
Credit Risk Advisory Services
Enhance your credit risk strategies with leading edge advice from our credit risk advisory team
Providing leading-edge credit risk management strategies and techniques
The high demand and focus placed on delivery and sales often cause businesses to become trapped in a cycle focussed mainly on operational performance. Once entrapped, the focus on other key aspects that form an intricate part of overall business performance and success, such as the implementation of effective credit risk strategies, is compromised.
Our team of credit risk advisors have an excellent understanding of the credit risk landscape, our advisory competencies combining local and international credit expertise, analytics and technology. We have engaged successfully on numerous projects across multiple industries in the South African market as well as across Africa and the Middle East.
Engagements are customised according to the customer’s need and range from small to very large assignments, across multiple industries, covering all or only specific lifecycle stages.
Our team of specialists ensures that an organisation remains focussed on and gets the most out of its credit risk strategies, whether it is a small business start-up or a large organisations with mature credit risk environments looking for innovative solutions

Typical advisory services include but are not limited to:
- Innovation
- Current state assessments
- Originations strategy design
- Account management strategy designs (incorporating top-up strategies, credit limit management, authorisations, existing customer marketing and collections)
- Developing, deploying and monitoring champion/challenger strategies
- Financial modelling support (profit, provision, pricing and capital models)
- MI/BI reporting design and interpretation support
- Credit committee support
- New product design
- Credit coaching
- Technology recommendations
- Business case analysis

Why choose Principa?
- We have an excellent understanding of the landscape and many of our advisors were former credit risk executives. We have more than 20 years’ experience servicing major credit providers in Africa.
- Our advisory competencies combine local and international credit expertise, analytics and technology.
- Our team is highly regarded and best value-orientated, ensuring not only that your projects are conducted within budget but also that they deliver significant returns.
- We pride ourselves in our proven value for money approach.

Testimonials
“We have enjoyed a close working relationship with Principa for a number of years and their specialists have worked closely with our Risk Management team to design, test and implement leading-edge risk management strategies and techniques.” ABSA Bank
“Standard Bank is committed to improving our credit risk management throughout the Bank. Principa understands the South African banking industry and can offer us unique credit and risk expertise which we can use to achieve our strategic objectives.” Standard Bank