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Discernment creates
A speaker who makes leaders think.
A facilitator who makes teams talk.
Twenty years in senior finance and leadership, a Fellow Chartered Management Accountant and former Chair of CIMA Australasia. Annelize works with organisations across industries, on site and online.
Seen at
- New Zealand CFO Awards
- AICPA & CIMA
- CPA Australia
- Brightstar
- CIMA Australasia
Work with Annelize
Four ways to work together.
Conferences, leadership days, team sessions, professional bodies and retreats, for groups from early-career professionals to senior leaders. On site or online.
Her signature: discernment
What we stop questioning starts shaping us.
Discernment is knowing what deserves your attention, and noticing when something important has quietly stopped getting it.
What have you stopped noticing?
The more experienced we become, the more of our judgement runs on autopilot. It is quick and usually right, which is exactly why it stops being checked.
The Discernment Project is a free 30-minute, one-to-one online interview about how you notice, question and decide, with a personalised discernment workbook afterwards.
About Annelize
Get to know Annelize.
- 20
- years
- Senior finance and leadership roles
- FCMA
- Fellow Chartered Management Accountant, CIMA
- 5,000
- members
- Represented as Chair, CIMA Australasia
She brings unmistakable energy and an openness that invites people into the conversation. She asks the questions others avoid, challenges assumptions, and notices what gets missed. Her view comes from two decades of leading teams.
It has been my favourite and most valuable workshop attended…
“She leads from the heart and is committed to leadership that is accountable.”
Sane Walker
ACMA, CGMA
“It was the most valuable time of my career.”
Lizelle du Toit
“She finishes what she starts.”
Yvette du Toit
Insights
Things worth thinking about.
What does the New Zealand gecko have to do with the modern finance function?
Written up by Brightstar · October 2025
At the One Stop Update for the Accountant in Business, Annelize used the New Zealand gecko to show how the finance role is adapting: from looking after the numbers to insight, collaboration and partnership.
Read Brightstar’s write-up(opens Brightstar’s website in a new tab)
What should your people leave with?
A conference, a leadership day, a team session or a retreat. Tell us what you have in mind and what you want people to take away, and we’ll come back to you to talk through availability, the approach and fees.
Discernment is the ultimate competitive advantage.