our team

Our Team

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Group Directors


Group Chairman

BCom, MBA
Founded Fairtree in 2006

Andre Malan
Group Chairman


Group CEO

CA(SA), CFA
Co-founded Fairtree in 2006

Kobus Nel
Group CEO


Managing Director: FAM

BA (Economic History), CAIA
Joined Fairtree in 2011

Bradley Anthony
Managing Director: FAM

Equity Portfolio Managers


Equity Portfolio Manager

B Comm, MBA
Founded Fairtree in 2006

Andre Malan
Equity portfolio manager


Private Equity Portfolio Manager

CA (SA), CFA
Co-founded Fairtree in 2006

Kobus Nel
Private equity portfolio manager


Equity Portfolio Manager

B Comm, MBA, CFA
Joined Fairtree in 2011

Stephen Brown
Equity Portfolio Manager


Equity Portfolio Mnager

(B Ing)
Joined Fairtree in 2012

Cor Booysen
Equity Portfolio Mnager


Equity Portfolio Manager

BComm (Act.Sci), M Comm (Economics)
Joined Fairtree in 2016

Cephas Dube
Equity Portfolio Manager


Equity Portfolio Manager & Analyst

M Comm (Econ)
Joined Fairtree in 2013

Deon Botha
Equity Portfolio Manager & Analyst


Equity Portfolio Manager & Analyst

CA(SA), CFA CFA
Joined Fairtree in 2015

Cornelius Zeeman
Equity Portfolio Manager & Analyst


Equity Portfolio Manager & Analyst

BBusSci (Finance), Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting, CA(SA), CFA
Joined Fairtree in 2017

Clarissa van der Westhuyzen
Equity Portfolio Manager & Analyst

Fixed Income Portfolio Managers


Fixed Income Portfolio Manager

BCom
Joined Fairtree in 2010

Ian Millard
Fixed Income Portfolio Manager


Fixed Income Portfolio Manager & Analyst

MSc & BSc in Mechanical Engineering, CFA
Joined Fairtree in 2015

Dane Merrick
Fixed Income Portfolio MAnager & Analyst


Fixed Income & Multi-asset Portfolio Manager

BCom (Financial Economics), CFA
Joined Fairtree in 2011

Jacobus Lacock
Fixed Income & Multi-Asset Portfolio Manager


Fixed Income Portfolio Manager

BSc Eng(Elec), MBA, CFA
Joined Fairtree in 2013

Paul Crawford
Fixed Income Portfolio Manager


Fixed income portfolio manager

CFA
Joined Fairtree in 2013

Louis Antelme
Fixed Income Portfolio MAnager

Other Portfolio Managers


Multi-Strategy Portfolio Manager

BA (Economic History), CAIA
Joined Fairtree in 2011

Bradley Anthony
Multi-strategy portfolio managER


Global Property Portfolio Manager

B.Bus Sci (Fin)
Joined Fairtree in 2016

Rob Hart
Global Property Portfolio Manager


Commodity Portfolio Manager

CA(SA)
Joined Fairtree in 2014

Denise van Wyk
Commodity Portfolio Manager

Equity Research


Equity Analyst

B.Bus Sci (Fin)(Hons), CFA
Joined Fairtree in 2014

Karen O'rahilly
Equity Analyst


Equity Analyst

CA(SA), CFA
Joined Fairtree in 2016

Donald Curtayne
Equity Analyst


Equity Portfolio Manager & Analyst

ACMA, GCMA (CIMA), CFA level I
Joined Fairtree in 2017

Chantelle Baptiste
Equity Analyst


Equity Analyst

BCom (Financial Analysis) (Hons), CFA
Joined Fairtree in 2017

David Rossouw
Equity Analyst


Equity Analyst

BEconSci, BSc (Hons), MCom (Finance)
Joined Fairtree in 2019

Gugu Ndlwana
Equity Analyst

fIXED INCOME Research


Fixed Income Quantitative Analyst

MSc( Eng), PhD
Joined Fairtree in 2013

Keith Forbes
Fixed Income Quantitative Analyst


Fixed Income Quantitative Analyst

MSc (Eng), PhD, CFA
Joined Fairtree in 2015

Mayuresh Kulkarni
Fixed Income Quantitative Analyst

Fixed Income Quantitative Analyst

MPhil, BSc, PGDip
Joined Fairtree in 2016

Graham Ziervogel
Fixed Income Quantitative Analyst

alternative real estate


Alternative Real Estate Portfolio Manager

CA (SA), CFA
Co-founded Fairtree in 2006

Kobus Nel
alternative real estate portfolio manager
Placeholder


Alternative Real Estate Investments Principal

MBA, CFA, CA (SA), B.Acc (Hons) & B.Acc
Joined Fairtree in 2019

Gabriel Louw
alternative real estate investments Principal


Alternative Real Estate Portfolio Manager

CA(SA)
Joined Fairtree in 2014

Joe Bester
alternative real estate portfolio manager
Placeholder


Alternative Real Estate Analyst

BCom (Hons) Financial Analysis
Joined Fairtree in 2019

Michael-John Dippenaar
alternative real estate Analyst
Placeholder


Alternative Real Estate Developments Principal

MSc( Eng), PhD
Joined Fairtree in 2013

Chris Heunis
alternative real estate developments Principal
Placeholder


Alternative Real Estate Investments Principal

MSc( Eng), PhD
Joined Fairtree in 2013

Nic Ross
alternative real estate investments Principal

Equity TRADING

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Equity Trader

BCom (Financial Management)
Joined Fairtree in 2015

Chris de Jongh
Equity Trader
Placeholder


Equity Trader

BCom (Financial Management)
Joined Fairtree in 2019

Dominic Biezanek
Equity Trader


Equity Trader

BCom (Financial Management), FMVA
Joined Fairtree in 2017

Heimer Lombard
Equity Trader

Risk management & Other Analysts


Risk Manager

MCom (Financial Risk Management), CFA
Joined Fairtree in 2013

Kurt van der Walt
Risk Manager


Quantitative Analyst

MCom, CFA
Joined Fairtree in 2015

Hennie Bezuidenhout
Quantitative Analyst


Quantitative Analyst

BSc(Hons) Actuarial Science
Joined Fairtree in 2017

Tinus Cloete
Quantitative Analyst
Placeholder


Junior Analyst

BCom (Economics, Investments & Corporate Finance), BCom.Hons (Business Finance)
Joined Fairtree in 2017

Obakeng Mophosho
Junior Analyst

Our Team

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Distribution team


Group Head: Distribution​

BComHons (Mathematics), FIA, FASSA, MDP
Joined Fairtree in 2015

Herman Sandrock
Group Head: Distribution​


Head: Institutional Business

BCom (Law), BComHons (Financial Management), CFP
Joined Fairtree in 2014

Francis Wheeler ​
Head: Institutional Business


Head: Retail Sales (North & KZN)

BCom (Economics), Adv. Postgraduate Dip Financial Planning
Joined Fairtree in 2016

Ryan Jamieson
Head: Retail Sales (North & KZN)​


Retail & DFM Partnerships BDM -South

MBA
Joined Fairtree in 2016

Anne-Marie Gous
Retail & DFM Partnerships BDM -South


Institutional Client Relationship Manager

BBusSc (Finance)
Joined Fairtree in 2019

Edna Sibanda ​
Institutional Client Relationship Manager


Investor Relations

BCom (Financial Management), PGDA, Project Management, MBA

Sybrand Engelbrecht
Investor Relations


Group Head: Marketing

BPhil Honours Marketing Management, MBA
Joined Fairtree: 2022

Anlie Dalvit
Group Head: Marketing


Head: Distribution Services

Claritas Investment Certificate, Certificate in Securities, Certificate in Financial Regulations
Joined Fairtree in 2016

Amy Petersen ​
Head: Distribution Services


Client Services Manager

BA (USB) (Social Sciences)
Joined Fairtree in 2014

Adre Barnard
Client Services Manager​


Data & Reporting Analyst

BCom Statistics, CFA level 1
Joined Fairtree in 2017

Mikela Hechter ​
Data & Reporting Analyst


Distribution Administrator

Management Assistant Diploma
Joined Fairtree in 2020

Ashlinn Thaker ​
Distribution Administrator


Distribution Administrator

Joined Fairtree in 2020

Thabile Mandla
Distribution Administrator

Junior Business
Analyst

BCom (Investment Management)
Joined Fairtree in 2022

Gunther Els
Junior Business Analyst


Group Brand Project Manager

BA Media Studies
Joined Fairtree in 2022

Rachael Laubscher
Group Brand Project Manager

Senior Business
Analyst

BComHons (Finance)
Joined Fairtree in 2017

Jacques Du Plessis
Senior Business Analyst

Country Manager:
Nambia

BCom (Finance)
Joined Fairtree in 2023

Simon Ulamba
Country Manager

Distribution officer
Nambia

Bcom (Law)
Joined Fairtree in 2023

Dave Uirab
Distribution Officer

Our Team

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Operations team


Chief Operating Officer: FAM

CA (SA), MBA Cum Laude
Joined Fairtree in 2008

Heinrich Jansen Van Rensburg
Chief Operating Officer: FAM ​


Operations Manager

BAccHons, CA (SA)
Joined Fairtree in 2019

Sunelle Van Rensburg
Operations Manager


Legal Advisor

LLB
Joined Fairtree in 2015

Marianne Engela
Legal Advisor​


Legal Advisor

BA, LLB
Joined Fairtree in 2021

Sazi Ntuli
Legal Advisor​


Compliance Analyst

Certificate in Business Finance, Certificate in Accounting
Joined Fairtree in 2020

Liezel Gawie
Compliance Analyst ​


Operations Specialist

CA(SA)
Joined Fairtree in 2022

Jean Wilson
Operations Specialist

Operations Specialist

CA(SA)

Chris Boonzaaier
Operations Specialist

Operations Specialist

BCom (Economics),  CFP

Sharon Nel
Operations Specialist


Senior Operations Analyst

BCom (Financial Accounts), H Dip Tax
Joined Fairtree in 2016

Sean Tarlton ​
Senior Operations Analyst


Senior Operations Analyst

BCom (General Management)
Joined Fairtree in 2016

Adele Kellerman ​
Senior Operations Analyst


Operations Analyst

BCom (Finance)
Joined Fairtree in 2019

Simvuyele Mbulawa
Operations Analyst​


Operations Analyst

BCom (Finance)
Joined Fairtree in 2020

Lucille Grootboom
Operations Analyst​


Operations Analyst

National Diploma in Marketing , Advance Diploma in Finance Management
Joined Fairtree in 2021

Pamela Tanga
Operations Analyst
Sinalo Mathangeni


Operations Analyst

Bcom honours financial management
Joined Fairtree in 2023

Sinalo Mathangeni
Operations Analyst
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Finance


Group Financial Manager

CA (SA)
Joined Fairtree in 2015

Mari Smith ​
Group Financial Manager
RENE VAN ROOYEN


Financial Manager

CA (SA)
Joined Fairtree in 2019

Rene Van Rooyen ​
Financial Manager


Group Accountant

National Higher Certificate: Accounting

Adele Wandrag ​
Group Accountant


Group Accountant

Professional Accountant (SA)
Joined Fairtree in 2021

Marike Jooste ​
Group Accountant


Accounts Administrator

B Social work
Joined Fairtree in 2017

Chantal Momberg ​
Accounts Administrator


Accounts Administrator

Financial Management certificate
Joined Fairtree in 2018

Laverne Hill ​
Accounts Administrator ​
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HR & Office Support


HR Officer

Secretarial Diploma
Joined Fairtree in 2013

Melanie Louw ​
HR Officer


Receptionist

Office Management Certificate
Joined Fairtree in 2014

Janice De Wet ​
Receptionist ​


Receptionist

Joined Fairtree in 2020

Valenta Louw ​
Receptionist ​