Our Team

Michael Abbott – Director, Sable Property
B.Comm (Econ) WITS, B.Comm (hons) RAU, CeMAP

Michael grew up and was schooled in South Africa. Having always worked in financial services he started his career at Investec Private Bank in South Africa. After moving to the UK in 2001, Michael entered the mortgage industry and worked as a Broker, Operations Head and Operations Consultant to the mortgage industry. As a founding director of Sable Property he brings considerable UK and Offshore property finance and property related expertise to the Sable client base.

Malcolm Girling – Director
BSc Eng (Hons), MBA (Oxford), CEA, SAFEX, AFPC

Malcolm has been in the financial services industry for the past 10 years. Schooled in South Africa, he obtained his Honours Degree at UCT and went on to complete his MBA at Oxford University. On moving to the UK he initially worked as an Investment Banker before moving onto Mckinsey & Co, where he provided specialist advice to Banking and Insurance companies for 6 years. Previous to his life in the financial world, Malcolm setup and ran his own business for a number of years. Malcolm is one of the founding directors of Sable and as a qualified Financial Advisor also provides direct client advice.

BSc Eng (Hons), BProc, MBA (Imperial College), FPC

Andrew grew up in South Africa, where he was schooled and obtained both his Engineering and Legal Honours and Undergraduate Degrees. After working for Ernst & Young for 4 years (both in the UK and South Africa), he completed his MBA at Imperial College in London. Subsequently he worked for Old Mutual in the UK, initially focusing on the Offshore Private Banking sector and then moving onto Gerrard – the UK Private Client business. Andrew is one of the founding directors of Sable and as a qualified Financial Advisor also provides direct client advice.