Who We Are?

Teallach Partners focuses relentlessly on identifying organizations that are currently not realizing their full value potential. We invest in and directly help generate value in such organizations through active collaboration between management teams and experienced Teallach Partners professionals.

We have built a team of experienced value generators with a broad range of relevant backgrounds in Strategy, Human Capital, Finance, Sales and Operations.  This experience and expertise hasbeen developed over decades in various roles – as investors, consultants, owners and leaders – and various types of organizations.

We believe in generating the best results in the things we do, which means we draw upon the expertise of people we view as being 'best of breed' in specialist areas.

Meet The Founders: Wide-ranging experience with the human touch!

Clifford Herbertson

Starting his career in strategy consultancy, Clifford was a Partner with two different International Strategy practices The Kalchas Group and Monitor Company. His consulting experience included: corporate and marketing strategy, geographic and new market entry, growth realization, cost reduction, IPO preparation, and mergers/acquisitions.

Following his time in consulting, Clifford successfully embarked on a corporate career with Exel Plc the world’s leading Supply Chain and Logistics Company.  He joined as Group Strategy Director and was later appointed as Group Business Development Director and Retail Sector President.  As a member of the Exel plc Executive Board, he managed teams across Asia, the USA and Europe.

Clifford’s broad sector experience includes Retail, FMCG, Business-to-Business Services, Pharmaceuticals and Supply Chain. In terms of markets, Clifford has worked extensively in the UK, Europe, the USA and the Far East.

Family, running, climbing, skiing, football and voluntary work account for any spare time!

Ross Wall

Ross has lived and worked extensively across Asia, EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa) and the United States as a consultant, Executive Director, Business Owner and Author.

He began his career as a management consultant focusing on post-merger integration – partnering with the CEOs, Executives and Boards of some of the world’s largest Companies.   His work predominantly involved optimizing the structural, economic and behavioural alignment of Divisional Heads, Managing Directors and Key Executives in an effort to improve organizational performance and enhance financial returns.    

After a decade consulting, he joined South Africa’s largest healthcare provider as a key member of the turnaround team.  His responsibilities as an Executive Board Director included Human Resources, Marketing, Communications and the Group Shared Services Function, in addition to designing and leading a cultural change project.  

Following the successful turnaround of Medscheme, Ross was then appointed CEO of a US-based technology company Intellisum, which was in dire need of a pivot.  Despite punitive levels of debt, he unencumbered the assets, retained the employee base, and negotiated an attractive exit less than 24 months after his appointment, retaining a 49% equity interest for shareholders.   

He then began the initial framing of and co-authored the case study driven book: ‘ The Four Dilemmas of the CEO’.  He actively coaches and mentors’ companies, CEOs and Boards.  He is a regular speaker on the results and findings of the book.   

Family, sports, outdoors, reading and voluntary work are some of Ross’ main interests.

Rob Lamb

Rob began his career as an international corporate attorney; he has served elite global law firms from North America to Greater Asia. Rob is an expert in complex international structures. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, and has spent a significant time in Asia representing clients, multinational transactions and disruptive technologies.

Uniquely, Rob has been on both sides of the fence as an executive, a business owner and a well-respected attorney; he understands the demands and pressures faced by budding entrepreneurs of cash-flow, constructing the right team, continually re-establishing the vision, navigating uncertainty and the need to make difficult, but essential decisions.

Rob has served as lead counsel in deals involving some of the best-known brands and innovative concepts and technologies, in the world. He represents companies and technologies at all stages of growth and development. He has extensive cross-border and domestic M & A, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Licensing and Technology Transfer experience.

Rob is passionate about his family, the allure of baseball and disruptive innovations.