Strategy · Finance · Operations · Market Entry

Strategy, with
an operator’s
instinct.

Helping organisations enter new markets, strengthen operations and deliver complex transformation.

Personal perspective.
International experience.
Grant Röthlisberger wearing a navy jacket and white shirt

Grant Röthlisberger

Strategy & Operations Leader
Corporate Finance · Venture Building · GCC Market Entry

CFA® charterholder

Based in Doha, QatarGCC – Africa – Emerging Markets
Finance discipline. Practical delivery.Selected experience below

Complexity needs structure.
Progress needs ownership.

My work sits where a strategy becomes an operating reality: clear decisions, financial discipline, accountable teams and a rhythm that keeps delivery moving.

From corporate finance in South Africa to banking programmes across Africa and institution building in Qatar, I bring a view of both the investment case and the work required to deliver it.

Corporate financeHealthcare transformationBanking systemsVenture operations

Different contexts.
The same execution discipline.

Healthcare, banking, corporate finance, venture operations and systems building.

Healthcare / Qatar01

Building institutions
and performance systems.

KPI framework development and Corporate Balanced Scorecard implementation at PHCC, alongside national health programmes and institutional development.

Strategy into performanceScorecards · Governance · Change
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Context

Large health organisations need clear measures, new functions and coordination across clinical, corporate and national stakeholders.

My contribution

  • Developed PHCC’s key performance indicator (KPI) framework and implemented its Corporate Balanced Scorecard, linking strategic objectives to measures and performance review.
  • Led the initial development of the Ministry of Public Health’s Health Information Center, including information governance, analytics, workforce design and a clinical-coding workforce RFP.
  • Developed the Corporate Performance Management framework and function request for proposals (RFP).
  • Authored the Change Management & Transformation RFP for National Health Insurance (NHI).
  • Supported national e-Appointment and e-Referral coordination, and led PHCC inputs and Needs Assessment coordination for its five-centre public-private partnership (PPP) initiative.

PHCC role: Strategy Program Manager, assigned through Ara Darzi Qatar. Initial Health Information Center project responsibility was subsequently handed over.

Banking / Africa02

Connecting finance
across a banking group.

Oracle Fusion Cloud finance transformation for BancABC / Atlas Mara, spanning head-office entities and African banking subsidiaries.

16 + 6Head-office entities + banking entities
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Context

A multi-country banking group needed a common finance platform and reliable connections to existing core banking systems.

My contribution

  • Led the Oracle Fusion Cloud general ledger and subledger implementation programme.
  • Coordinated daily integrations with Flexcube and T24 core banking systems.
  • Worked on the standardisation of procurement and payment processes across the group.

Delivered through Solve Business Consulting.

Compliance / Transformation03

Making compliance
a delivery programme.

FICO anti-money-laundering and know-your-customer transformation across a banking network operating in six countries.

156 branchesProgramme footprint across 6 countries
Explore compliance delivery

Context

Anti-money-laundering (AML) and know-your-customer (KYC) transformation requires coordinated technology, vendor delivery, procurement and local implementation across jurisdictions.

My contribution

  • Managed FICO AML / KYC programme delivery across the branch network.
  • Oversaw contract, procurement and specialist-vendor coordination.
  • Connected programme governance with the practical requirements of country teams.

Delivered through Solve Business Consulting.

Venture building / South Africa04

Taking ownership
of the operating engine.

Co-founder and former Chief Operating Officer for 3 fintech ventures, alongside private investment operations experience.

Founder & operatorFinance · People · Governance
Explore venture operations

Context

Growing a financial-services venture requires the operating discipline to support product development, partnerships and capital.

My contribution

  • Owned operating processes, budgeting, cash forecasting, management accounts and payment approvals.
  • Worked with the CFO on financial reporting, capital allocation and governance.
  • Held a regulated Key Individual role, with responsibilities spanning compliance, partnerships and people.
  • Managed private investment operations through Ntwadumela Property Investments, including financial models, investor reporting and construction-linked drawdowns.

Capital in practice · 2026

As Principal, ran and signed off a ZAR 10 million capital call for a Johannesburg CBD apartment conversion. Prepared investor notices and waterfall models, and used a pre-arranged bridge to protect a contractor milestone when an overseas contribution faced an exchange-control delay. The contribution cleared within 72 hours and the bridge was repaid.

Founder of Paytech; Lendtech; Insurtech Start-ups: 2012-2020. The fintech operating and regulated-role responsibilities are previous roles; the property example is from 2026.

Corporate finance / Infrastructure05

Capital decisions.
Transaction delivery.

Lead financial advisor to the IDC-led consortium on the Scaw acquisition, with additional experience in renewable-energy project finance and public-private partnerships.

USD 440 millionScaw acquisition · ZAR 3.4 billion · 2012
Explore transactions & infrastructure

Scaw acquisition · 2012

Served as lead financial advisor to the consortium led by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) on the acquisition of Anglo American’s 74% interest in Scaw Metals. The USD 440 million transaction was South Africa’s largest Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) deal of the year.

Renewable energy & PPPs

  • Structured debt and equity through special-purpose vehicles for utility-scale independent power producers under South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP).
  • Coordinated consortium partners and memoranda of understanding involving Mainstream Renewable Power for Saudi renewable-energy opportunities.
  • Earlier PPP work included QDB SME participation and the financial evaluation of healthcare PPP proposals and resourcing requirements.

Scaw advisory: Macquarie Capital. Public transaction announcement.

Systems building / Personal project06

GTOS.
Discipline by design.

Built GTOS proprietary Trading Operating System: a personal decision-support framework combining research, risk controls and review routines, supported by AI-assisted development.

Rules · Risk · ReviewOperating design · AI-assisted development
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Purpose

Translate a complex financial activity into repeatable workflows, clear controls and feedback loops, with human judgment and approval throughout.

What I built

  • Decision rules, evidence checks, a risk calculator and pre-trade approval gates.
  • Daily desk routines, trading journals and weekly reviews, supported by version-controlled procedures.
  • Engineered a proprietary, ultra-low-latency execution bridge that translates complex charting logic into real-time programmatic orders via the MT4 API.

Personal project. GTOS Bridge has been built and tested for programmatic MT4 order execution, with measured latency.

The decisions.
The systems.
The delivery.

I’m interested in work where commercial thinking and operating discipline need to come together.

Discuss an opportunity
01

Strategy & operating models

Turn priorities into decision rights, delivery plans, accountable owners and practical governance.

Strategy executionOperating design
02

Corporate & project finance

Connect acquisitions, renewable energy and PPP business cases to financial models, capital structures and execution risk.

Transaction advisoryFinancial modelling
03

Healthcare & institutional transformation

Bring structure to programmes involving multiple organisations, procurement, new functions and changes in how people work.

Healthcare systemsProgramme governance
04

Partnerships & venture operations

Evaluate opportunities and build the financial, people and reporting foundations around a growing business.

Commercial partnershipsVenture building

Applied AI &
Automation.

I turn business requirements into practical tools, clearer decisions and connected workflows, with defined rules and human oversight.

Explore my GTOS project

AI-Assisted Tool Development

Turn business requirements into useful tools and working prototypes through AI-assisted development.

AI Workflow & Decision-System Design

Structure inputs, decision rules and review points to make complex decisions easier to manage.

Workflow Automation & Systems Integration

Connect systems and automate repeatable steps to reduce manual handoffs.

AI Agent Design & Development

Design and prototype task-focused assistants with defined tools, action limits and human review.

A finance foundation.
A builder’s perspective.

I’m a Doha-based strategy and operations leader with a career spanning corporate finance, management consulting, healthcare transformation and entrepreneurship.

My early work at KPMG and Macquarie Capital built a foundation in valuation, transactions and infrastructure finance. Consulting roles at Proudfoot and Solve took me into operational improvement and cross-border banking transformation. In Qatar, my focus has been on strategy execution and institution building.

Having co-founded and served as Chief Operating Officer across three fintech ventures, I bring experience of both the financial model and the responsibility of running the business.

Education & professional credentials

Business Science (Honours), University of Cape Town
Strategic Healthcare Leadership, Cornell University
CFA® charterholder

A complex challenge.
A useful conversation.

For leadership opportunities, advisory projects or a partnership worth exploring, tell me what you’re building and where you need help.

Based in Doha.
Experience across borders.