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Anton Raath

Chief Executive: Glacier by Sanlam

Anton was appointed chief executive of Glacier by Sanlam in January 2005.

Anton began his career at Ironside Greenwood before joining Southern Life in 1983. In 1996 he was appointed director of business services at Southern Asset Management. Two years later he took up the role of chief operating officer. He was appointed head of retail at Gensec Asset Management in January 2000. Later that year, he was appointed deputy managing director and chief operating officer (COO) at Sanlam Investment Management (SIM). In 2002, Anton was appointed managing director of Sanlam Private Investments (now Sanlam Private Wealth) while still continuing to fulfil his duties as COO at SIM.

Anton is a chartered accountant with higher diplomas in Accounting (University of Witwatersrand) and Tax Law (University of Cape Town).

Dr Frans Cronje

Chief Executive Officer: IRR and Scenario Planner

Frans Cronje is chief executive officer of the IRR. He attended St John’s College in Houghton and the University of the Witwatersrand, and holds a PhD in Scenario Planning from North West University.

He served with the South African Police, worked as a horse-riding instructor and later logger in the United States, and completed a year-long expedition that crossed the African continent from Cape Town to Cairo. He joined the IRR in 2004 and established its Centre For Risk Analysis which specialises in using scenarios to help business and government leaders make decisions about investment and policy in South Africa. He has presented scenarios to over 100 South African corporations and foreign investors. He is an associate of the Centre for Innovative Leadership – a leading South Africa based scenario consultancy and the author of A Time Traveller’s Guide To Our Next Ten Years (Tafelberg 2014). His work has been widely cited in the media, from the Volksblad to the Wall Street Journal. He writes columns for Rapport newspaper and Moneyweb and is a regular contributor to Classic Business on Classic FM.

The IRR is the leading free market think tank in South Africa. It was established in 1929 and stands for economic and political liberalism. The IRR uses research and public commentary to influence policy in South Africa that promotes investment-led economic growth and is the largest independent supplier of information and research support services to politicians, journalists, and civil society groups in South Africa.

David Ferguson

Chief Executive Officer: Nucleus UK

Born and bred in Edinburgh and with an interest in technology from a very early age, the formative years of David’s career were spent as a trainee actuary with Life Association of Scotland before stints with Ivory & Sime, Scottish Life International and strategic consultancy The Abacus.

Having concluded that the prevailing business wasn’t fit for human consumption, David embarked on a mission to create the UK’s first crowdfunded and genuinely collaborative platform which resulted in the creation of Nucleus in 2006. He remains immensely proud to lead the small team that has made Nucleus a credible and refreshing market participant, particularly at a time when honesty and accountability have never mattered more.

Nersan Naidoo

Chief Executive: Sanlam Investments Core

Nersan was appointed chief executive: Sanlam Investments Core in November 2013. His responsibilities include the oversight of investment teams and investment operations areas for asset management, multi-management, hedge funds, derivative structuring, Africa asset management and Satrix.

Prior to that, he was founding member and chief executive officer of the Sanlam Investments multi-manager business from 2002, when he joined the Sanlam Group. He was instrumental in building the business to its status as one of the leading multi-managers in South Africa. In addition to his responsibilities as CEO, Nersan was also head of the previous Investment Services sub-cluster, which included Sanlam Collective Investments, BlueInk Investments, Graviton Financial Partners and Graviton Wealth Management. He has served as a member of the Sanlam Investments executive committee for the past six years.

Nersan’s track record of 14 years spans extensive experience in investment management and business leadership, both locally and internationally. Operating from London, he managed the international multi-management business for two years before returning to South Africa in 2009, as CEO of Sanlam Multi Manager International. He joined Sanlam from UBS Warburg where he completed their graduate training programme. Nersan is a CFA charterholder and holds a BSc Elec Eng (Hons) degree. He also has a postgraduate diploma in Organisational Leadership from Oxford University.

Elton James

Head Corporate Business: Glacier by Sanlam

Elton joined the industry and the Metropolitan Odyssey distribution team in Durban in 2004. In March 2006 he joined the Sanlam Group to manage the ABSA corporate account within broker distribution. With the expansion of the Glacier investment distribution channel, Elton was able to pursue his passion in the investment space by joining this team in April 2006.

He was appointed to head up the investment channel at Glacier, in March 2010, which included a move to Johannesburg. With the increase in regulation and legislation there has been an increase in larger corporate financial services businesses, outside of the banks, resulting in a strategic shift within Glacier to adapt to this change. In April 2013, Elton was appointed head of corporate business, and was tasked with building corporate relationships and developing the corporate distribution strategy within Glacier.

Elton has a BCom from the University of Stellenbosch and an Advanced Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning from the University of Orange Free State.

David Burns

Executive Director: NMG Group

David Burns is an executive director of the NMG Group, a financial services advisory and intermediary business which employs 500+ people across Europe, South Africa and Asia Pacific. David has spent his entire career in financial services with providers, bancassurers and in consulting.

David is a co-founder of NMG’s UK consulting practice business which provides strategic level advice to financial institutions, particularly those in the retail life, pensions and investment sector. Prior to joining NMG he spent five years leading consulting engagements in SE Asia, Australia, South Africa and the USA.

In recent years, David’s main focus has been the UK Retail Distribution Review (RDR) and in particular the impact of the RDR on the adviser market. He leads NMG’s work in this area, which has included advising the UK regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, on a near continuous basis since the RDR was launched in 2007.

Patrice Rassou

Head of Equities: Sanlam Investments

Patrice Rassou was appointed head of equities at Sanlam Investments (SI) in 2011, having previously held the position of senior portfolio manager. He manages the SIM General Equity Fund & SIM Top Choice Fund, as well as specialist financial mandates and the SIM equity house view. He is also responsible for equity selection for the SIM Low Equity Fund. Patrice is one of South Africa’s leading banking sector analysts and is a regular and sought after media commentator.

He started working at PricewaterhouseCoopers in London and passed his qualifying examination for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales in 1994. He completed his MBA at Manchester Business School in 2003 with distinction. Patrice also completed an executive leadership programme at GIBS in 2014. Patrice also served on the Board of ABSIP Western Cape Chapter.

Rassou completed his BSc (Econ) degree in Monetary Economics with first class honours from the London School of Economics. In 1992 he completed his MSc (Econ) after winning a scholarship from the London School of Economics.

Richard Brasher

Chief Executive Officer: Pick n Pay

Richard joined Pick n Pay as chief executive officer in 2013 and is leading a plan to restore the business to sustainable long-term growth. He has an outstanding track record spanning over 25 years in international retail.

He has developed and led the world’s most iconic brand loyalty programme, created one of the first truly global commercial sourcing operations, built an enduring and much imitated private-label strategy, and was instrumental in leading a traditional food retail business into the online and convenience markets. His guiding belief is that values determine the enduring success of organisations, and that the customers, staff and the community must always be core to these values.

Pierre van Tonder

Chief Executive Officer: Spur Group

Pierre van Tonder started his career with Spur Group in 1982 as a junior manager.

He was appointed senior manager at Golden Spur Steak Ranch in Newlands, Cape Town in 1983 and held this position for two years.

In 1985, Pierre was appointed area manager for Spur Steak Ranches and as a result of the company’s rapid growth, it became necessary to introduce branch head offices in the Johannesburg, Natal and Orange Free State regions. He was promoted to regional manager in 1987 and shortly thereafter, to general manager and then regional director.

In September 1995, Pierre was appointed joint managing director and then managing director in March 1996. Pierre currently holds the position of chief executive officer for Spur Group in South Africa and Steak Ranches International BV, internationally.

The Spur Group currently has 507 restaurants including Spur, Panarottis and John Dory’s, in South Africa, other African countries, the UK and Australia. The group is listed on the JSE Securities Exchange with a market capitalisation of almost R4 billion.

Ian Kirk

Chief Executive: Sanlam Group

Ian was born in Dublin and moved to South Africa in 1981.

He was appointed to the PriceWaterhouse partnership in 1986 and took overall responsibility for the computer audit function in the firm. Early in 1996 Ian was approached to join AGA Holdings as managing director, a relatively small JSE listed life insurance player with Investec as its significant shareholder. AGA Holdings later restructured as Capital Alliance Holdings Limited, one of the first broad-based black empowerment financial services companies in South Africa. In December 2004, Capital Alliance Holdings was sold to Liberty Group in a transaction valued at R3.3 billion and Ian was appointed deputy CEO of the Liberty Group in March 2005.

In May 2006 Ian joined the Sanlam Group as chief executive: strategy and projects, where his responsibilities were to undertake a strategic review of the group, determine strategic direction along with the group executive, review capital allocation arrangements and hurdle rates, drive new strategic initiatives including Project Helix and Shriram General, and establishing a direct financial services business for the group.

In June 2007, he was appointed chief executive of Santam whose market capitalisation has more than doubled since his appointment.

As chief executive, Ian was responsible for overseeing all elements of the business as well as driving new initiatives to determine and execute the strategy for Santam’s profitable growth in South Africa and, of late, into Africa, India and SE Asia. Ian was very focused on continuous improvement initiatives and innovation, as well as continuous product and service reviews, thereby ensuring that Santam remained at the forefront of insurance.

Ian was appointed chief executive of the Sanlam Group in July 2015.
Ian qualified as a chartered accountant (CA) in 1984, and also obtained qualifications in Business Data Processing and Certified Information System Audit in 1985.

Carl Roothman

Chief Executive: Sanlam Investments Retail

Carl Roothman joined the Sanlam Investments team in November 2013 as chief executive of Sanlam Investment Retail. As CE of Retail, Carl is responsible for ensuring Sanlam Investments’ retail clients are serviced by professionals who have keen insight into both their business and investment needs, and thereby the ability to offer the best investment solutions.

Carl has a strong financial services background, is highly experienced in the wealth space and has a deep understanding of the needs of individual investors and professional financial advisors. He previously held the position of managing director in the Barclays Capital and Absa Capital divisions of Barclays PLC, and head of coverage for Absa Wealth. He started his career at ABSA bank in 1995, during which time he was granted a two-year secondment to Absa Bank London.

Carl returned from Absa Bank London to South Africa in 1999 where he held various deal-making and senior leadership roles with Citibank, Investec and RMB Private Bank, gaining extensive investment banking and wealth management experience.

In 1994 Carl was accepted as the first South African to attend the LLM in International Banking and Financial Law post-graduate programme at Boston University (USA) where he obtained his Master of Law (LLM) in International Banking and Financial Law. He also holds a Bachelor of Law (LLB) and a BCom (Law) from the University of Pretoria.

Maya Fisher-French

Award-winning financial journalist and author

Maya Fisher-French is a well-known South African financial journalist with her own website MayaonMoney.co.za.

She is editor of My Money My Lifestyle, the personal finance section of national Sunday newspaper City Press for which she recently won the 2013 Sanlam Award for Excellence in Financial Journalism under the category of Consumer Financial Education.

Maya edited the South African version of Dave Ramsey’s best seller “The Total Money Makeover” and has just published her own book, Maya on Money – Implement your money plan.

Apart from print media Maya hosted the JSE crossing for CNBC Africa and is a frequent guest on talk-radio shows. She is also a popular speaker at corporate events.

Prior to becoming a financial journalist in 2003, Maya worked in the financial industry for a stock-broking company where she developed their private client trading desk and headed up the offshore investment division. Prior to that she worked for Investec Private Bank as a consultant on their direct investment desk.

Maya has a BA in English and an Honours degree in Economics from the University of the Witwatersrand. In 2006 she received the award for Best Newcomer in the Sanlam Journalist of the Year awards for articles published in business magazine Maverick.

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The Sanlam Investments Cluster consists of the following authorised Financial Services Providers: Sanlam Investment Management (Pty) Ltd (“SIM”), Sanlam Multi Manager International (Pty) Ltd (“SMMI"), Satrix Managers (Pty) Ltd (SATRIX), Graviton Wealth Management (Pty) Ltd, and Graviton Financial Partners (Pty) Ltd, Blue Ink Investments (Pty) Ltd and Sanlam Capital Markets (Pty) Ltd (SCM) and has the following approved Management Companies under the Collective Investment Schemes Control Act: Sanlam Collective Investments (RF) (Pty) Ltd and Satrix Managers (RF) (Pty) Ltd.

The Sanlam Group is a full member of the Association for Savings and Investment SA. Collective investment schemes are generally medium- to long-term investments. Please note that past performances are not necessarily an accurate determination of future performances, and that the value of investments / units / unit trusts may go down as well as up. A schedule of fees and charges and maximum commissions is available from the Manager, Sanlam Collective Investments (RF) Pty Ltd & Satrix Managers (RF) (Pty) Ltd, a registered and approved Manager in Collective Investment Schemes in Securities. Additional information of the proposed investment, including brochures, application forms and annual or quarterly reports, can be obtained from the Manager, free of charge. Collective investments are traded at ruling prices and can engage in borrowing and scrip lending. Collective investments are calculated on a net asset value basis, which is the total market value of all assets in the portfolio including any income accruals and less any deductible expenses such as audit fees, brokerage and service fees. Actual investment performance of the portfolio and the investor will differ depending on the initial fees applicable, the actual investment date, and the date of reinvestment of income as well as dividend withholding tax. Forward pricing is used. The Manager does not provide any guarantee either with respect to the capital or the return of a portfolio. The performance of the portfolio depends on the underlying assets and variable market factors. Performance is based on NAV to NAV calculations with income reinvestments done on the ex-div date. Lump sum investment performances are quoted. The portfolio may invest in other unit trust portfolios which levy their own fees, and may result is a higher fee structure for our portfolio. All the portfolio options presented are approved collective investment schemes in terms of Collective Investment Schemes Control Act, No 45 of 2002 (“CISCA”). The fund may from time to time invest in foreign instruments which could be accompanied by additional risks as well as potential limitations on the availability of market information. The Manager has the right to close any portfolios to new investors to manage them more efficiently in accordance with their mandates.
The portfolio management of all the portfolios is outsourced to financial services providers authorized in terms of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002. Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd is the appointed trustee of the Sanlam Collective Investments Scheme & Standard Chartered Bank is the appointed trustee of the Satrix Managers Scheme.

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