We offer the following services tailored to UK residents
In particular, we offer the following services:
Financial planning
Our regulated financial advisors can advise on your investments in both the UK and South Africa. We also operate in the offshore market, therefore we can offer truly holistic international financial planning advice.
Retirement advice
Pensions remain one of the most important financial planning tools available to higher-rate taxpayers and are a core element to any financial plan. We create an effective, tax-efficient retirement plan for your finances.
Mortgage advice
Our mortgage brokers are ideally placed to ensure your UK property debt is efficiently managed, whether you are a UK resident or non-resident investor. We ensure you understand all of your options and then select the most appropriate one for your particular circumstances.
Insurance advice
We offer whole of market advice for UK and South African residents or clients in expat locations requiring specialist offshore cover. We advise on all major insurance areas, including life cover, disability cover, private medical cover, income protection, critical illness and specialist international life cover.
Wills and powers of attorney
We have over a decade of legal experience and are fully qualified to guide you through the creation and maintenance of an ironclad will. We’ll consider your particular circumstances and provide you with a no-obligation quote for preparing your will.
Auto enrolment
Our wealth team can proactively manage your auto enrolment project and drive the engagement with you. Our service is an ongoing relationship that covers full set-up, implementation, communication, and ongoing compliance oversight.
The key benefits of our service include:
Meet our wealth team
Megan is originally from Durban but moved to Cape Town in 2018 to study at Stellenbosch University. After completing her undergraduate degree, she went on to pursue her postgraduate diploma at the University of Stellenbosch Business School and hopes to obtain her Certified Financial Planner® designation.
She joined Sable International in 2021 as a Wealth Administrator, offering administrative support to the wealth team.
Megan values relationships and loyalty above all else. She is passionate about helping people and animals in any way she can. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends and bonding over good food and strong coffee.
Anri has a BCom Mathematical Science degree from the University of Stellenbosch. She started her career as a financial advisor at Liberty Life. In 2021, she joined Sable International as a Software Support Specialist.
Her responsibilities include updating and developing the financial planning software for the Wealth department and assisting advisors and paraplanners with technical support to ensure optimal business process and efficient client service.
In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with friends and family and taking her dogs to the beach.
Ané grew up in Cape Town and completed her BComm studies at Stellenbosch University. In 2015, she went on to obtain her postgraduate diploma in financial planning through the University of Stellenbosch Business School. She is a certified financial planner and a member of the Financial Planning Institute.
In 2018 she joined the Sable International Wealth team as a Paraplanner. She assists our financial advisors and clients with research, technical and product knowledge as well as the implementation of the advice given.
She loves being outdoors with her family and dog and thoroughly enjoys gardening and reading.
Mullisa graduated from the University of the Western Cape with honours in linguistics and returned 10 years later to complete her master’s degree. She has previously worked at Capitec Bank, as well as in industries such as retail, academics and finance.
At Sable International, she provides administrative support to financial advisors based in the UK. She is responsible for processing client mortgages and managing client data.
She is happily married with a pigeon pair and enjoys hiking, sightseeing and spending time with family and friends.
Ninienne has worked in the financial industry for more than seven years. She started her career in 2013 as a financial advisor at Sanlam and ultimately held dual roles as an advisor and paraplanner.
At Sable International, she is a paraplanner on the wealth team. In her role, she provides administrative and technical support to the financial advisors working across multiple jurisdictions.
She is in the process of completing her studies in wealth management.
She loves spending time with family and friends, and enjoys reading, cooking and singing.
Julian grew up in South Africa and the UK and previously worked in wealth management for some of South Africa’s largest banks.
He holds several financial planning qualifications including a postgraduate diploma in financial planning from Stellenbosch University. He is a Certified Financial Planner® and a member of the Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa.
He joined Sable International as an Independent Financial Planner, with a focus on wealth management for South Africans with a global mindset.
He enjoys spending time with his family, as well as road cycling and mountain biking.
Hybré has worked in the financial industry for more than 17 years, starting at Sanlam Namibia before relocating to South Africa. She then joined a Sanlam boutique company, Stellar BlueStar, in 2013 and ultimately held the role of paraplanner. Hybré holds qualifications in wealth management and financial planning.
She is the proud mother to two beautiful boys and loves spending her spare time with family and friends, enjoys reading and taking walks.
Sherron was born and raised in North London. She obtained a BA (Hons) in her first degree in contemporary European Economics and French.
She then went on to complete the Common Professional Examination and Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, London. She was admitted to the Law Society roll as a solicitor in 1999, after which she worked in private practice.
Sherron is Chair of Governors for a primary school and sits as an adjudicator on school exclusions and admissions appeals.
Outside of work, Sherron enjoys a glass of red wine and listening to music and podcasts.
Niel grew up in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. After being admitted as an attorney in 1999, he spent nine years practising in family law, estate planning as well as litigation.
His career in finance began in 2008 after qualifying and specialising in offshore financial services. Prior to joining Sable International, he worked in Cape Town and Zambia as consultant and country manager for a large international financial consultancy.
Niel specialises in offshore structuring and planning, with cross-border trust, tax and succession planning being his speciality.
He enjoys being outdoors in the African bush and in the ocean.
Mike grew up and was educated in South Africa, after which he began his career at Investec Private Bank.
In 2006, Mike founded the property and lending advice division of Sable International. He now runs the business and is head of the investment committee.
He loves sport, mostly triathlon and golf. He is a trained NLP Practitioner and an avid reader of all things relating to economics. He is married and has two children.
Lauren has an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Planning from the University of the Free State in South Africa and obtained a Diploma for Financial Advisers from the London Institute of Banking & Finance.
She has been working in the financial planning industry since 2005 and previously worked as a practice manager and as a financial planner. She is a Certified Financial Planner® professional and a member of the Financial Planning Institute.
At Sable International, Lauren is responsible for the operational and compliance overview for both the South African and UK offices.
Outside of work, she enjoys going to the theatre.
Ian grew up in South Africa and moved to the UK in 2004. He kick-started his financial career with Sable International as a mortgage advisor.
After this, he moved to Kinleigh Financial Services where he worked as a mortgage broker for four years.
Ian then returned to Sable International. In 2013, he obtained his Level 4 Diploma in Financial Planning and has been helping his clients with all their investment and mortgage needs ever since. Ian also runs the mortgage team at Sable and is part of the investment committee.
He enjoys playing golf and spending time with his family.
Cláudia grew up in Welkom, South Africa, before moving to Gauteng to study at the University of Johannesburg.
She obtained a BCom (Hons) in Financial Planning as well as an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Planning. She is a Certified Financial Planner® and a member of the Financial Planning Institute.
Cláudia began her career at large financial planning firm and ultimately spent 11 years there. She subsequently relocated from South Africa to Lisbon, Portugal. She is responsible for providing advice around cross-border planning, including relevant investment products and regimes.
She aspires to living a balanced life by being active and spending time with her husband and family.
Bill grew up in Durban, on the East Coast of South Africa, where he attended Durban High School.
He previously worked as a claims, service and retention manager with Neilson Financial Services, before joining Sable International's wealth team. Bill focuses on individual and corporate financial planning, mortgage advice and company employee benefits such as auto enrolment and insurance.
He is energetic, driven, loyal and enjoys spending time with his two children. When he has a spare moment, he manages to squeeze in a bit of fly fishing, snooker and golf.
