) have experience  in the following fields:

    • Audit and accounting
    • Tax planning
    • Financial structures
    • Transaction and business planning
    • Business rescue

    We have a passion and perseverance for long-term and meaningful goals.

    We have the ability to persist in something we feel passionate about and persevere when we face obstacles.

    Henry Ford once said – “Whether you think you can, or you can’t – either way you are right”.

    Made with Grit® is here to assist you to accomplish these goals. Whether you need early advice to avoid the downsides of more formal actions or seeking the best way forward for a business that needs formal procedures, we can help.

    We provide the calming hand, the steadying influence and using our skills and experience, work out a logical plan and strategy to optimize the situation for all stakeholders including the owners, the employees, the creditors, the advisors and consultants.

    We work with, and alongside, the company owners and their business advisors and consultants so as make sure that they have the best information and support on which to formulate the path forward.

    We are results-focused, and his core values of integrity, honesty and operational excellence are reflected in every aspect of our work.

    Why use us?

    Made with Grit® was founded by specialists in their field and is built on the great relationships that we have with our clients and among staff and associates.

    We take our time to understand our clients’ needs, business and circumstances. We strive to provide expert, effective and innovative customized solutions.

    We have the technical knowledge and practical experience in a vast number of financial areas, subjects and industries and are therefore able to unlock value for our clients with our agility and speed of execution.

    How can we help you and your business succeed?