Johannesburg Metropolitan Area
Saar is the founder of Ascent Growth Partners, a specialist advisory and consulting firm with offices in Singapore and South Africa. For the past 20 years, Saar has been working with clients to realise their growth aspirations, in a rapidly changing environment, spanning North America, Europe, SE Asia, the Middle East and Africa, with particular focus on the Resources & Energy, Telecoms and Financial Services sectors. Saar works with his clients to frame their strategic challenges, examine leadership mindset and develop the practical skills needed to transform their organisations into more adaptive and future-ready businesses. He is a certified strategy practitioner, by the Association of Strategic Planning in the US and has attained his executive coaching qualification from Inner Life Skills International in 2010. ILS holds the highest level of international accreditation (ACTP) from the International Coaching Federation (ICF), for its coach training qualification program.
Joining faculty, innovation leaders, and ecosystem builders, in this Certificate Programme in Collaborative Innovation, developed with the École des Ponts Business School, for experienced leaders who are ready to move beyond innovation frameworks and buzzwords, and to learn how to make innovation work, from insight to impact. Join us for our China Immersion Week, 01-05 June 2026. For more on our global community of leaders building the only kind of innovation that works today — adaptive, collaborative, and grounded in real impact - https://pontsbschool.com/collaborative-innovation/
Developing a transformative standard for Innovation Ecosystem Management.