AN ENTREPRENEUR , HUMANITARIAN , CONSERVATIONIST AND CIRCULAR-IMPACT ADVISER , NICOLENE ANLEY ’ S CAREER HAS ALWAYS BEEN STEERED BY HER DESIRE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE . THIS HAS SHONE THROUGH IN HER WORK AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST HELPING TO REHABILITATE STAR ATHLETES AND AMPUTEES , AND AS A CONSULTANT INSPIRING TRANSFORMATION IN CORPORATE COMPANIES . THE SCOPE IS AS EXCITING AS IT ’ S BEEN VARIED , WHETHER RUNNING MARATHONS AND SUMMITING KILIMANJARO ON BEHALF OF THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED , SIPPING HOMEBREW WITH COMMUNITY CHIEFTAINS TO SMOOTH THE WAY FOR DEEPER , CHANGE-EFFECTING ENGAGEMENT , OR DONNING HEELS FOR HIGH-LEVEL STRATEGISING OR DEAL-BROKERING IN A BOARDROOM . ANLEY IS NO STRANGER TO PARTNERING WITH LEADING GLOBAL BRANDS THROUGH A SLEW OF SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVES . AS A SOUTH AFRICAN BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR ADIDAS , SHE GAINED INSIGHT INTO THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXISTED FOR BRANDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA . FOR HER CROSS-COUNTRY CHARITY RUNS AND HAND-CYCLING EXPEDITIONS , SHE ADVISED THE LIKES OF PUMA , GARMIN AND RED BULL TO SUPPORT CAUSES THAT ALIGNED WITH THEIR VALUES . IT ’ S AN AREA WHERE SHE ’ S CONTINUED TO JOIN THE DOTS FOR COMPANIES AND HIGH-NET- WORTH INDIVIDUALS THROUGH HER MPACT CONSULTANCY , WITH KNOWLEDGE GLEANED FROM MORE THAN 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE RUNNING HER OWN NGO AND ESTABLISHING AN AMERICAN 501C3 BASED ENTITY , OPERATING IN KENYA .
IN HER LATEST INCARNATION AS CO-FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF LUNA BELLE VENTURES , ANLEY HAS MERGED HER IMMERSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF BRANDS WITH HER UNDERSTANDING OF SUSTAINABILITY AND CIRCULAR IMPACT AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN BUSINESS PRACTICE , ALONG WITH HER LOVE FOR FASHION AND LUXURY . WITH AN EYE FOR DESIGN AND THE STYLE TRENDS BUBBLING UNDER GLOBALLY , LUNA BELLE VENTURES HAS SOURCED A COLLECTION OF COVETABLE INTERNATIONAL BRANDS FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN MARKET , FROM CULT EYEWEAR TO LUXE SMART-TECH ACCESSORIES . WHILE TO DATE THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON SWEDISH BRANDS , WHICH RESONATE WITH LUNA BELLE VENTURES , THERE ARE OTHERS TO FOLLOW . BUT ALWAYS , SHE NOTES , BRANDS THAT GO ‘ BEYOND LUXURY ’.