In the before-times, I taught workshops in over a dozen countries and, without a doubt, the most interesting and beautiful one was Tanzania. Those workshops were organized by Charles Assey, a management consultant and senior advisor at the Bank of Tanzania.

Charles passed away on June 11th from a long-term illness. This news hit me quite hard since Charles was one of the most remarkable people that I’ve ever met. More than just a brilliant management consultant, Charles had an almost shocking amount of integrity and was one of those rare people who had both the ability and the genuine desire to make the world a better place. This is probably why he was well-connected and admired among global experts in reporting and performance measurement.

Charles always had the courage and selflessness to downplay his illness and deflect any concern about it, and it was devastating to learn that it caught up with him. In a year with so many losses, this one stands out as particularly painful and unfair.