Gavin Wehlburg

Career arc

1. Managing PartnerJul 2005 — Present

   GRC Consulting· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
2. LEAD PARTNER, PWC MIDDLE EAST (2001 – 2005)Jan 2001 — Jun 2005

   PwC· Middle East· Full-time
3. LEAD PARTNER, PWC CENTRAL AFRICA (1983 – 2001)Mar 1983 — Dec 2001

   PwC· Central Africa | Zimbabwe· Full-time
4. As a ProfessionalMar 1983 — Present

   My Career· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
5. MILITARY SERVICE, RHODESIAN LIGHT INFANTRY (1977 – 1980)Jan 1977 — Mar 1980

   11st Battalion, the Rhodesian Light Infantry· Zimbabwe· Full-time

Education

• Guinea Fowl School, Stirling House, Gweru, Zimbabwe
  · A' Level, M' Level and O' Level AEB English Examination Qualifications1971 — 1976

About

I help boards move beyond regulatory compliance to genuine, sustained performance.After 22 years as a PricewaterhouseCoopers Partner — including a role as one of five global partners directing PwC’s Global Governance Board — I founded GRC Consulting in 2005 to focus exclusively on one thing: making boards better.Before my professional, commercial, finance, and governance roles, I served as a 2nd Lieutenant commanding 4 Troop, I Commando, 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry — an elite airborne counter-insurgency regiment that pioneered Fireforce vertical envelopment tactics during the Rhodesian Bush War. On commissioning in 1977, I was awarded the Commandant’s Award as Best Officer Cadet — ranked first in my cohort. That experience of operational command under pressure and rapid dec

Share this move