Built on experience.
A South African strategic advisory and technology company
As a strategic advisory and technology company, MLB helps South African organisations turn complex requirements into practical results. MLB Strategic Support is a South African advisory and technology company that helps organisations advance transformation, strengthen corporate reputation and improve governance through strategic advice, professional corporate affairs support and innovative digital solutions. Our expertise is delivered through three complementary core services: B-BBEE Advisory; Corporate Affairs Services and Optisenz Digital Platform.
Through these services, we provide clients with an integrated combination of transformation expertise, strategic communication and technology-enabled governance. Our approach extends beyond advice and compliance: we work alongside our clients to translate strategy into practical implementation, measurable outcomes and sustainable organisational value.
Experience built over decades. A business established for the future.
MLB Strategic Support was established in 2016 with a clear purpose: to provide organisations with credible, ethical and implementation-focused support in navigating South Africa’s complex transformation and corporate environment. The company was founded on more than three decades of leadership experience spanning transformation, B-BBEE, corporate affairs, governance, stakeholder relations and socioeconomic development. This depth of experience enables MLB to understand both the regulatory requirements facing organisations and the commercial, reputational and operational realities within which they must be addressed.
Over the past decade, MLB has supported private-sector organisations in developing and implementing transformation strategies, preparing for B-BBEE verification, strengthening corporate communication, managing stakeholder relationships and advancing responsible corporate citizenship.
As the business has evolved, MLB has expanded beyond its established advisory services into digital innovation. The development of Optisenz represents the next chapter in this journey, combining MLB’s experience in governance, transformation and administration with technology designed to modernise the management of RFPs, tenders and community grant-making.
MLB brings together established advisory expertise and an emerging digital capability to help organisations respond to present-day requirements while preparing for the future.
The principles that guide how we work.
Our values guide how we advise our clients, manage relationships and develop solutions. They reflect our commitment to ethical leadership, professional excellence and meaningful, sustainable impact.
Integrity
We conduct every engagement with honesty, professionalism, confidentiality and transparency. We remain accountable for the quality of our advice and the commitments we make.
Excellence
We apply disciplined thinking, specialist knowledge and careful execution to deliver high-quality work that responds to each client’s particular requirements.
Innovation
We continuously explore practical and technology-enabled solutions that simplify complex processes, strengthen governance and improve organisational performance.
Partnership
We work alongside our clients as trusted strategic partners, building long-term relationships based on collaboration, responsiveness and shared accountability for results.
Sustainability
We support approaches that connect economic transformation with responsible corporate citizenship, social impact and long-term organisational value.
Don Ray Hanyane Malabie
Founder and Executive Director
Don Ray Hanyane Malabie is a strategic leader with more than 30 years of experience across corporate governance, transformation, corporate affairs and socio-economic development. He is committed to ethical leadership, responsible corporate citizenship and inclusive economic growth.
His expertise includes B-BBEE and transformation strategy, employment equity, corporate affairs, reputation management, media relations, stakeholder engagement, integrated reporting and cross-functional programme leadership.
Before establishing MLB Strategic Support in 2016, Don Ray spent 17 years at Alexander Forbes, where he held senior leadership responsibilities in transformation, corporate affairs and media relations. During this period, he developed and implemented initiatives that connected regulatory requirements with business strategy, organisational culture, stakeholder expectations and sustainable impact.
Don Ray brings practical board-level and fiduciary experience, including supporting social, ethics and transformation governance structures and managing reporting processes from agenda-setting and strategic content development to the preparation of governance and board documentation. Through MLB Strategic Support, he advises organisations on embedding transformation into business strategy, strengthening governance, protecting corporate reputation and converting compliance obligations into meaningful and sustainable value for businesses, stakeholders and society.