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Established in 2016, Engaged Business Turnaround is a multi-disciplinary optimisation, turnaround and restructuring practice with extensive experience in the turnaround of companies of all sizes and complexities.

EngagedBT’s core turnaround skill set enables execution across all industries, using trusted industry experts when required.
The EngagedBT core turnaround skill set comprises Operational, Financial, Legal, Corporate Finance (incl. M&A) and Technical (Engineering) skills, underpinned by strong Strategic, Leadership and Entrepreneurial capability.
The EngagedBT team has operated extensively as a unit across a multitude of distressed situations.
The historical success of EngagedBT is as a result of its ability:

to assess a turnaround situation from a multi-skilled perspective,

to truly understand the nature of the problems causing the distress,

to formulate a turnaround solution specifically addressing those problems with a “biggest to smallest” problem-solving approach,

to obtain the buy-in of the key stakeholders into the turnaround plan,

to facilitate the turnaround process by raising necessary capital via corporate finance, and

to implement the turnaround plan with optimal effectiveness, efficiency and speed of execution.

EngagedBT has extensive experience with business rescue, since introductions have often come very late in the distress cycle, at which point the company often has no choice but to enter business rescue for the moratorium against liquidation or legal enforcement action.
At EngagedBT we consider business rescue to be the absolute last resort for companies seeking turnaround assistance. To avoid business rescue, we encourage introductions to take place earlier in the distress cycle when several options still exist, which may include:

Financial, operational and technical optimisation,

Informal turnaround,

Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO) appointment,

Balance sheet restructuring,

Corporate finance and M&A solutions, and more.

With early introduction, EngagedBT can apply its full skill set to the situation long before deep distress occurs which would require business rescue.

There is no cookie-cutter model for turnaround and restructuring. For turnaround to be successful, an experienced and strategically excellent team is required to deeply evaluate every situation before a turnaround solution is formulated. This is why the multi-disciplinary model is so important. It needs to be applied from the very outset of every turnaround situation to ensure the right strategy is pursued, because there is never enough time nor money available for mistakes to be made.

How can we help you?

Our Services are designed to assist your business at all levels.

If your business is being strangled by a lack of working capital and only marginally profitable or loss-making, we can advise you on the best way to turn your business around.

Let us understand your business and develop a plan to turn it around in a way that balances the interests of all stakeholders.

With a team of strategic operational turnaround and finance experts, lawyers, business rescue practitioners and distress M&A specialists, we can assist no matter what the extent of your business’s financial distress.  We have successfully assisted businesses across the spectrum from early to late-stage distress, however the earlier we intervene, the better the outcome.

What we stand for

Vision

To be the most trusted and sought-after Optimisation, Turnaround and Restructuring practice in Southern Africa.  This entails being the firm of first choice to enable stakeholders of stressed and distressed businesses to realise the most favourable possible outcomes from their investments, exposures and situations, in a balanced and responsible manner.

Mission

Through multi-disciplinary effectiveness and integrity in execution, to give every qualifying distressed business and its stakeholders the most favourable possible outcome under the circumstances.

Values

Exceptional

Trustworthy

Bold

Collaborative

Responsible

The Engaged Difference

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Large multi-disciplinary turnaround team.

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Strong track record with companies of all sizes and complexities.

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Experience across diverse entities and industries.

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Extensive network for trusted specialist skills and industry expertise.

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Understanding the uniqueness of each industry’s challenges.

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Collaborative, hands-on operational approach.

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Ability to optimise resources.

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Value proposition centred around optimisation of stakeholder outcomes.

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