UK business immigration services

Darren has over 25 years’ experience heading award-winning organisations as well as providing immigration and compliance services to large-scale, multinational businesses.

Having run his own successful immigration practice for over 20 years, Darren possesses a strong commercial mindset and provides an efficient delivery of strategic solutions, while consistently driving value contributing to core business objectives.

Darren joined Sable International in 2020 to bring his wealth of expertise to our business immigration services. He is registered with the OISC at level 2 in UK Immigration.

Outside of work, Darren is a “car man”, who makes his annual trip to Le Mans every year.

Saskia graduated from the University of Cape Town with a B. Sc. (Masters) in finance and a sub-major in economics.

She has a keen interest in financial services and immigration, which led her to join Sable International's Cape Town forex team as a forex broker. With passion, determination and an extensive knowledge of the foreign exchange market, she emigrated to London to head up Sable International's forex business development team in London.

More recently, Saskia has joined the Business Immigration team. As a department with a high level of growth forecast, Saskia was the ideal candidate to help drive this business forward. Saskia is a trainee Level 1 adviser in UK Immigration with the OISC.

Saskia has a passion for exceptional customer service and is now responsible for the Business Immigration team's service delivery. Outside of work, Saskia loves experiencing new cultures and travel is at the top of her "spare time" list.

Pragnesh has LLB Law Degree from London South Bank University and a LLM Constitutional, Legal and Political Theory degree from Birkbeck University of London. He is also a trainee Level 1 UK immigration adviser with the OISC.

Prior to starting at Sable International, he worked at Newland Chase, KPMG and EY, before moving to Reiss Edwards Solicitors to help them develop their Business Immigration Department, guiding them on process and structures as well as managing high profile clients along with several SMEs.

In his free time he enjoys football, nature walks, spending time with his family, and coffee.

Ruben grew up in a small town in the Northern Cape. He has a background in hospitality and has worked in some of South Africa’s finest restaurants and hotels.

He previously worked in sales as a sales consultant for a company that specialises in short-term accommodation. At Sable International, Ruben is an Admin Assistant and provides our clients with the best service and assistance.

In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, the outdoors, gardening, meeting up with friends and road trips.

Amy was born and raised in Cape Town. She studied a BA Humanities degree at Stellenbosch University, majoring in Psychology and Anthropology.

Thereafter, she completed her honour's degree in Psychology at Stellenbosch University as she is passionate about mental health and recovery. She has experience working in an addiction clinic, where she could be of service to those in need and develop her counselling skills.

Outside of work, Amy enjoys reading, being out in nature, painting, and spending time with her dog.

Maxine joined Sable International in January 2015, as part of our umbrella department.

She then joined the Philip Gamble & Partners’ administration team, where she began learning about British nationality and UK immigration routes. Maxine’s interest in different client’s unique situations led her to become an Immigration Caseworker.

Maxine loves making her clients’ wishes to visit or move to the UK come true and has a strong passion for customer satisfaction. Outside of work, she loves travelling and discovering new places, seeing friends and spending time with family. She is currently studying a BComm in Business Management through UNISA and is training as a Level 1 adviser in UK immigration with the OISC.

Melissa is a culinary trained chef and she has predominantly worked in the hospitality industry. She is passionate about customer service and attention to detail. Prior to joining Sable International, she was a restaurant manager for Chart Farm as well as a part-time events coordinator.

She is a bubbly, creative person who loves to travel and experience new things. In her free time she enjoys cooking, spending time with family and watching movies.

Nicola has over 14 years of immigration experience in private and corporate immigration, with a focus on large-scale, multinational business immigration. She graduated from the University of Wolverhampton with a Bachelor of Law and has worked in the immigration sector since this time. 

She joined Sable International as a Senior Consultant and is registered with the OSIC as a level 2 UK immigration adviser.

Outside of work, she enjoys seeing as much of the world as possible, spending time with friends, family and her two cats. She also plays netball for her local club.

Julian joined the Home Office, Immigration Department in 1983 where he processed and managed multiple immigration and nationality applications. In 1991 he established Dearson Winyard, a company that went on to be one of the largest and most successful independent immigration advisory firms in the UK. After 26 years of success, the company was sold and Julian has spent the last five years pursuing his own personal ambitions.

Julian is responsible for establishing and managing an immigration compliance offering for business immigration clients. This includes undertaking compliance audits to evaluate our clients' compliance with the UKVI sponsor licence requirements. Julian has a broad and varied immigration experience, covering both corporate and private client work, including sponsor licence applications.

Outside of work, Julian spends much of his free time either dog walking or away in his RV with his family.