South Africa - Institutional
Our Investment Professionals
Coronation has one of the most stable and experienced investment teams in South Africa.
We are one of the only investment teams in the world with three former chief investment officers still actively managing money. We operate as an integrated global team headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.
Research is integral to our investment process. We have challenged the industry model by assigning research responsibilities to all our portfolio managers. Thus our most experienced investment minds are tasked with analysing opportunities. In addition, our analysts are not assigned specific industries or geographies, but research different companies in a variety of industries and across different geographies. As a result, our investment professionals can ‘price profit and risk’ across asset classes, sectors and geographies, which results in better-constructed portfolios for clients.
Over the years we have developed and nurtured a culture of teamwork, performance and excellence, balancing the benefits of rich and diverse debate with an emphasis on individual accountability. We have a flat structure and operate as a meritocracy where anyone (irrespective of position or title) will be recognised for work well done.
South African Equity & Multi-Asset Class
- Karl Leinberger
24 years' experience - Quinton Ivan
19 years' experience - Neville Chester
27 years' experience - Sarah-Jane Alexander
21 years' experience - Nic Stein
16 years' experience - Nicholas Hops
11 years' experience
South African Absolute Return Funds
- Pallavi Ambekar
22 years' experience - Charles de Kock
39 years' experience - Neill Young
26 years' experience
Fixed Interest
- Nishan Maharaj
22 years' experience - Adrian van Pallander
23 years' experience - Seamus Vasey
21 years' experience - Steve Janson
18 years' experience - Mauro Longano
14 years' experience - Sinovuyo Ndaleni
9 years' experience
Karl Leinberger
24 years' experience
BBusSc, CFA
Karl is Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and manager of Coronation's Houseview strategies. He joined Coronation in 2000 as an equity analyst, was made Head of Research in 2005 and became CIO in 2008. Karl has 24 years' investment experience.
Quinton Ivan
19 years' experience
BBusSc, BCom (Hons), CA (SA), CFA
Quinton is Head of Coronation's Core Equity Strategy. He also co-manages the Presidio Hedge Fund and is responsible for analysing South African equities. He joined Coronation in 2005 and has 19 years' investment experience.
Neville Chester
27 years' experience
BCom, CA (SA), CFA
Neville is a senior member of the investment team with 27 years' investment experience. He manages Coronation's Aggressive Equity Strategy and is co-manager of the Coronation Top 20 and Market Plus unit trust funds.
Sarah-Jane Alexander
21 years' experience
BBusSc, CFA
Sarah-Jane is a portfolio manager and analyst in the South African Equity team at Coronation. She co-manages our institutional Houseview strategies, as well as our Balanced Plus, Equity and SA Equity unit trust funds. Sarah-Jane joined Coronation in 2008 and has 21 years' investment experience.
Nic Stein
16 years' experience
BBusSc, CA (SA), CFA
Nicholas is an analyst and portfolio manager in the South African Equity team at Coronation. He co-manages our institutional Aggressive Equity and Managed strategies, the Multi-Strategy Arbitrage Hedge Fund as well as the Coronation Resources, Top 20 and Market Plus unit trust funds. Nic joined Coronation in January 2009 and has 16 years' investment experience.
Nicholas Hops
11 years' experience
BBusSc, CFA
Nicholas is Head of South African Equity Research and a portfolio manager at Coronation. He co-manages the Industrial and Resources unit trust funds. Nicholas joined Coronation in 2014 and has 11 years' investment experience.
Pallavi Ambekar
22 years' experience
BBusSc, CA (SA), CFA
Pallavi is Head of Absolute Return at Coronation and a portfolio manager across all strategies in this unit. She is also responsible for analysing South African equities. Pallavi joined Coronation in 2003 and has 22 years' investment experience.
Charles de Kock
39 years' experience
BCom (Hons), MCom
Charles is a portfolio manager in the South African Equity team at Coronation. He co-manages all Absolute Return Strategies. Charles joined Coronation in 2005 and has more than 39 years' investment experience.
Neill Young
26 years' experience
BBusSc, CA (SA), CFA
Neill is an analyst and portfolio manager in the South African Equity team at Coronation. He co-manages Coronation's Absolute Return Strategies and the Financial unit trust fund. Neill joined Coronation in 1998 and has more than 26 years' investment experience.
Nishan Maharaj
22 years' experience
BSc (Hons), MBA
Nishan is Head of Fixed Interest at Coronation and a portfolio manager across all fixed interest strategies. He joined Coronation in 2012 has 22 years' investment experience.
Adrian van Pallander
23 years' experience
BScEng, HTSdip, CFA, FRM
Adrian is an analyst and portfolio manager in the Fixed Interest team at Coronation. He co-manages the Flexible Fixed Income, Strategic Bond, Strategic Cash and Medical Aid Cash strategies. He joined Coronation in 2002 and has 23 years' investment experience.
Seamus Vasey
21 years' experience
BCom (Hons), MSc, CFA
Seamus is a fixed interest and property analyst and portfolio manager in the Fixed Interest team at Coronation. He co-manages our Active Bond, Flexible Fixed Income and Strategic Bond strategies, as well as our Bond unit trust and Granite Hedge Fund. He is also responsible for our Global Bond and Global Strategic Income strategies. Seamus joined Coronation in 2015 and has 21 years' investment experience.
Steve Janson
18 years' experience
BBusSc
Steve is a portfolio manager and analyst within the Fixed Interest investment unit, with 18 years' investment experience. Steve's current responsibilities include fixed income and property research responsibilities as well as co-managing the Coronation Active Bond Strategy and Coronation Bond unit trust fund.
Mauro Longano
14 years' experience
BScEng (Hons), CA (SA)
Mauro is a portfolio manager and head of Fixed Interest research. He co-manages various fixed income strategies for institutional and retail clients. Mauro joined Coronation in 2014 and has 14 years' investment industry experience.
Sinovuyo Ndaleni
9 years' experience
BBusSc
Sinovuyo is an analyst and portfolio manager in the Fixed Interest team at Coronation. She co-manages our Medical Aid Cash and Strategic Cash Strategies, as well as our Defensive Income and Money Market unit trust funds. Sinovuyo joined Coronation in 2016 and has nine years' investment experience.
International Equity & Multi-Asset Funds
- Neil Padoa
16 years' experience - Louis Stassen
35 years' experience - Tony Gibson
44 years' experience
Emerging Markets
- Gavin Joubert
25 years' experience - Suhail Suleman
22 years' experience - Iakovos Mekios
11 years' experience - Lisa Haakman
18 years' experience
Global Frontier Markets
- Peter Leger
27 years' experience - Gregory Longe
11 years' experience - Floris Steenkamp
10 years' experience
Neil Padoa
16 years' experience
BEconSc, FFA, CFA
Neil is Head of Global Developed Markets and a portfolio manager at Coronation. He manages the Global Capital Plus, Global Equity and Global Managed. Neil joined Coronation in 2012 and has 16 years' investment experience.
Louis Stassen
35 years' experience
BSc, BCom (Hons), CFA
Louis is a founding member and former Chief Investment Officer of Coronation. He has 35 years' investment experience and is a key decision maker within the global investment team.
Tony Gibson
44 years' experience
BCom
Tony is a founding member and a former Chief Investment Officer of Coronation. He has 44 years' investment experience.
Gavin Joubert
25 years' experience
BBusSc, CA (SA), CFA
Gavin Joubert is Head of Global Emerging Markets and a portfolio manager at Coronation. He manages the Global Emerging Markets Equity Strategy and the Global Optimum Growth unit trust fund. Gavin joined Coronation in 1999 and has more than 25 years' investment experience.
Suhail Suleman
22 years' experience
BBusSc, CFA
Suhail is a portfolio manager and joint-Head of Global Emerging Markets research. He manages the Coronation Emerging Markets Diversified Equity Fund and is co-manager of the Global Emerging Markets Equity Strategy and the Global Emerging Markets Flexible unit trust fund. Suhail joined Coronation in 2007 and has 22 years' investment experience.
Iakovos Mekios
11 years' experience
Ptychion (BSc), MIA, IMC, CFA
Iakovos is a portfolio manager and joint-Head of Global Emerging Markets Research. He co-manages the Global Emerging Markets strategy as well as the Global Emerging Markets Flexible unit trust fund. He joined Coronation in 2013 and has 11 years of asset management experience.
Lisa Haakman
18 years' experience
BAcc (Hons), HDipTax, CA (SA), CFA
Lisa is an equity analyst in the Global Emerging Markets investment unit and co-manages a portion of the Coronation Global Emerging Markets Diversified Equity Strategy. She has more than 18 years' investment experience and is a CFA charterholder.
Peter Leger
27 years' experience
BScEng, BCom (Hons), CFA
Peter is a portfolio manager and analyst in the Global team at Coronation. He is the lead portfolio manager for the Africa Frontiers Strategy and is also responsible for analysing developed market stocks. He joined Coronation in 2005 and has 27 years' investment experience.
Gregory Longe
11 years' experience
BBusSc, CA (SA), CFA
Greg is an analyst and portfolio manager in the Global team at Coronation. He co-manages the Africa Frontiers Strategy and is also responsible for analysing developed market stocks. He joined Coronation in 2013 and has over 11 years' investment experience.
Floris Steenkamp
10 years' experience
BAcc (Hons), CA (SA), CFA
Floris is an analyst and portfolio manager in the Global team at Coronation. He co-manages the Africa Frontiers Strategy and is also responsible analysing developed market stocks. He joined Coronation in 2014 and has 10 years' investment experience.