MANAGEMENT Archives - Balondolozi

Nobuhle Mhlanga

Nobuhle holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the University of Pretoria. She subsequently completed a Compliance Management course at the University of Cape Town, in May 2021.

In May 2020, Nobuhle joined Balondolozi Investment Services as a Compliance Intern, where she was responsible for conducting customer due diligence and compiling KYC documents, assisting in the review and updating of policies, arranging staff training as well as monitoring compliance with the regulatory universe and reporting findings. After completing the year long training as an intern, Nobuhle was then appointed as a Compliance Officer on a permanent basis in May 2021.

DIRECTORS, INVESTMENT TEAM, MANAGEMENT

FANNUEL TIGERE

Fannuel holds a Bachelor of Business Science (BBusSci) from the University of Cape Town where he majored in Actuarial Science. He is also a CFA charter holder and holds thirteen exemptions from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in the United Kingdom.

Fannuel’s involvement with investments started whilst he was a final year student at the University of Cape Town in 2007. He conducted his honours research, in measuring developed market inflation, in conjunction with Prescient Investment Management. Upon completion of his Bachelor of Business Science degree, he eventually joined Prescient Investment Management as a fixed income analyst.

As an analyst, he regularly provided input to the portfolio construction process through general fixed interest and credit research. Over the three years at Prescient, Fannuel had vast exposure to the process involved in managing bond and cash portfolios. In January 2011, Fannuel joined Balondolozi investments as a Fixed Interest Manager. In 2014 Fannuel assumed the responsibility of leading the investment team as Chief Investment Officer. He is also directly responsible for managing Fixed Interest Funds.

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PEDRO M SAMUEL

Pedro completed his Business Science degree with Honours at the University of Cape Town, majoring in Finance and Economics, in 2000. Upon completing his studies he joined Prescient Investment Management as a trainee portfolio manager in 2001. Pedro was eventually tasked with managing their Index Funds and Dividend Yield Portfolio. In 2004 he joined Metropolitan Asset Managers where he managed and gave structure to their Absolute Return Fund. While at Metropolitan he grew the Absolute Return Fund by winning external mandates and was selected for the top portfolio management award in 2005.

A move to Johannesburg in 2006 saw him join the JM Busha investment group as a portfolio manager and shareholder. In 2008, Prescient Investment Management established a presence in Johannesburg and approached Pedro to head up that office primarily in a sales role, given his portfolio management experience, while he remained a member of their Investment Committee. Given his success at gathering assets he was later appointed Director at Prescient. Pedro set up BalondolozI Investment Services in 2010 and held the position of Managing Director and Portfolio Manager until 2021. His current role is Investment Committee Chairman.

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YOLANDE MOKHANTSO

Yolande’s career began at the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) in August 1996. With a background in desktop publishing (DTP), her primary responsibility was managing the Federations’ publications, in the main she was responsible for the Federations flagship magazine, The Shopsteward. During her tenure at Cosatu she was elected trustee on the Cosatu provident fund. This role sparked an interest in pensions funds which she believes was the reason she crossed over to asset management.

After ten years at Cosatu she joined Umbono Capital in 2006 as Business Developer responsible for union clients. A year later she joined JM BUSHA Investment Group as Corporate Affairs Manager, a position she held for nine years. Yolande joined Balondolozi in March 2016 as Head of Marketing. She has been a member of the executive team since joining Balondolozi and became a director a year later in 2017. Yolande assumed the role of CEO at Balondolozi at the beginning of 2022.