‘I have a particular background’, Sabine Ronc (36) says. ‘Born in France and raised in South Africa, the United States and France, I studied Anthropology and International Relations at Harvard College. I decided to go into consulting in order to develop a toolkit to ultimately maximise social impact. And to accomplish that, I knew I needed to grow in the public sector alongside the private sector. That is why I went to HEC Paris Business School to study Strategic Management and joined Monitor Deloitte in Paris, because they had a strong city and country building practice next to their growth and innovation practice. My journey is not linear, but it certainly has been one with intention.’

In Paris, Sabine fell in love with a Dutch man and subsequently transferred to the Amsterdam office of Monitor Deloitte in 2015. ‘I championed our CMO offerings in Life Sciences and Consumer Goods and had a tremendous growing and learning experience. But my heart has always been in the public sector, I knew that right from the get-go. So when I got the opportunity to focus 100 per cent of my time on women’s health and economic empowerment issues in western and eastern Africa with the Camber Collective, I took it with both hands. I loved the work because it was a mix of deep rigorous analytics, doing research, working in partnership with noble players and listening to the voices of the communities we tried to serve. It was very rewarding.’ But to maximise the social impact, like Sabine intended to, she pitched the idea to grow the services for INGOs (International Non-Governmental Organisations) to Monitor Deloitte. ‘I was very happy to be able to return to Deloitte’, Sabine smiles. ‘With the resources of a large company like Deloitte, you can make an even bigger impact, and the connection I have to the firm and the people is very strong. To me, it feels like a warm nest. Monitor Deloitte is a team that does excellent work, is proactive and committed to the end causes that we are serving. It is a place where we make friends for life, in addition to being colleagues. I love working with super sharp, open, and energetic people. It is the full and complete package.’

At the intersection of Strategy and Public Sector, Sabine and her team focus broadly on two types of services. ‘Firstly, we focus on strategic advisory services for INGOs, to accelerate progress towards realising their societal goals and ambitions in the most effective, efficient and inclusive ways. Secondly, our team deploys qualitative and quantitative research methods to tackle innovative challenges, support advocacy and assess policy impacts. The work entails collaboration across service lines and member firms within Deloitte and also with external partners in academia, NGOs and others. What I like most about my job? The sense of community and continuous learning. Every morning I feel enthusiastic about the challenges we try to solve and I get energized by our colleagues and clients.’ Diversity and inclusion is something Sabine feels very strongly about. ‘I am pleased with the direction Deloitte is taking with D&I’, she explains. ‘Diversity has multiple facets, encompassing issues having to do with gender, race, cultural backgrounds, sexual orientation and neurodiversity to name a few. It is important for our clients and society as a whole, to be actors in all types of diversity issues. That is why we focus a lot on coaches supporting different points of view, acknowledging the richness of working in cross-cultural and diverse teams, as well as starting conversations and raising awareness across a broad range of D&I topics. It is important that people feel safe. Issues do not necessarily pop up organically. We need to provide a platform and also make ourselves vulnerable and share our experiences, in order for others to open up and foster a feeling of inclusion in our team.’

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