ABOUT US
Optimising Understanding. Building Readiness.
Maluti’s journey began in 2004 as an independent Public Relations and Reputation Management firm. Based in Mauritius a strategic crossroads between Africa and India we have spent over two decades creating optimised mutual understanding and building sustained, mutually beneficial relationships between our clients and their diverse audiences.
As we accompanied leaders through periods of significant transformation, we recognised that the strength of any bridge depends on the readiness of the people who carry the message.
Maluti Training, established in 2016, bridges the gap between organisational strategy and human performance.
Registered with the Mauritius Qualifications Authority (MQA) – the national regulatory body that ensures our training meets rigorous international standards – we provide professional training aimed at capacity building.
Today, we operate through two Specialised Practice Areas:
Maluti Communications: Reputation Architecture
Internal and external publics: shaping what your team and the world understand about you.
Maluti Training: The Performance Lab
Assisting in building the capacity of individuals and teams to lead and excel.
Maluti Communications
Bridge to your Publics
Leveraging a combination of local ecosystem knowledge, and regional and international affiliations with renowned advisory firms, we provide 360-degree communication services. We have accompanied governments and prominent institutions through their most defining moments. We manage high-stakes narratives and protect institutional integrity. Our mission is to ensure that you are clearly and authentically understood by your team and your external publics, and that your brand is protected, understood and respected by all stakeholders.
Maluti Training
Building Internal Readiness.
We focus on the human performance health of your organisation. We provide the tools necessary to build the stamina, focus and drive required for your teams to perform under pressure and achieve their goals. As an MQA-registered centre, we provide various trainings and tools required to move teams to intentional impact. Through international partnerships when relevant, we build the capacity required for the future.
OUR BRAND PROMISE
Shaping Reputations
Protect the Narrative.
We build, protect and elevate your public image. Through strategic narrative architecture and crisis leadership, we foster mutual understanding. We ensure your brand resonates with authenticity and authority.
Building Readiness
Cultivate Excellence.
We move teams from reactive habits to intentional impact. We provide the tools to master high-pressure environments. We help your people access confidence, focus and drive. We build the capacity to perform at their peak.
Driving Results
Success in Brand and Being.
We deliver outcomes that endure. We go beyond brand visibility to build sustained stamina, heart–brain alignment and clarity. We ensure your people are as strong as your message.
OUR MISSION
To build Intentional Readiness and Institutional Clarity. Through Strategic Communication and Performance Training, we accompany our clients towards their goals with excellence and integrity.
Our Values
COURAGE
Integrity in the unknown. We do what is right for our clients, even in the fire of difficult situations.
ELEVATION
Ethical mastery. We elevate the profession by raising the standards of our own performance.
RESPONSIBILITY
Self-mastery. We lead ourselves first in order to lead others effectively. We take ownership of our state and our results.
LOYALTY
Coherence. We are dedicated to a mission greater than ourselves. Our unity is our strength.
INTENTIONAL INNOVATION
Strategic disruption. We harmoniously merge new, disruptive ideas with proven systems.
FULFILMENT
The energy of creation. We keep joy at the forefront. A team in a state of fulfilment is the engine of impact.
OUR TEAM & NETWORK
A Bureau of Practitioners
At Maluti, we do not populate our projects with junior staffers. Our clients deal directly with fully qualified professionals who bring decades of collective experience. We believe in high-level accompaniment, where seniority and expertise are the standard rather than the exception.
Maluti Communications: Global Strategy
Our communications practitioners leverage a combination of local ecosystem knowledge and international reach. We regularly collaborate with our network partners, including the international strategic communications firm FTI Consulting, and strategic advisory consultancies such as Pont Partners (Paris) and Avisa London and Janine Hills Inc (Johannesburg) This ensures our clients have access to world-class advocacy and reputational expertise.
Maluti Training: Expert Facilitation
Our training division is powered by a team of dedicated facilitators and Partner Practitioners. We combine our internal leadership with a network of specialised international and local experts. This allows us to deliver the most relevant protocols and performance tools directly to your organisation, ensuring that every session is led by a recognised expert in their field.
MAURITIUS: OUR STRATEGIC HUB
Strategically positioned at the crossroads of Africa and Asia, Mauritius is a sophisticated, upper-middle-income economy recognised for its institutional stability and agility.
For Maluti, our base is our advantage. We leverage the island’s unique position as a bridge between continents to provide our clients with a global perspective rooted in a dynamic, future-ready jurisdiction.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
MARINA YTHEIR-JACOBSZ
With almost 30 years of experience at the intersection of Strategic Communication and Human Performance, Marina Ythier-Jacobsz has acted as a key adviser to the region’s most influential leaders. Her career has been spent in the room where decisions are made guiding public and private sector institutions through high-pressure transitions and complex reputational landscapes.
In 2004, Marina founded Maluti Communications, establishing a 20-year legacy of narrative integrity and crisis leadership. Her expertise lies in creating the necessary links between organisations and their internal and external publics to ensure optimised mutual understanding and long-term trust.
Through close work with leadership teams, Marina observed that even the best strategies fail if teams lack the internal resilience to execute them. This led to the launch of Maluti Training in 2016. Operating as a Performance Lab, the centre provides the tools and protocols needed to move teams from reactive survival into a state of intentional focus and stamina.
As an engaged leader and practitioner, Marina remains hands-on, working alongside her clients to ensure they possess both the clarity to lead their narrative and the readiness required to drive their mission forward.
Senior Partner – Maluti Communications Programme Office Lead – Maluti Training
DARISH RAMTOHUL
Darish is a cornerstone of the Maluti leadership team, having joined the firm in 2007. As a Senior Partner, he balances high-level strategic advisory with the operational oversight of our dual practice areas.
- Strategic Communications: A specialist in reputational risk, Darish architects bespoke PR frameworks for complex organisations. He is known for his rapid-response leadership in crisis situations and his ability to align creative communication with corporate integrity.
- Maluti Training Programme Office: Beyond consulting, Darish leads the Maluti Training Programme Office. He ensures that our Performance Lab’s curricula and international partnerships are executed with the precision required for high-stakes corporate environments.
- The Practitioner: A Guest Lecturer for final-year Communication cohorts at Telfair University, Darish is committed to bridging the gap between strategic theory and professional practice.
Senior Consultant – Maluti Communications Lead Communications Strategist – Maluti Training
ANUSHKA MOOTIA
Anushka is a vital driver of Maluti’s communication consulting wing. With a background as a journalist and brand executive, she brings a sharp, 360-degree lens to how narratives are constructed and defended across the public and private sectors.
- Consulting Lead: Anushka masters the machinery of high-level media relations and public affairs. She is the engine behind our national profile-raising campaigns, ensuring that client objectives are translated into impactful, authentic dialogue with both internal and external publics.
- Strategic Execution: From managing delicate industrial relations to architecting digital ecosystems, Anushka’s expertise ensures that an organisation’s voice remains consistent and protected across all touchpoints.
- Impact: She serves as a strategic bridge for our clients, monitoring market shifts and readapting communication approaches to maintain mutual understanding in an era of perpetual change.