Tanja Hichert (MBA, M.Phil: Futures Studies cum laude) is an experienced and reputable scenario planning practitioner and futurist. She has built up know-how through 15 years spent in the corporate sector as a business planner, strategist and scenario planner.

Her consultancy now specialises in scenario planning, risk management and facilitated strategic conversations that deal with complexity and uncertainty. Tanja serves business clients across a range of industries and also works in the public and NGO sectors.

Clients include FMCG, mining, insurance and utility companies as well as provincial legislatures, the International Development Council, various government departments and philanthropic organisations. Tanja now works mainly in South Africa, although continues to consult in the East, Europe and other parts of Africa.

She is a senior research associate at the University of Stellenbosch’s Institute for Futures Research (IFR) and a member of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF).

Tanja has worked with a wide range of local and international companies including: