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NOVARE® STAFF PROFILE
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Novare® Actuaries and Consultants
William Moutloatse | CEO
BComm
University of the Western Cape, South Africa
William started working for FNB in 1993 as an executive trainee and was trained in all
aspects of banking. In 1994 he moved to First National Trust Cape Town where he gained
experience in trust administration as well as the administration of private client accounts. In
September 1995 he transferred to the portfolio management department in Johannesburg where he worked
as a portfolio advisor. In September 1996 William moved to SCMB where he started as an assistant portfolio
manager working with some of the biggest institutional clients in South Africa. He joined the Transnet Pension
Fund in August 2000 as senior manager responsible for equities, bonds and alternative investments. William
joined Novare® in April 2007 as an executive director in the Johannesburg office. In July 2012 he was
appointed CEO of Novare® Actuaries and Consultants. He has 19 years‟ experience in the industry.
William is an executive director on the board of directors for Novare® Holdings.
Leo Vermeulen | Head of Operations
BComm (Hons) (Actuarial Science)
University of Pretoria, South Africa
After completing his Honours degree in 1994, Leo started his career at Metropolitan Life in
the pension‟s actuarial department where he was involved with defined benefit pension
fund valuations as well as benefit, risk and reinsurance benefit calculations. Between
October 1999 and November 2000, he worked in the UK at City of Westminster Assurance where he gained
valuable experience in the UK pension‟s environment. Leo joined Novare® in July 2001 and is currently
responsible for the main operations of the Novare® Actuaries and Consultants division. His duties include
performance measurement, business development and formulation of client-specific investment solutions,
implementation and reporting, transition management, risk assessment and implementation of tactical asset
allocation decisions and fund management. He has 16 years‟ experience in the industry.
Tomi Kulcsar | Head of Manager Research
BComm (Hons) (Financial Management) | CFA
University of South Africa, South Africa
Tomi started his career in financial services at Innofin Management Company (now Glacier
Financial Solutions) in June 2003. In 2004 he joined the company‟s research team as an
investment analyst responsible for manager research and sales support. In 2007, he
became a senior investment analyst and subsequently developed and implemented the company‟s
investment consulting offering. He successfully managed a number of pension fund portfolios until his
departure. After a short tenure as an institutional account manager at Investment Solutions, Tomi joined
Novare® as head of manager research in January 2011. He is currently responsible for all the manager
research duties within Novare®. He is a CFA charterholder and has nine years‟ experience in the industry.
Nerique Nieuwoudt | Head of Strategy Formulation
BComm (Hons) (Actuarial Science) | AMASSA
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Nerique completed her degree at the University of Stellenbosch in 2009. She joined
Novare® in January 2010 as a fund manager responsible for client fund
management including asset liability matching and strategy development within the fund
consulting division. Nerique qualified as an actuary through the Actuarial Society of South Africa in December
2011 before moving into position in January 2012 as head of strategy formulation for the Actuaries and
Consultants division. She is responsible for undertaking in-depth asset liability modelling exercises to assist clients
in determining the optimal asset allocation for their portfolios. Nerique has two years‟ experience in the
industry.
Ruan Meiring | Head of Investment Administration
BComm (Management Accounting) | BComm (Hons) (Financial Management)
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa & University of South Africa
Since May 2006 Ruan has held various contract positions in South Africa including at Sanlam
and most recently Coronation Fund Managers. His responsibilities at Coronation included
assisting the client relationship manager and business analyst. He joined Novare® in January
2009 as risk and development manager responsible for the implementation and management of risk and
reporting systems within the fund consulting division. In July 2012 he was promoted to head of investment
administration. He has six years‟ experience in the industry.
Lefu Linake | Fund Manager
BSc (Hons) | BComm (Hons) (Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management) | CAIA
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Lefu‟s career began in 1998 as a teacher at Molapo High School before joining the
University of Cape Town as research assistant. Lefu gained valuable experience at
Metropolitan Asset Managers where she was employed from June 2004 as a portfolio
implementer responsible for aligning client portfolios with the model portfolio and implementing investment
decisions on behalf of portfolio managers. She was also involved in management reporting. Lefu joined
Novare® in July 2006 as a fund manager and is responsible for client fund management and relations. She is
currently studying towards her CFA charterholder designation and is a CAIA charterholder. Lefu is based in
Johannesburg, she has eight years‟ experience in the industry.
Sandile Soga | Fund Manager
BComm (Hons) (Investment Management; Economics & Econometrics) | Dip.
Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Sandile‟s career started in 2005 with PRASA as a graduate project management officer
assisting the internal project managers with the preparation, monitoring and management
of the 2010 Soccer World Cup rail projects. In January 2008, Sandile moved to Simeka Consultants and
Actuaries as the technical investment analyst. Here Sandile provided technical support and contributions to
the asset consulting team in the lines of investment portfolio analysis, strategy development, reports
preparations and investment presentations, corresponding with both internal and external stakeholders. From
June 2009 to June 2012, Sandile worked for Momentum Asset Consulting and Momentum Manager of
Managers in capacity as investment (client services) consultant responsible primarily for the implementation of
the delivery of established processes according to the business strategy, as well as being heavily involved on
the business development front. In July 2012, Sandile joined Liberty Corporate as their investment marketing
consultant for a short period before taking up the position of fund manager for Novare® Actuaries and
Consultants in September 2012, where he will be responsible for fund management as well as client relations
and servicing. Sandile has seven years‟ experience in the industry.
Yolè Ras| Fund Manager
Bcomm (Institutional Investments)
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Yolè started her career in financial services as accounts clerk for Immelman Ferreira
Incorporated in 2007 before moving to Jacques Malan Consultants and Actuaries as
investment specialist, where she has spent the past 4 years. During this time, she also
taught advanced mathematics on a part-time basis. Yolè is well versed in managing client relations, including
client investment policies and portfolio compliance. Yolè joined Novare® Actuaries and Consultants in
October 2012 in capacity as fund manager, working on the client relations and management front as well as
assisting the manager research team. She has five years‟ experience in the industry.
Nosibusiso Ndungane | Fund Manager
BComm (Accounting)
University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Nosibusiso started her career at ABSA bank as a learner banker in 2006 after graduating
from the University of Port Elizabeth. She was then appointed as a business analyst in the
bank‟s small business unit. Her responsibilities included analytical and administrative duties
from which she gained extensive experience in analysing business and personal client portfolios. Nosibusiso
joined Novare® in September 2008 as an investment analyst and is a member of the manager research due
diligence team, with primary responsibilities in quantitative and qualitative reporting. She has six years‟
experience in the industry.
Samantha Adams | Fund Administrator
BComm (Information Systems)
University of Western Cape, South Africa
Samantha started her career in 2002 as a secretary for Bell‟s Security Services before
spending time at AMT Placement Services. She joined Novare® in January 2003 as a
secretary and in 2006 moved to the fund administration division. She is responsible for
client reporting and pricing within the fund consulting division. Samantha completed her BComm degree in
2010 at the University of the Western Cape. She has nine years‟ experience in the industry.
Nuraan Desai | Fund Administrator
Nuraan started her career in 1994 in the secretarial field. In 1998 she joined Absa Trust and
Investment Services as a personal assistant in the sales department. In 2000 she moved
within Absa to the fund managers‟ division and in 2004 to the IT support division as an
administrative assistant. Subsequently she became a wealth support officer in the Absa
Private Bank Family Office. She joined Novare® in April 2008 as a fund administrator and is
responsible for client reporting and pricing within the fund consulting division. Nuraan has 14 years‟
experience in the industry.
Novare® Investments
Marius Kilian | CEO
B.IURIS | LL.B | Post Gradute Diploma (Financial Planning) | Admitted as an Attorney by
the Cape High Court
University of the Free State, South Africa
Marius is a qualified attorney, having graduated from the University of the Free State in
South Africa. In 1996 Marius joined Old Mutual as a legal advisor. In 1999, Marius joined
Citadel Investment Services as a portfolio planner focusing on the structuring and implementation of
investment solutions for private clients. He later moved to their fiduciary and tax department. Marius joined
TriAlpha Asset Management (London based Asset Manager) in 2001, where he headed up their South African
operations. In 2003 Marius joined RMB Private Bank, where he spent eight years, starting as a divisional
manager mandated to set up a banking centre in the Northern Peninsula of Cape Town. After two years
Marius was promoted to the executive committee of RMB Private Bank. He was responsible for creating a
service offering for clients at the top end of the Private bank‟s client segmentation. During this period Marius
was instrumental in creating a full service private advisory offering that included specialised lending, wealth
management, and transactional banking teams. Marius joined Novare® in March 2011 as CEO, of Novare®
Investments and has 17 years‟ experience in the industry.
Francois Cilliers | Chief Investment Officer
BBusSc (Hons) | MSc (UK) | CFA | CAIA
University of Cape Town, South Africa & University of Bath School of Management
Studies, UK
Francois began his career in 1999 at Equinox Fund Management and in 2002 he joined
Pioneer Alternative Investments (UK) working on their fund of hedge fund portfolios. In 2005
he joined Barclays Capital (UK) as manager, where he was responsible for the risk management and due
diligence of Barclays Capital‟s global fund of hedge funds‟ portfolios within their fund-linked derivatives
division. Francois gained valuable experience overseeing all aspects of the daily fund management of
external and international mutual funds, hedge funds and fund of funds. He joined Novare® in July 2008 as
Portfolio Manager and in 2011 was appointed as CIO of Novare® Investments. Francois is a CFA charterholder,
CAIA charterholder and has completed the SA and UK Registered Persons Exams. He has 13 years‟ experience
in the industry.
Carla de Waal | Head of Funds of Hedge Funds
BComm (Actuarial Science) | CFA
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Carla joined Novare® in 2002 after completing her BComm (Actuarial Science) degree at
the University of Pretoria. She currently heads up the Funds of Hedge Funds division of
Novare® and has been part of the Mayibentsha® Funds of Funds team since its inception in
April 2003. Carla is also a member of the team responsible for manager research, portfolio management and
alternative investment risk management within the Novare® Group. Carla oversees the annual Novare®
Investments South African Hedge Fund Survey and regularly writes educational articles for the press. Carla is a
CFA charterholder and has nine years‟ experience in the industry.
Ronnie Retief | Head of Multi-Management
B.Tech Business Administration | Post-Grad Dip. Financial Planning
Cape Peninsula University of Technology, University of Free State
Ronnie started his career in 1994 with Sanlam Investments and joined BoE Bank in 1996 as a
bond trader, where after he gained further experience between 1999 and 2002 at PSG
Investment Bank in a similar capacity. Ronnie joined Symmetry Multi-Manager in 2003 as a
fixed interest research analyst and portfolio transition manager responsible primarily for research. He spent a
further five years at Sanlam Multi Manager International (2006 to 2011) most recently as senior portfolio
manager on both institutional as well as retail multi-manager portfolios. Ronnie gained extensive experience in
fund manager research and was part of the asset allocation team. He has an in-depth understanding of
derivative and structured products as well as SRI investments. Ronnie joined Novare® Investments in September
2011 as head of the multi-manager team. He has 18 years‟ experience in the industry.
Francois van der Merwe | Head of Macro Research
BComm (Hons) (Quantitative Investment Management) | CFA
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Francois joined Novare® in January 2002 after completing his degree at the University of
Stellenbosch. He is responsible for portfolio management and research at Novare‟s
Nigerian subsidiary, First Guarantee Pension Limited as well as the co-management of
Novare‟s global portfolios, and economic market research as head of the House View Policy committee. He
has gained valuable experience on both the retail and institutional side of the business during his time with
Novare®, having previously been head of manager research where he performed quantitative and qualitative
analysis on asset managers and unit trusts. Francois is a CFA charterholder and has 10 years‟ experience in the
industry.
Melissa Zeeman | Operations Manager
BComm (Hons) (Accounting) | CA (SA)
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Melissa started her career in the investment management and funds division at KPMG Inc
where she completed her articles to qualify as a chartered accountant. During this period
Melissa gained valuable experience through statutory audits of asset managers, unit trusts,
pension and provident funds, hedge funds and property funds. Melissa joined Novare® in October 2010 as
operations manager. Her duties include all operational duties at Novare® including the hedge fund of funds,
multi-manager funds, unit trusts and offshore portfolios. Melissa is currently studying towards gaining her CFA
charterholder designation and has passed level 1. She has five years‟ experience in the industry.
Eugene Visagie | Portfolio Manager
MComm (Financial Risk Management)
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Eugene started his career after completing his Masters in Commerce at the University of
Stellenbosch as a lecturer in the Statistics and Actuarial Sciences department, where he is
still involved on a part time basis. In 2009 he joined Novare® as risk manager and was
appointed as portfolio manager in 2012. He is a member of the Funds of Hedge Funds team where his
responsibilities include portfolio construction, manager research, risk management as well as asset allocation.
Eugene has done extensive research on African financial markets, exchange traded funds, hedge funds and
private equity funds. This has resulted in a number of published articles as well as the inaugural Novare®
Investments Investing in Africa Survey. He is a regular speaker at industry conferences and an active
participant in industry representative forums.
Otshepeng Sokhela | Portfolio Risk Manager
BSci (Actuarial Science)
University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Otshepeng completed her Bachelor of Science at the University of the Witwatersrand in
2005. She started her career at Alexander Forbes Financial Services as an actuarial analyst
and was promoted internally at the end of 2006 to senior actuarial analyst. In May of 2008
Otshepeng moved to Stanlib Asset Management in the capacity of portfolio executive, where she was
responsible for Africa and Durban support and worked closely with consultants and fund managers focusing
on Africa wide portfolios. Following a decision to relocate to Cape Town, Otshepeng joined Novare® in May
2011 as an investment analyst and was promoted to portfolio risk manager in July 2012 in the funds of hedge
funds team. She is currently studying towards a CAIA qualification and has four years‟ experience in the
industry.
Keatlaretse Makoea | Investment Analyst
BComm (Statistics)
University of Northwest, South Africa
Keatlaretse began her career in 2005, as an investment administrator with Old Mutual Asset
Managers. She joined Cadiz Asset Management in 2006 as a client relation manager where
she gained experience in reporting, analysing and derivative instrument knowledge.
Keatlaretse was employed by Novare® from April 2007 to April 2009 as investment analyst and was part of the
Mayibentsha® Fund of Funds team. Her passion for social corporate responsibility led her to join “Dreams
Destined to Grow” to give back to the community through her involvement in youth development. During this
period Keatlaretse gained valuable experience in strategic planning, management and co-ordination and
also improved her interpersonal skills. She re-joined Novare® in August 2010 as an investment analyst within the
multi manager, offshore and manager research divisions of the business. Keatlaretse is based in Johannesburg
and has seven years‟ experience in the industry.
Francois Botha | Investment Analyst
MComm (Financial Risk Management)
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Francois joined Novare® as investment analyst in December 2010 after completing his
studies at the University of Stellenbosch focusing on mathematical statistics and financial risk
management. Until recently he was a part-time lecturer in Statistics and Financial Theory.
Francois completed his thesis on “Measuring South African Equity Managers‟ Skills Using Portfolio Opportunity
Distributions” for which he received his Master‟s degree. During this period he conducted research into
innovative new methodologies for identifying and isolating manager and fund performance longevity.
Francois is an active member of the manager research team and assists with the due diligence of Novare‟s
local as well as international fund offerings, as well as with multi-manager portfolio management and quants
reporting.
Marina Rogers-Adendorff | Senior Operational Analyst
BEcon
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
After completing her degree at Stellenbosch, Marina started her career at Sanlam as a
client service assistant. She joined Tasc Administration in 1997 as a portfolio administrator
and later as senior pricing administrator. In 2003 she was appointed operations manager in
charge of the bank reconciliation department. She joined Novare® in May 2005 and is responsible for client
reporting and pricing on the Mayibentsha® Fund of Funds, the multi-manager and global portfolios. Marina has
15 years‟ experience in the industry.
Noma Ntlemeza | Fund Administrator
BComm
University of Western Cape, South Africa
Noma spent five years with the Cape Metropolitan Council as an administrative assistant,
after which she joined Old Mutual as a fund accountant in September 2000. She joined
Novare® in September 2004 as a fund administrator responsible for the pricing of the
Mayibentsha® Fund of Funds and the multi-manager portfolios. She has 11 years‟ experience in the industry.
Novare® Equity Partners
Derrick Roper | CEO
Bcomm | FASSA | FIA
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Derrick Roper is a qualified actuary, having graduated from the University of Stellenbosch in
South Africa as well as being a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in England. Before joining
Novare® he worked for a number of large financial services companies in South Africa
including Sanlam and Gensec Asset Management. He spent some time in the United Kingdom where he
gained experience in investment product development for the pension fund market. Derrick co-founded
Novare® in October 2000. He is also a regular commentator on fund industry topics in financial media and has
addressed numerous conferences across the globe. As CEO of Novare® Equity Partners, his areas of particular
expertise include asset-liability matching, strategic asset allocation, as well as alternative investments and
private equity in Southern and Sub-Saharan Africa. He has 20 years‟ experience in the industry.
Derrick is an executive director on the board of directors for Novare® Holdings.
Deon Bruwer | Head of African Property
ND (Civil Engineering) | MBA
Open University Business School, UK
Deon began his career in civil engineering in 1995 in the United Kingdom. Before joining
Novare® he worked for a number of large international companies in South Africa, UK,
Poland and Nigeria in capacity as project manager or business development manager.
Since 2005 he has been involved in large scale property developments on the African continent including with
Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd (Properties). Deon joined Novare® in December 2009 and is responsible for
identifying and closing viable property investment opportunities in Africa, as well as being development
manager of the Grand Towers Africa Property Fund. Deon has more than 17 years‟ experience in business
development and project management and travels frequently into Africa to identify and manage property
developments. Deon is a board member of South Africa‟s Nigeria Chamber of Commerce as well as a
founding member of The Real Estate Board of Nigeria.
Pierre Groenewald | Chief Investment Officer
BAccounting (Hons) CA (SA) | CFA
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Pierre started his career doing his articles at PricewaterhouseCoopers before being
promoted to manager of the Paarl branch. He spent time in the UK from 2001 to 2004
working for Credit Suisse First Boston where he gained valuable international experience in
risk management, asset valuation and the accounting of proprietary and market-making portfolios. Pierre
joined Novare® in 2005 as a member of the teams managing the Mayibentsha® Fund of Funds and the multi-
manager portfolios responsible for operational due diligence and the structuring of existing and new products.
He is still actively involved on the Mayibentsha® Fund of Funds Investment Committee. His current duties also
include operations and financial structuring of the underlying investments of the Grand Towers Africa Fund.
Pierre is a CFA charterholder and has 12 years‟ experience in the industry.
Elzaan Kotze | Chief Financial Officer
BAcc (Hons) | CA (SA) | MAcc (Tax)
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Elzaan started her accounting career at Rademeyer Wesson where she completed her
articles in 2002. In 2003 she was offered the position of finance manager for ABSA Private
Bank Family Office. Her duties included assisting high net worth clients with regards to their
assets and she dealt with all aspects of accountancy, financial management and taxes. Elzaan joined
Novare® in July 2006. She was financial director of the group responsible for the overall financial
management. Elzaan moved over to Novare® Equity Partners in June 2012 as chief financial officer. She is
responsible for the day to day financial operations of the company and the underlying investments. She has 12
years‟ experience in the industry.
Zandisile Mabuya | Senior Investment Analyst
BComm (Accounting)
Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa
Zandisile‟s career began in 2001 working as data capturer for Nedcor‟s American Express
Division as well as teaching accountancy at Verney College. In 2003, he moved to Profile
Media as corporate researcher compiling fundamental research data on JSE listed
companies before joining Brait Specialised Funds in 2005 as a trainee research analyst working with one of the
Brait hedge funds. Zandisile joined BJM Securities as an equity sales trader later that year. Since 2007, Zandisile
has been with Legae Securities in capacity as equity investment research analyst initiating research coverage
on companies that operate in the telecommunications and food producing sectors. He joins Novare® Equity
Partners in April 2012 as Senior Investment Analyst responsible for conducting research on potential investment
opportunities. He is a CFA candidate and is currently studying towards his charterholdership - Zandisile has 10
years‟ experience in the industry.
Pieter de Wet | Head of Research
BComm (Hons) (Economics)
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Pieter started his career in 2007 working as an index manager and analyst for FTSE in the
United Kingdom. His main responsibilities included Asian Pacific as well as worldwide indices.
Towards the end of 2008, he joined Novare® as investment analyst. Pieter was involved in the
manager research team as well as Novare‟s global funds. In 2010 he joined First Guarantee Pensions in Nigeria,
an affiliated company of Novare® where he worked as research analyst on their range of products before
migrating back into the Novare® Equity Partner division in 2011 as head of research, his primary area of interest.
Pieter is currently studying towards his MBA at the University of Stellenbosch Business School, he has 5 years‟
experience in the industry.
Craig Lyons | Chairman of Investment Committee
BComm (Economics) | Post Graduate in Finance and Economics (Oxford)
Craig worked for Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank (Corporate Finance and Private
Equity) for 5 years prior to joining Mvelaphanda Holdings in 1999. He is a co-founder and
CEO of Mvelaphanda Strategic Investments (Pty) Ltd in 2001. As CEO, he was responsible for
building and managing its investment portfolio of non-mining assets. He built Mvelaphanda into one of the
leading BEE investment houses in South Africa. Shortly after the merger with Rebserve he left Mvelaphanda
Group to pursue personal interests before re-joining the company in September 2007. He is an investment
banker with 18 years‟ experience in investment banking and private equity fund management. He sits on the
boards of various listed and private companies in Southern Africa and is actively engaged in private equity
investments. He was on the board of Broll Property Company for 4 years and ApexHi Properties for 3 years. He
is currently the chairman of the investment committee within Novare® Equity Partners.
John MacKinnon | Business Development Manager
BComm (Banking) | Agriculture Diploma (Viticulture & Animal Production) | Bsc Agri
(Agric Economics) NF
University of Pretoria, Elsenburg Agricultural College and University of Stellenbosch,
South Africa
John‟s early career in varied part-time agricultural ventures included farming in Scotland, the USA and South
Africa as well as trading on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and SAFEX. John founded and acted as
managing director of IMPEX Treasury Solutions Pty (Ltd) for 6 years where his responsibilities included, amongst
others, Forex risk management for importers and exporters, pension fund managers and private individuals.
Since January 2011, John has been involved on a full time basis with Novare® Equity Partners on the African
development front, seeing his expertise being utilised in the development of retail malls and the management
of pension funds in Nigeria, as well as in new business ventures.
Novare® Holdings
Johan Henn | CEO
MComm (Economics) | MBA
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Johan started his career in financial services in 1984 at Volkskas Bank. In 1988 he moved to
the National Manpower Commission as an economist where he was responsible for
economic research on inflation, economic growth, unemployment and other macro-
economic variables. In 1989 Johan joined the Development Bank of Southern Africa as a senior project leader
where his key duties involved the appraisal and financing of urban development investment projects in
Southern Africa. In 1994 he joined Sanlam Asset Management, which later became Gensec Asset
Management where he gained experience as senior fund manager and head of business development, and
as manager of the investment portfolios of large pension and provident funds. Given his in-depth insight into
financial markets, Johan‟s particular strengths lie in structuring innovative solutions for clients. He is one of the
co-founders of Novare® and the CEO of Novare® Holdings. He is also is a member of the Economic Society of
South Africa. He has 28 years‟ experience in the financial services industry, 18 of which have been within the
asset management industry.
Johan is an executive director on the board of directors for Novare® Holdings.
Lulamile Makasi | Head of Business Development
BSci (Mathematics) | BComm (Hons) | MBL
University of Western Cape & University of South Africa
Lulamile started his career in the Woolworths‟ Financial Services Risk Department where he
worked as a data analyst for Woolworths Card, Unit Trust and Credit Card customers. He
spent four years in investments at Momentum and Metropolitan before joining Novare® in
2003 with the primary responsibility of client consulting. He left Novare® in May 2005 to join Stanlib in
Johannesburg where he was responsible for marketing and strategizing on the retail money market fund.
Based in Johannesburg, Lulamile re-joined Novare® in May 2006 and is responsible for new business for the
entire range of Novare® services. He has 13 years‟ experience in the industry.
Marina van Til | Head of Marketing
Marina started her career in financial services as business development manager for
Mercantile Professional Banking where she spent five years focusing on the private bank
lending market. In 1999 she joined Coronation Fund Managers as an account manager in
the retail unit trust division. She joined Novare® in 2004 as Head of Marketing to develop
and direct marketing and communications capabilities and strategies to support business
growth for the Novare® Group as well as for all its business units. She is also responsible for coordinating the
overall direction and management of marketing, brand and event management, media communication as
well as external and internal corporate communication. In addition she assists with business development on
the Mayibentsha® Fund of Funds. She has 17 years‟ experience in the industry.
Christo Fourie | Head of Information Technology
Christo has gained extensive information‟s technology experience working in the field since
1999, where he started as a Y2K technician for Sanlam. He has subsequently worked for a
range of companies, including freelancing for Quattro Asset Management where he
handled the design and updates of websites, as well as The Foschini Group on the POS
development front. From 2006 until now he has honed his expertise as network
administrator/ technical team leader for IDS Alternate Fund Services. Christo joined Novare® Holdings as head
of information technology in May 2011, where he manages all IT related services required by the company.
Christo has completed various courses some of which include: MCSE (NT4) at the Bellville ITT Centre, and Web
Design; I-net+ at Netscope Training.
Aurial Jordaan | Compliance Officer
LLB (Tax) | Certificate in Compliance Management
University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Aurial started her career in 2000 at Old Mutual as a legal advisor for Investment Frontiers
and Fairbairn Capital. Her duties included providing legal and technical support to staff
and assisting with various legal projects. In 2004 Aurial moved to Old Mutual‟s Celestis
Broker Services and Masthead Association as compliance officer where she was responsible for establishing
and embedding all compliance functions and reporting procedures. Aurial has extensive experience in
identifying compliance processes in order to achieve the goals set out in various pieces of legislation. She
joined Novare® in November 2007 and is responsible for all of the compliance functions of the Novare® Group.
Aurial is a member of the Compliance Institute of South Africa and has four years‟ experience as a legal
advisor and eight years‟ as compliance officer.
Nancy Hoepner | Marketing Coordinator
BA (Hons)
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Nancy started her career as a freelancer in 2006 working predominantly for educational
publications and in the wedding and events industry. She successfully designed and
coordinated over 20 weddings between 2006 and 2008 and was featured in the October
2009 issue of Destiny magazine for her work in this regard. Nancy permanently joined ECHO Events and
Conferences in August 2007 as Senior Project Manager, managing client portfolios such as Emirates Airlines,
Cadiz Financial Holdings and De Beers Marine. In June 2009 she joined Kalk Bay Foods as Project Manager for
the El Corte Ingles 2010 SA-Spanish Promotion, and after successful completion remained at the company as
New Product Concept Developer involving client liaising with Globus, Woolworths and Pick „n Pay. In
September 2010 she started her own business, LIV Events and Projects with Novare® as one of her clients.
Nancy joined Novare® in January 2011 as marketing coordinator assisting with the coordination of the overall
direction and management of marketing, brand and event management, media communication as well as
external and internal corporate communication.
Henk Olivier | Financial Manager
BAcc (Hons) (Accounting) | CA(SA)
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Henk started his accounting career at Rademeyer Wesson where he completed his articles.
In 2011 he was offered the position of audit manager where he acted in a managerial role
over multiple audit teams. In November 2011 Henk joined Raiel Group as financial
controller. He has extensive experience in auditing of the financial services sector. He joined Novare in August
2012 as financial manager responsible for the overall financial management of the Novare® group. Henk has
four years‟ experience in the industry and is a qualified chartered accountant.
Andromeda Jooste | Accountant
BAccounting | BCompt (Hons)
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Andromeda obtained her BAccounting degree at the University of Stellenbosch and
continued on to complete her BCompt (Hons) at the University of South Africa. She began
her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she completed articles in 2007.
Andromeda joined Novare® in May 2008 and is responsible for all aspects of accounting and in assisting the
financial director. She is a member of the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA).
Andromeda has eight years‟ experience in the industry.