Hayley Walters is a highly experienced business consultant, who leads as Chief Operations Officer at The Marque. Her career spans more than two decades and is defined by making a difference and equipping organisations for the future.
She is an innovative thinker who drives transformation through inclusiveness, cultivating potential and the application of digital strategies and technology. In her role at The Marque, she applies her wealth of knowledge and experience to a business that is inherently dynamic and innovative.
Under JACAW Hayley worked with start-up accelerator, Seed Engine, as well as a major food and general retailer that operates across Africa. She served as an Independent Business Advisor at Seed Engine, where she focused on supporting black female entrepreneurs with training, mentoring and incubation. Working with one of Africa’s largest retailers, she led a team of technology strategy advisors to facilitate a strategy, develop an operating model and to implement the associated technology organisation, process, metrics and methods.
During her tenure at leading professional services company, Accenture, Hayley headed the Accenture Supply Chain Executive Network for Africa where she worked with more than 50 executives and directors. As Managing Director of Accenture Strategy, Hayley was involved with strategic cost management including the application of technology to promote growth and manage cost while also preparing teams for navigating the future of business.
She served as Chairman of the CIPS Adjudication Committee and has led the Accenture Woman’s Leadership Forum. Hayley has contributed as a guest speaker at numerous international Woman Leadership Forums and most recently spoke at the Deloitte Western Cape Funding Fair. She is passionate about inclusion and is a South African Diversity mentor.
Hayley graduated from the University of KwaZulu-Natal with a Bachelor of Commerce, Honours.
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JACAW (Pty) Ltd
Founder & Independent Business Advisor
Jan 2018 - Present
Cape Town, ZA
JACAW is an independent business advisory established and led by Hayley since 2018. In the capacity of Independent Business Advisor, Hayley worked with Seed Engine, a start-up accelerator, where she focused on supporting black female entrepreneurs. She also worked with a major African retailer, where she led a team of technology strategy advisors to develop and implement a strategy.
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that provides a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.
Chairperson of CIPS Africa Procurement Awards Adjudication Panel
Johannesburg, ZA
CIPS, the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, is a global network for professionals in the purchasing and supply chain sector. The institute is based in the United Kingdom and ensures best practice in the industry globally.
Hayley Walters and James Arnott from Accenture discuss aspects of the utility industry, including risk mitigation and capital projects as well as the barriers of the African market at the Africa Utility Week in 2014.
In an IT Web article from 2012 entitled ‘Buyer aware: getting bottom-line savings’,
Hayley shared her expertise on supply chain and said, “The trend towards fast boom-and-bust cycles in commodities drives a requirement for predictive analytics in procurement outsourcing.”
The article titled ‘Accenture executive director appointed chairperson of adjudication panel’ published by Skills Portal, shares the news of Hayley’s appointment as Chairperson of the CIPS Africa Procurement Awards adjudication panel. Andre Coetzee, MD of CIPS Africa at the time, commented that Hayley is an ideal candidate, who brings a wealth of experience from numerous sectors.
Hayley says that "Accenture experience has shown that, successfully harnessed, SRM can channel innovation into an organisation and help businesses move one step closer toward achieving high performance" in the Bizcommunity article titled ‘Effective SRM correlates with high-performance business’.
At the 2018 Western Cape Funding Fair (WCFF) Hayley shared her expertise on leveraging digital and how that is pivotal in achieving entrepreneurial success when building a business into the future.
