COURTNEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT - Key Persons
Arthur was employed at SMK as Derivatives Broker in 1994, Director and Head of Derivatives Trading in 1998 and later Director at BOE Securities and Nedbank Capital until 2008, where he was Head of Derivatives Trading. Instrumental in the success of the fledging SSF market and development of CFDs in South Africa. He has been on the JSE new products and advisory committee before taking up residence in the UK.
Arthur was a regular commentator on radio and television where his outspoken and contrarian views often resulted in heated debate. He has a Bachelors degree, majoring in Mathematics & Economics and spent 4 years teaching Math at Parktown Boys High School where he also led the team that won the JSE stock exchange challenge.
Barend joined the team in 2013. He previously worked at Old Mutual and Fairbairn Capital as an investment specialist where his focus was providing elite clients with the best investment options - both local and offshore - while building professional relationships with his clients and being fully transparent on their investment portfolios.
He was part of the best investment team in the northern region for Old Mutual in 2012, and completed a National qualification in financial planning in this time. He has also completed his registered securities broker qualification and his RPE, RE exams.
Esther heads the marketing and administrative systems and processes at Courtney Capital. She holds a BA Degree in Communications and has 14 years experience in Stock Market Education, having previously worked at Sharedirect, a company providing stock market education to retail clients. Esther is fluent in English, Afrikaans and German and she is always friendly and ready to help.
Marc obtained his B Comm in Finance and Honours in investment management from the University of Johannesburg. He has also completed his JSE RPE exams. Marc is very competitive and success driven. He was a part of the UJ Investment Honours Equity Analyst winners and has a passion for the financial markets.
B.Comm Accounting Graduate. 20 Years experience in South African Institutional Broking Industry. Integral part of USB Trading and Research house for 7 years and Equity Trader at Nedcor securities for 11 years.
Nico matriculated from Paul Roos in 2000, and he holds a BComm degree in Marketing & Statistics from Stellenbosch. He also has RPE, RE and CEA accreditations and is a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society.
Nico spent 3 years with Afrifocus Securities before moving to Courtney Capital, now acting as trading platforms specialist and pairs trading manager. Nico is a JSE Registered Equities, Forex and Derivatives Trader and also qualified in Money Market and Agricultural Derivatives.
Ryan got his B Com from Wits majoring in Finance. He joined BJM on the index arbitrage desk and made markets on SSF and has been involved in the markets for 15 years.
Sheldon originates from Durban and studied a Bcom at Tuks with a major in Economics, before doing a course in in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management through UNISA. He is currently doing his honours in Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management through UCT and will be writing his JSE exams (Equities, Forex and Derivatives) this year. He previously worked at Investec in Private Banking.
Wayne is one of Courtney Capital's proprietary traders. He has 7 years market experience, is a JSE Registered Equities Trader and completed his RE exams. Wayne trades mainly Top 40 Equity Derivatives and he uses a combination of technical and fundamental analysis.
Job Titles:
- Director & Head of Derivatives
Willem holds a B Comm (Hons) Degree from Potchefstroom and has over 10 years' experience in managing client funds. He has extensive knowledge in the field of options trading and utilises various unique strategies in order to enhance portfolio returns, while striving to minimise inherent and systemic risk. Willem has been actively trading since 1994 and managing client portfolios since 2001.