Karel Gilliland

Executive Advisor

Karel Gilliland

Executive Advisor

Karel has a significant track record relating to the successful inception, transformation and growth of business ventures. Karel has the ability to work with executive in companies of all sizes from SMEs to corporations to establish an effective strategy and set them up for success.

Karel has 30+ years business experience in the capacity of founding member, shareholder and director, engaged in conceptualizing business ideas, formulating business plans, directing market and product development strategy, leading service excellence, and commercial management including major complex contracts with large multi nationals.

Karel’s experience extends to business dealings relating to Agency agreements, Joint Ventures, Licensing, IP acquisition & sale as well as Sale of Shares and Reverse Listing.

Karel has participated in various interventions to disrupt industry norms and redefine markets and has an affinity for entrepreneurial opportunities, where outcomes of significance need to be achieved together with a core group of executive decision makers.

Specific Skills:
Business formulation, Business strategy and planning, Business value differentiation and disruption, Business transactions, Market development strategy and branding, Packaging of Intellectual Property, Product development strategy, Director’s and start-up mentoring and board support; supported by a real-world understanding of Technology, Systems Engineering, Business modelling as well as Development-, Operational and Business Systems best practice.

Countries where Karel has experience:
Australia, Southern Africa and United States with limited exposure to India, Chile, Mongolia and the UK