VP of Mortgage Lending
I started Panache Marketing in Johannesburg in 2003 with borrowed money, a computer, and a printer. There was no reputation to fall back on. Every piece of trust had to be earned in the work itself, one client and one decision at a time.
Seventeen years of running that company taught me to listen past the brief. The first request was rarely the whole problem. Someone had to notice what was missing, ask the better question, and keep the work moving when the plan changed.
The fight world made that lesson harder to ignore. I brought Victor Anyaogu and Stephen Momah out of Nigeria into EFC Worldwide, built their camps, and stood in their corners. Ricky Misholas, a heavyweight out of the DRC, was the biggest and baddest man I have met and had the softest heart on the planet.
I later certified as a judge and referee with the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation under Marc Goddard.
Fight nights have a way of stripping away theory. Bahrain, 2019: 452 athletes, three cages, five days. Preparation either holds or it does not.
Moving to the United States in 2015 changed the setting again. I built new ventures in Florida while continuing to run Panache Marketing from another continent for five years. Starting over meant learning new rooms without pretending the old experience had disappeared.
Mortgage lending arrived in 2020. The paperwork was different. The responsibility was familiar.
Experience is knowing where to look when something does not fit, early enough that it still helps. That has been the thread through every industry, every country, and every version of the work.
Johannesburg taught me to earn trust from a standing start. Fight camps taught me what pressure does to people. Camden County gave those lessons somewhere new to matter. The settings keep changing, but the work stays recognizable: pay attention, speak plainly, and leave people with a clearer sense of what comes next.
A marketing brief, a fight camp, an international judging assignment, a mortgage file. Different rooms, different stakes. Each one asked for the same discipline: prepare early, notice what others miss, and stay steady when the plan changes.
Preparation earns its value before pressure arrives. I would rather make a hard thing clear early, name the tradeoff plainly, and leave enough room for a person to make a sound decision. Experience should lower the noise, not add to it.
2020 to now
Vice President of Mortgage Lending. Camden County, Georgia.
2015 to 2020
Florida. Housed Body Couture Pilates & Fitness and Royalty Sports Management.
2015 to 2020
Management of professional mixed martial arts athletes.
2003 to 2020
Johannesburg. Corporate clothing, promotional gifts, events, signage. Founded with a loan from her parents. Run for seventeen years, five of them from another continent.
2000 to 2004
Bachelor of Commerce, Marketing Management. Conferred 2004.
2026
Camden County Chamber of Commerce
2026
Camden Charlton Association of Realtors
2025 2024 2023
Scotsman Guide
2026 to 2025
Graduate. Camden County Chamber of Commerce
2026
Camden Charlton Association of Realtors
2026
Camden Charlton Association of Realtors
Guaranteed Rate Affinity
Post 2015
International Mixed Martial Arts Federation. Certified under Marc Goddard
I have built companies, managed professional fighters, started over in another country, and found a place in Camden County. Some of those rooms were loud. Some were difficult. All of them taught me something about pressure, credibility, and what people need when the stakes are real.
