NOVARE - Key Persons
Experienced Human Resources Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Human Resources, HR Administration, Payments and Finance.
I have a good human resources profession with a HR Bachelor of Technology (BTech) focused in Human Resources Management from Cape Peninsula University of Technology. I started my working career at Liberty Holdings as a Finance Assistant as I gained my strengths in Finance. I completed my degree part-time at Cape Peninsula of Cape Town in 2016. During that time, I was an HR Administrator at The RCS Group. I moved around within the HR Team and gained knowledge in all areas from Administration, payroll, leave specialist, consulting and Learning and Development. In 2017 I became an HR Generalist within the HR Team. I Joined Novare in October 2019 as the HR Consultant. Her responsibility is to oversee the whole Novare Group from an HR perspective. I have 6years HR Experience
Anien started her career in 2013 at PKF Rademeyer Wesson, a medium sized Audit Firm in Cape Town where after she completed her articles in 2015.
Anien joined Novare Equity Partners in January 2016 as financial manager and is responsible for the day-to-day financial management of investment companies in Africa.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Operations Team
- Investment Support Officer
Avela started her career in 2004 as a fund assistant and fund administrator for Old Mutual Administration Services (OMFAS) working on unit trust fund administration, offshore companies, retailing and individuals.
She moved to JP Morgan in 2007 as a reconciliation specialist working on both foreign and local accounts. Avela spent a short period at Curo Fund Services in the same position before joining Novare in January 2013 as investment support officer responsible for the administration and pricing of multi-manager portfolios and unit trusts.
In May 2015 Avela transferred to Novare Capital as investment support officer. She is now the Fund/Investment Analyst in the Unit Trust Department. She is currently doing her Post Grad diploma in Business Administration with MANCOSA and has 16 years' experience in the industry.
Ayotunde Adesulu heads the Leasing Team for NPDN. Prior to joining Novare, Ayotunde worked as an Estate Surveyor and Valuer at Dan Odiete & Co, Abuja, and as a retail leasing consultant in Broll Property Nigeria as a Broker, Senior Retail Broker and Ass. Head, Retail Leasing.
Ayotunde He has over 5 years working experience with various retail and commercial industries.
He has acquired experience in retail and commercial leasing as well as property management from working on various portfolios with ACA (Africa Capital Alliance), Resilient Africa, Actis and Hyprop who own various developments across Nigeria and Africa.
Barry qualified as a chartered accountant in 1995 after completing articles at Price Waterhouse. He went on to work at Protea Assurance as the group's financial internal auditor, before joining The Kitchen & Cupboard Factory in August 1996 as general and financial manager. In this role, he was responsible for the marketing, human resources, and financial management functions of the business whose activities included the design, manufacture, and installation of furniture.
Barry worked for Vilko Agricultural Retail Suppliers for two years until April 2011 as retail trade manager before joining Star grow Group as group financial and business manager. Prior to joining Novare Equity Partners on 1 August 2017, he worked for Famous Brands as an operations and financial manager. He has 26 years' experience in the financial industry. Barry is based in Mozambique and recently moved from being centre manager to country head for Mozambique.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Managing Director
Benedict spent the earlier part of his career in corporate and investment banking with ABSA Bank and Standard Bank. He later moved to the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) where he has worked for the past seven years. He is a seasoned investment professional with more than 19 years' experience in the financial services sector and worked across a range of different asset classes. Benedict also served on the Boards of various investee companies while at the PIC and has a keen interest to invest in businesses that follow best practices in Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") aspects while maximizing stakeholder value.
He holds an MBA from Wits Business School, as well as a BCom in Accounting, Financial Service Diploma, amongst other financial qualifications. The title of his MBA dissertation was "The impact of corporate credit ratings' change on equity prices of JSE listed firms" and it was published in the proceedings of the European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance. It also continues to be cited by global academic scholars with interest in emerging markets credit ratings. He is a Certified Associate of the Institute of Bankers (CAIB(SA)) and a member of the Institute of Directors (M.Inst.D)
Benedict joined the Novare in July 2019 as the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Novare Investment Solutions, the merged Novare Investments and Novare Actuaries and Consultants. Pursuant to the resolution by the Novare Group to expand their alternative investments franchise which led to the launch of the first domestic impact fund, Benedict was appointed as the Managing director of Novare Impact Investment Partners, the newly established private equity fund manager established with the primary mandate to manage the Novare SA Impact fund.
Butsha obtained her Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting from Nelson Mandela University in 2018. She started her career as trainee accountant at Wilder Lockitch in 2020 in Audit & Assurance and Taxation. She gained exposure in audits, compilation engagements and accounting functions, review engagements and taxation. She joined Novare in August 2023 after completing her SAICA articles.
Cebile has just over a decade's accounting experience. She is a Non-Executive Director of Novare Holdings. Cebile currently assuming overall financial responsibility for Ata Capital and its subsidiaries, including investment support and monitoring and reporting.
Prior to joining Ata Capital, she was Finance Manager at Instinctif Partners - a global communications consultancy - where she was responsible for the financial management of the South African office and financial reporting to the London office. Cebile also worked for Vantage Capital Group as a Financial Accountant for almost four years, where she gained significant expertise in investment accounting and investor reporting.
Job Titles:
- Head of Legal - Novare Property Development Nigeria
Chineme Onuoma heads the Legal Team and is the Company Secretary of NPDN. Prior to joining Novare, Chineme practiced in the law firm of Kenna Partners (a top tier law firm in Nigeria) before leaving as the Head of the Corporate and Commercial Unit of the firm to join First Bank of Nigeria Limited. Chineme's interest in finance and investment law was honed at the bank.
Chineme is dynamic but specializes in private equity, finance and investment law, corporate structuring, real estate law and asset management. Chineme has represented and provided advisory services to several foreign investors in Nigeria and brings to bare his expertise and experience in leading the legal team in Novare.
Chineme co-authored the book, Company Secretary's Guide on Corporate Governance (a publication of the Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria, an institution he was the company secretary).
After matriculating at Hoërskool Overvaal in 1987, Christo completed a Higher Teachers Diploma. He worked as a teacher from 1993 until 2004 at Hoërskool Dr E G Jansen where he also managed the Rugby Academy.
Between 1993 and 1996, Christo also played professional rugby for Transvaal, now known as the Lions. He played over 50 Currie Cup games, including winning the Currie Cup in 1993. After leaving the teaching professional, Christo was involved in managing timber and wood products companies. He joined Novare Equity Partners in June 2017 as centre manager based in Lusaka, Zambia.
Christopher started his career in 2006 at HLB Marx Gore, a small Audit Firm in Cape Town and later completed his articles at Mazars Johannesburg where he qualified as a chartered accountant.
After completing his articles Christopher stayed on as an audit senior, managing the audits of listed and unlisted companies until joining Netcare Limited in June 2012 as internal auditor at Netcare's Group Risk, Audit and Forensic Services Division. His main responsibilities included conducting operational, financial and IT audits over Netcare's South African operations. Christopher joined Novare Equity Partners in June 2016 as financial manager for the Nigerian operations. In 2019 he was promoted to Head of Finance for the Novare Group and then became Chief Financial Officer.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Non - Executive Director
Experienced and accomplished investment banker and businessman with extensive strategic, management and finance experience in various industries having built up and led a number of leading businesses in Africa. He actively participates as an independent director on various company boards, committees and investment funds.
Craig worked for Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank (Investment Banking) for prior to co-founding Mvelaphanda Strategic Investments where he was responsible for building and managing its investment portfolio of property, financial services, infrastructure, technology, telecommunications, engineering, healthcare and engineering assets and investments.
As CEO, he built Mvelaphanda into one of the leading BEE investment houses in South Africa with assets in excess of R26 billion. Shortly after the merger with Rebserve he left Mvelaphanda to pursue building and acquiring a range of businesses.
Craig is a director of Novare Equity Partners, a private equity company focussed on managing two Sub-Saharan private property funds, with completed developments in Nigeria, Mozambique and Zambia.
Daniella successfully completed a 3-year International Travel and Tourism Diploma through The City and Guilds of London Institute, a Bookkeeping course through UCT and more recently a Commercial and Contract Law course through UCT. Daniella joined Novare Property Development in February 2016 as lease administrator and English/Portuguese translator. She has five years' experience in the Africa Retail Industry.
Derrick Roper - Chief Investment Officer, Managing Director
Job Titles:
- Chief Investment Officer
- Executive Director
- Managing Director
Derrick Roper is a qualified actuary. He graduated from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in England.
Before he co-founded Novare Derrick 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 in the pension fund market.
Derrick co-founded Novare in October 2000. He is a regular commentator on industry topics in the financial media and has addressed numerous conferences across the globe. Derrick's areas of expertise include asset-liability matching, strategic asset allocation, alternative investments and private equity investments in sub-Saharan Africa.
Derrick's tendency to innovate in product development saw Novare launch the first South African Fund of Hedge Funds in 2003, and subsequently, the first Novare Africa Property Fund in 2010. Derrick is the Chief Investment Officer of the Novare Group and the Managing Director of Novare Equity Partners, a private equity firm investing exclusively in Sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa.
Dick is passionate about financial markets, he studied finance at the University of Stellenbosch, completing his BCom Honours degree in Financial Management in 2019. Upon completion of this degree, he received a Golden Key International Honour Society invite. To further develop his knowledge and skills he enrolled to complete the CFA Program, becoming a Charter holder in 2023.
He started his professional career as a Trainee Fund Accountant in 2020 at Apex Group, before joining Definitive Capital Management as a Portfolio Analyst in 2022. Here he was part of the investment team that managed a global diversified portfolio of investments as well as local equity portfolios. Having gained in-depth and valuable experience in the asset management field, Dick has joined Novare Investments in February 2024.
Donovan started his career in 2009 at USS Graphics as an account assistant, while completing his BCOM Banking Management degree at Milpark School of Business. He then moved to Maitland in 2016 as an administrator before moving to the Hedge Fund team in 2017, where he later became a Senior Hedge fund accountant.
He later moved onto Riscura as an Investment Compliance Analyst in 2019, where his duties included Reg 28, Reg 30 analysis and reporting, as well as assisting with FSB submissions, annual audit support data, and various other Ad hoc analysis interpretation and analysis of portfolio data and investment reports. In December 2021, he joined Novare as an Operations Administrator.
Job Titles:
- Executive
- Personal Assistant
Eleni started her career at Bowes McDougall Attorneys in 1989 before joining Fiveash, Marsberg & Edwards Attorneys in 1991 as conveyancing and litigating secretary. She went on to hold similar positions at several law firms including Bisset Boehmke McBlain, Heyns & Partners Inc, Miltons Matsemela, De Klerk & Van Gend, CK Friedlander Shandling Volks Inc. and Bill Tolken Hendrikse Inc.
She joined Novare Equity Partners in October 2013 as executive personal assistant to the MD.
Job Titles:
- Electrical Engineer
- Registered Professional Engineer
Emile joined Novare in January 202. His role will be specifically to better the quality of electrical power to developments on the African continent.
EMILE has 13 years of electrical design and construction in the built environment as a consultant have led to a wide spread of experienced gained from normal transmission and distribution networks for new developments to the control and automation required for city pump stations, research laboratories and Google buildings.
Emile is a registered professional engineer with a bachelor's degree in engineering from the Stellenbosch University. He is also a green star qualified professional engineer.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Operations Team
- Assistant Group Compliance & Legal Officer
Ernest started his career in Compliance in 2014 in the Banking industry. He was part of a team that conducted research and investigation into Politically Exposed Persons and performed Enhanced Due Diligence on these High-Risk entities.
He then moved into the Corporate Investment Banking space, onboarding Global Corporate's moving into the local market. Before joining Novare he worked in AML Compliance and onboarding of global clients focusing on the UK and Channel Islands.
Ernest joined Novare in November 2019 as an Assistant to the Compliance and Legal Manager of Novare Holdings.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Operations Team
- Operations Manager
Fahiem has been in investment fund administration for the last 14 years. With extensive experience in Unit Trusts, Money Markets, Pension Funds, Fixed Income, OEIC's and the management of teams both locally and abroad.
His knowledge base from a fund administration and asset management perspective has put him in good stead in the industry and our clients alike.
Fahiem joined Novare in October 2019 as the Hedge Funds Operations Manager. We look forward to working with him as we continue to improve our service offerings to our stakeholders.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Accountant
- in 2018 As an Assistant Accountant
Grant Davids joined Novare Equity Partners in 2018 as an Assistant Accountant. He previously worked for Pragma, an engineering company providing asset management services that allow business owners to focus on operations without having to worry about the assets that make it possible for them to deliver their products and services.
His role as assistant programme manager included managing and monitoring emergency maintenance for schools in the Western Cape activating contractors to undertake maintenance and reporting back on the operations and financials of the emergency maintenance programme.
Prior to that, Grant was involved in the sales function at BNG Telecoms and, before that, he worked as a debt review consultant at SA Credit Solutions and MSA Consultants. Grant has a national certificate in financial accounting and has a short course in Property and Investments and is working on a B. Comm degree in accounting at the University of South Africa.
Harry is currently the Centre Manager at Gateway mall, a position that he held since the opening of the Mall. He has been with the Company since September 2014 and has also assisted as a Project Co-ordinator during the time of the construction of Gateway and Central Malls.
Harry completed the Shopping Centre Management Course in 2018 and received his Certificate, issued by the University of Pretoria.
Harry has 12 years' experience in facilities and Project management in the retail, industrial and construction industries. Positions that he held during this time included Project manager and Site manager for a Construction Company, General Manager for a Fish Meal Plant and most recently Central Manager at Gateway Mall.
Hein started his career at Sanlam Employee Benefits in 2001 and was promoted to first line manager in 2006 and regional client service and portfolio manager in 2007.
He was responsible for a diverse portfolio of clients including Impala Group Retirement Funds and Anglo Group Retirement Fund. During this period he gained invaluable experience in the industry and was part of the operational executive committee.
In July 2010 he joined Novare as chief operating officer of the Group's African pension fund asset management business. Based in Lagos, Nigeria he was responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects of the day-to-day operations and ensuring operations were in sync with business strategy.
Hein joined the Novare Equity Partners team in January 2013 in Nigeria and currently serves as country head for the Group's portfolio of assets under management. He has 20 years' experience within the investment industry. Hein is a director of Novare Property Developers Nigeria and several other companies within Nigeria.
Helena is an Investments Professional with 7 years experience of working in the financial services industry. She started her career at NBC Holdings as an Investment analyst and later joined Hollard Insurance as a Portfolio Manager in the Balance Sheet Investment Management team. She is skilled in Investment Management, Performance Analysis, Portfolio Construction, and Asset Allocation. She has strong Investment Research and Asset Manager Due Diligence experience.
Helena holds a BSc Honours Degree in Computational and Applied Mathematics from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and is currently a CFA Level II candidate. She joined Novare in May 2023 as a Senior Fund Consultant.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Member of the Operations Team
Jacques has 14 year of experience in the financial services sector. He is a qualified Chartered Accounting and Chartered Financial Analyst. Jacques' career started as an auditor at Nolands in South Africa.
He then moved to PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Cayman Island as an audit senior in the hedge funds team and later joined HSBC Bank plc in London in the Global Equity Finance Team, after which he was appointed financial controller at TCI Fund Services LLP, a London-based provider of middle-and back-office services to investment managers. Jacques joined the Novare group in 2016, working as a consultant on various projects. He was then appointed Chief Operating Officer for Novare Real Estate South Africa in July 2017 and director of Novare CIS (Manco) in June 2019. Jacques is currently acting as Managing Director of the CIS Manco.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer - Africa Operations
Johan completed his studies in accounting and finance at Stellenbosch University in 2011 and started his articles at Mazars, where he had the opportunity to work in their New York office, gaining experience in real estate markets in and around Manhattan. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 2015. Prior to joining Novare Equity Partners, Johan was Audit Manager at Mazars, while also lecturing in business tax. His position at Mazars entailed managing client relationships and large audit teams, identifying and resolving technical issues, and maintaining the highest level of professional knowledge. Johan acquired significant experience in JSE financial reporting while developing expertise in financial services, manufacturing, capital markets, mining, real estate and renewable energy, amongst others. Johan also gain extensive experience in strategic finance within the EdTech start-up space where he assisted in raising successful Series B funding round for a global Ed Tech company, developing their financial models, investors communication and closing.
As a chartered accountant with experience in working with a diverse range of companies, listed and private in various sectors, Johan's background is ideally suited to helping our business develop optimal financial structures that best serve all of Novare Equity Partners' stakeholders. Johan joined the business in March 2022.
John Henry is an enthusiastic Investment Analyst with a strong foundation in Actuarial Science, having earned his degree from Stellenbosch University in 2023. He attended Paul Roos Gymnasium where he actively participated in a diverse range of sports, including cricket, rugby, tennis, and golf. Beyond sport, his passion for numbers shines through, and he thrives on tackling challenging problems with enthusiasm and precision. He is a keen chess player and regularly competes online.
John Henry enjoys working with people and creating an environment where individuals can thrive together. He is currently studying to complete his actuarial exams and is eager to make a meaningful impact at Novare.
An Art Director and photographer, Jonathan completed the National Diploma in Graphic Design in 2003 and obtained his B-tech Degree in Graphic Design the following year. He also received specialist training in Adobe Illustrator and photographic studio lighting.
Jonathan's professional career started at DTPR concepts, with Woolworths visual merchandising as their main client, he rose to the level of Senior Designer and Studio Photographer. Jonathan was previously employed as a Senior Graphic Designer at Mustard Seed Relationship Marketing where his responsibilities included taking artwork from brief to print for multiple accounts and projects, acting as brand custodian for multiple malls throughout South Africa. He joined Novare Equity Partners in September 2017 as Senior Graphic Designer and was later promoted to being an Art Director, overseeing the all the Real Estate designs.
After studying his Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree and National diploma in financial markets and instruments, Kagiso started his working career in 2005 at Vunani Securities' back office, within corporate actions division.
He then joined Citi (Citigroup Global Markets) where he spent three years as an equity operations officer. His responsibilities ranged from inter-company trade administrations across major Citi's branches in the globe, to scrip borrowing for various buy side clients, mostly hedge funds. Through interactions with most industry players on the buy side, his interest in hedge funds grew and landed him at Caveo Fund Solutions, under the banner of Investment solutions and Alexander Forbes.
Kagiso spent eight years at the group as an investment analyst whose responsibilities ranged from manager research to various day to day analysis and assistance in implementation of hedge fund strategies. He then joined Novare Investments in 2017, as a portfolio manager for hedge fund product range.
Katleho holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Investment Management and Banking from the University of the Free State; where she was recognised as part of the top 15% achievers in her faculty by the Golden Key International Society in 2017. She started her internship in corporate banking & structured investments at the Land Bank head office, while concurrently completing her Postgraduate Diploma in Investments at The University of the Free State in 2021.
She joined Novare Actuaries and Consultants in 2022 as a trainee analyst; were she further hopes to grow and expand in the investment solutions sector.
Job Titles:
- Portfolio Analyst
- in 2017 As a Junior Analyst
After completing a BCom majoring in economics and marketing from the University of Cape Town in 2015, Kwazi joined the Glacier by Sanlam team as a junior research & investment analyst. In this designation he was responsible for analysing, interpreting, writing and disseminating market information, comprehensive research regarding collective investment schemes performance, positioning and mandates as well as providing direct investment support to retail multi-managers and model portfolio managers, to name but a few.
Kwazi joined Novare in 2017 as a Junior analyst as part of Novare's Graduate Professional Programme. The programme provides investment professionals with the opportunity to work within the investment team to gain exposure and experience within the Investment Industry. He has 4 years industry experience.
Lameck Pattison is a highly experienced professional with a diverse background in investment banking, risk management, and actuarial consulting across the African continent. With over 12 years of industry expertise, he has built an impressive career trajectory marked by notable achievements.
Previously, he worked at BancABC part of Atlasmara, a pan-African bank with operations in Mozambique, Tanzania, Nigeria, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Continuing his professional growth, Lameck transitioned to African Bank, a leading consumer credit institution headquartered in Midrand, South Africa. In 2017, he joined NBC Holdings, where he was responsible for NBC actuarial consulting services throughout Africa.
He had a stint at the Road Accident Fund where he represented the Fund as an expert witness before joining Novare as the Head of Strategy in June 2023. Lameck is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (FIA), a Fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa (FASSA), and a Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuary (CERA). He also holds an MBA from the Gordon Institute of Business Science.
Lebo initially joined Novare in 2009 as a temporary cleaner through Cleaning Africa Services. In 2012, Novare hired her as a permanent cleaner. She steadily advanced, becoming an office assistant in 2014. In 2015, she pursued office administration studies and was promoted to office administrator at Novare Actuaries and Consultants. Lebo also holds a digital marketing certification and currently contributes to the marketing team.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director
- Founding CEO of Ata Capital
Mr Rantloane is the founding CEO of Ata Capital and is currently a Non-Executive Director of Novare Holdings, a Director of Rain Group Holdings Proprietary Limited, Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, SLG Proprietary Limited, Masana Petroleum Solutions Proprietary Limited, Imbewu Capital Partners Proprietary Limited and a trustee of the Click Foundation.
Prior to this he was Head of Debt Capital Markets at Deutsche Bank AG, Johannesburg. He began his career with Rand Merchant Bank Limited and served as Executive Assistant to the CEOs of FirstRand Limited and FirstRand Bank Limited. He holds a BSc (Hons) degree from the University of Cape Town and a FRM designation from the Global Association of Risk Professionals.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Chief ESG & Impact Officer
Lerato started her career in 1999 as trainee technician at De Reuk & Associates responsible for producing designs of townshop infastructure and drawing up of tender documentation. In 2001 she joined Waffmark for a brief period as trainee technician. She was responsible for foundation design, software development and applications.
Subsequently Lerato joined Universal Group in 2002 as technical services agent. She was involved in the planning and execution of building projects and providing the construction of specialised foundations. In 2006 she joined National Home Builders Registration Council as structural engineer, acting technical manager, research engineer, programme manager and structural and geotechnical engineer.
Lerato's responsibilities included ensuring that all engineering work was carried out in accordance with company procedures, specifications and other contractual requirements. She had to provide strategic support and research input towards successful implementation of the organisation's mandate. Lerato joined Novare Equity Partners in July 2016 as technical solutions manager. She has 20 years' experience in the industry .
Liesl Keuler - Chief Compliance Officer
Job Titles:
- Chief Compliance Officer
- Member of the Operations Team
Liesl has over 13 years' experience in the financial services sector, covering the compliance requirements and legal structure of a range of products and services.
Before joining Novare, she worked within subsidiaries of the PSG Consulting Group. She holds a B.Comm LLB from the University of Stellenbosch, is a Certified Financial Planner and a Member of the Compliance Institute.
Liesl joined the Novare in December 2019 as Compliance and Legal Manager of Novare Holdings.
IT Administrator Since passing his matric in 2007, Lorego has obtained his apprenticeship in bindery from Paarl Media and gained a Diploma in Information Technology Network Integration, which he completed in December 2014. Lorego holds an ITIL foundation certificate in IT management and he completed a course in CompTIA security+. Prior to joining Novare he undertook work-based-learning at Compu World, working as a PC technician. Lorego joined Novare in May 2015, assisting the head of information technology with managing the IT-related services required by the company.
Loren has more than 30 years of experience. She is skilled in programmes like SAGE, Pastel, VIP, E-filing, and several other accounting programmes. She gained invaluable experience in a variety of industries such as information technology, construction,
manufacturing, and agriculture. She started her career in finance as a PA/Bookkeeper and advanced her career through hard work and dedication to reach a level of middle management positions in several companies.
She joined Novare on 12 September 2022 as a temporary Assistant Accountant and then promoted to financial accountant on 01 July 2023.
Job Titles:
- Chief Business Development Officer
Lucky has more than 27 years of experience gained across South Africa's leading investment and financial services businesses and is currently the Chief Business Development Officer of Novare Holdings. She is responsible for developing and executing the business's overall new business strategy.
She joins Novare from Sanlam Investments, where she was a Product Specialist - Traditional Asset Management and Alternative Investments, following her role as Business Development Manager - Direct Distribution at Liberty Corporate and various roles at Old
Job Titles:
- Managing Director at Novare Investment Solutions
Lulamile Makasi is the Managing Director at Novare Investment Solutions. He has over 23 years of extensive experience in the financial services industry. Notably, he has dedicated a significant portion of his career, spanning two decades, to Novare, demonstrating his enduring commitment to the organization.
Prior to joining Novare Equity Partners, he worked as an accounting clerk at Mazars, the professional services firm. Before that, Marcello was an accounting clerk from 2004 until 2016 at Naude & Partners. Based in Cape Town, he joined Novare Equity Partners on 1 August 2017 as assistant accountant. Marcello has 16 years' experience in the industry.
Job Titles:
- Operations Manager
- Manager: Hedge Funds
After completing her degree at Stellenbosch, Marina started her career at Sanlam in 1997 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 as operations assistant and was promoted to senior operational analyst in 2011.
Marina was promoted to operations manager in the hedge funds division and is responsible for client reporting and pricing of the hedge funds of funds, multi-manager portfolios and unit trusts. Marina has 19 years' experience in the industry.
Motale spent the earlier part of his career with Alliance Insurance in Lesotho as an Actuarial Analyst responsible for pricing and special projects.
He later moved to NBC where he has worked for the past 5 years. He is a well-rounded consultant with more than 7 years' experience in the financial services sector. Motale has worked in various fields from actuarial, employee benefits consulting to investment consulting serving the Southern Africa region. He holds a BComm Honours in Statistical Sciences from the University of Cape Town. Motale joined Novare in April 2020 as a Senior Fund Consultant.
Upon the completion of her degrees at Rhodes University as best student in the Finance Honours class of 2013, One joined Botswana Unified Revenue Services (BURS) in June 2014 as accounts officer in the finance division.
She joined Novare Actuaries and Consultants Botswana in October 2014 as an investment analyst. In January 2016, she moved to Novare Actuaries and Consultants South Africa as fund consultant responsible for client fund management and communication. She is based in Johannesburg. One is a CFA charter holder and has 7 years' experience in the industry.
Phaphama matriculated from King Bhekuzulu High School and went on to graduate from University of Kwa-Zulu Natal with a BComm in Accounting majoring in financial accounting, management accounting and finance.
He worked as procurement clerk at Clicks Group Distribution Centre from 2009 until May 2013 when he joined the Clicks head office as accounts payable clerk. After that he worked as accounts clerk at Haw & Inglis Civil Engineering, before joining Novare Equity Partners in August 2017 as assistant accountant and has 10 years' experience in the industry. Phaphama is based in Johannesburg.
Job Titles:
- Receptionist / Executive Personal Assistant
Phumla has 5 years' experience in Management Assistant and is currently a Receptionist / Personal Assistant at Novare Holdings.
Before joining Novare, Phumla was an Executive Assistant at TNI Security Services, prior to joining TNI Security Services she worked for Innovative Funding Solutions as a Personal Assistant to the CEO. She started her career at Alisom Communications where she was a Personal Assistant to the Store Manager.
Phumla holds a NQF Level 5 in Wealth Management from ICollege, which she completed in 2015. She then went to complete her second qualification of National Diploma in Management Assistant at Tshwane North TVET College which she completed in 2018.
Pierre obtained his bachelor's in accounting from University of Stellenbosch and his Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Accounting Science through UNISA. He started his career in 2014 at Moore Stephens Stellenbosch as a Trainee accountant. After completing his articles in 2016 he stayed on as a Junior Tax Manager in 2017 and then Audit Manager in 2018. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant that same year.
He joined the BM Foods group in 2019 as Group Accountant and quickly grew in the role to join executive management late 2019, managing the day-to-day operations of the finance department. During his time at BM Foods group, he was a key member in changing of accounting and payroll software and building of new financial reporting for the group.
In January 2022 he joined the management team of Pinewood DMS South Africa as their Head of Finance. During his tenure both Finance and HR departments reported into him. During his time, he was part of strategic decision making for his departments and company think tanks to develop the business. His main responsibilities however were to develop and maintain good financial reporting and developing his team. Pierre joined Novare in December 2022 as Finance Manager.
Pierre completed his articles at PricewaterhouseCoopers and spent time in the UK from 2001 to 2004 working for Credit Suisse First Boston 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 Novare funds of hedge funds and the multi-manager portfolios with responsibility for product structuring and operational due diligence.
He moved to Novare Equity Partners in 2009 to establish the Novare Africa Property Fund where his duties include the operational and financial structuring of the underlying investments of the fund. Pierre is a CFA charter holder and a director of Novare Fund Manager and several companies within Nigeria. He has 23 years of industry experience.
Portia passed her matric in 2003 and worked as a Housekeeper at Lagoon beach hotel Cape town from 2005 until 2007. She then started to work as a cleaner in 2008 until 2011 at The Cliffs buildings.
2012 she joined Novare Holdings as a temp and was permanently employed by Novare Equity Partners September 2014 as a Tea Lady. September 2019 was promoted as a Receptionist.
Job Titles:
- Senior Investment Consultant
Precious Holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Johannesburg and is a CFA Level II candidate.
She has 16 years financial services industry experience. Precious started her career at Gauteng Treasury as an intern and later joined Independent Actuaries & Consultant as an Investment Analyst. She joined Novare in 2019 as a Senior Investment Consultant. Precious is a well-rounded investment professional having served in various roles within asset consulting which include investment reporting, investment consulting and manager research and has been part of the investment committee.
Ridwaan started his career as a part-time tutor for the University of Johannesburg in March 2014. Here he was responsible for lecturing undergraduate students: Concepts of Information and Communication Technology, Using the Computer and managing files, Microsoft Office Suite of Apps and Computer Networks, Internet, and Digital Safety and Security.
In October 2015, he joined Oasis Group Holdings (Pty) Ltd as an Information Technology Helpdesk Support Administrator where he was responsible for handling multiple day-to-day technology support activities and assistance to the firm's personnel and executive team. In addition, he demonstrated the ability to prioritise tasks, working with multiple software and hardware technologies, in a fast-paced environment.
In July 2017, Ridwaan started his journey at Novare as an Information Technology Administrator, assisting the Head of Information Technology with managing IT-related services required by the company. He has six years' experience in the industry.
Roberto started in property industry in 2006 and has extensive experience in retail, commercial and industrial property sectors. Before joining the Novare Group in 2018 ac CM at Novare Lekki Mall, Lagos, he was a Portfolio Manager for Excellerate JHI Properties, one of SA biggest Property Services Groups. In last 16 years Roberto worked on property portfolios for various funds in SA such as Old Mutual Property Fund, Texton Property Fund, Fairvest Holdings, Delta Property Fund, SA Corp Real Estate and Cape Joint Property Fund. He also has extensive experience in operations/facilities and sectional title building management.
Robin has 8 years working experience. He is skilled in a few programmes like Pastel, SAGE, excel, E-filing and the like.
He has a good accounting background with a BCom Accounting degree from the University of the Western Cape. After achieving his degree, he completed three years of SAIPA articles at BGR Alluvium in Stellenbosch where he gained experience in various industries such as rentals, services, hospitality, and farming. At the completion of his articles, he then started working at Protea Hotel Fire and Ice as the Assistant Financial Manager. With hard work and dedication, he became a Financial Manager at another hotel. Robin joined Novare on 4 January 2021 as an Assistant Accountant.
Roland is an Internationally Certified Facilities Manager, with over 10 years of increasing professional and Managerial accomplishments. He holds membership with prestigious Institutions, such as, British Institute of Facilities Management UK, and the Middle East Facilities Management Association. A highly skilled and well-trained professional, He was awarded Facilities Management Professional (FMP) by International Facilities Management Association.
Adept at building services & maintenance, health and safety standards, Roland brings to bare a robust experience garnered from working on multiple projects with Multinationals spanning across different industries. He has contributed immensely to the development of approved facility management process across local and international business operations.
Distinguished by his commitment to excellence, Roland is constantly adding value to the world of Facilities Management. This has made him a successful team leader with demonstrated ability to manage multi-disciplinary teams of staff in a fast-paced environment to achieve set goals. Roland currently heads the Novare Central Office Team in Nigeria as the Center Manager and a member of the Nigeria Property Development team as a Facilities Manager.
Sade chartered accountant with 5 years of experience in the auditing industry and 2 years of experience as a financial manager. After graduating from the University of the Western Cape, I started my career doing my articles at the Auditor General of South Africa whilst studying towards and completing my PGDA/CTA.
Audit clients included the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, Western Cape Provincial Parliament, as well as various municipalities across the Western Cape. In 2018 I was appointed as an audit senior for two years, and thereafter moved to the private sector as a financial manager at a hydraulic pump manufacturing company which included accounting for subsidiaries in the United States and the United Kingdom. I joined the Novare Group on contract in 2021 as the Financial Manager of Novare Holdings and Novare Actuaries and Consultants, after which being appointed as the Financial Manager of Novare Equity Partners Group.
Job Titles:
- Operational Manager: Institutional
Samantha has 18 years' experience in the financial services industry. As an Operations Manager she is responsible for the implementation of investments, all regulatory reporting, performance reporting and all day-to-day operations for Institutional clients.
She joined Novare in January 2003 as a Receptionist. Over the years she has moved through the ranks swiftly, first being promoted to Fund Administrator in 2007, then to Client Services Manager in 2012, and then to Operational Manager of Institutional Operations in 2015.
Prior to joining Novare, during 2002, Samantha worked as a Creditors Clerk for Sovereign Sweets and a Company Secretary for both AMT Placement Services and Bell's Security.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Operations Team
- Office Manager
Shireen started her career at Goliaths Attorneys in 1995 as a receptionist before joining Pop-up Promotions as an assistant clerk for 10 years. She relocated to the Eastern Cape and worked for Hutton & Cook Attorneys as Conveyancing Secretary for 3 years. After moving back to Cape Town Shireen joined Novare Holdings as a temp and was permanently employed by Novare Equity Partners July 2015 as Receptionist. Shireen was promoted to Office Manager by Novare Capital in February 2019.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Chief Financial Officer of Novare Fund Manager Nigeria Limited
Solomon is the Chief Financial Officer of Novare Fund Manager Nigeria Limited. He joined the Novare group May 2014.
His over 20years relevant working experience with various industries in Operations, Internal Control & Audit, Tax Compliance, Financial Reporting, Financial Management, Asset and Property Management has made him stood out in his field.
Before Joining the Novare Group, Solomon has worked in different capacity with organizations like Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Asset and Resources Management Ltd and Broll Property Services Ltd. Solomon is also a member of Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria.
Tapiwa Munedzimwe holds a BBusSc Finance (Honors) Degree and a Master of Commerce in Risk Management of Financial Markets from the University of Cape Town where he was recognised as part of the top 15% achievers in the faculty by the Golden Key International Society in 2020. He has passed CFA Level 1.
Tapiwa started his career as a private equity analyst at Ocean Rock providing equity research, analysis, and decision-making support to UK private equity funds. Before joining Novare, he was a Fintech Analyst at IDR. Tapiwa joined Novare in March 2024 as a Risk Analyst.
Tino is an Actuarial Analyst and is currently responsible for the development and maintenance of investment strategy as well as investment manager research (with a special focus on alternative investments). In his time with the group he has built up valuable experience in product development including the design and implementation of bespoke investment solutions.
He has strong asset-liability and statistical modelling skills. He also specialises in the development and maintenance of in-house systems and models used across the group with strong proficiency in R and VBA programming languages.
Tino was recruited straight out of university as an Actuarial Assistant to the Head of Investment Strategy and his role has evolved considerably over his five plus years with the group.
Tino completed his BCom and BCom (Hons) Degrees in Actuarial Science at the University of Cape Town and is currently studying towards his fellowship with the Actuarial Society of South Africa (currently has his TASSA designation). Some of his accolades include: making the Dean's Merit List, being inducted into the Golden Key International Honour Society, being awarded by the Dean of the Faculty of Commerce PPS scholarship and receiving the Bain & Co Actuarial Science Honours Price.
Job Titles:
- Tenant Project Coordinator
Vaughn has over 20 years Construction Project Management experience either as: Tenant Project Coordinator, Site Agent and/or Owner Representative.
He has Certification in Project Management and Facility Management
Vaughn joined Novare in September 2015 as Tenant Coordinator, presently still fills the roll of Tenant coordinator for Novare and Centre Manager at Novare APO Mall.
Vincent started his career as a mechanical design engineer. He designed, simulated, and engineered various structural components and hydraulic systems used in excavating and extracting gold-containing ore. During this time Vincent completed his master's degree in mechanical engineering, focused on developing mathematical models and algorithms enabling the calculation of an airfoils profile drag from 2D far-field CFD simulations.
From here Vincent moved to management consulting where he consulted with some of South Africa's largest retailers and quick-service restaurants on their data architecture, scenario modeling, supply and demand planning, and data strategy implementations. During this time, Vincent started his part-time Ph.D. study in computer and electronic engineering, focusing on developing a deep neural network framework for sailplane performance optimization.
Leveraging his consulting expertise and technical skills in data science and data engineering, Vincent then moved to a more specialized role in machine learning and advanced analytics. It is here where Vincent leads multiple teams across multiple clients and engagements, designing, developing, and deploying various deep learning and machine learning models. The engagements and domains were diverse and spanned pricing and reserving models for motor insurance, fraud models for home insurance, post-retirement models for investment companies, and debit order execution optimizations for Fintech start-ups.
Vincent joined Novare Equity Partners in June 2023 where his main focus is on the development of a tailored multi-tenant, multi-tiered loyalty and rewards program to be rolled out across the Novare malls and eventually, across the African continent.
Zanele has 16 years' experience in Marketing within the Financial Services industry and is currently the Head of Marketing of Novare Holdings. She manages the company's overall marketing strategy and key strategic initiatives, tasks, campaigns, and plans as well as the implementation and project management thereof.
Before joining Novare, Zanele was a Senior Marketing Specialist at Liberty, a well-known Financial Services company in Southern Africa. Prior to joining Liberty she also worked for South Africa's largest bank Absa and Africa's largest insurer Old Mutual, in the capacity of Marketing Consultant.
Zanele holds a degree in Marketing from the University of Johannesburg, which she completed in 2010. Zanele then went in to complete her second qualification, in Media Management, from AAA School of Advertising.
Zanele has extensive experience in Marketing within Sub-Saharan Africa as well as a multitude of other regions within the African continent. She thrives in a fast-paced, high growth environment and has the ability to ensure that brand's messages, standards and communications are understood and implemented effectively.