Fazila Manjoo
Fazila joined Mergence in September 2020 as a Portfolio Manager in the Multi-Asset team. She has over 18 years of experience in the financial services industry, and a passion for research, technology, and sustainability. At Mergence, she is responsible for developing quantitative and systematic strategies across balanced and absolute return funds while also managing portable […]
Unathi Hewana
Unathi joined the Mergence Public Markets Investment team in July 2020 as an Investment Analyst in the Multi-Asset team. She has ten years of asset management experience and is completing her BCom Master’s degree in Applied Finance at UCT. Her primary focus at Mergence is a top-down and bottom-up analysis of the South African property […]
Morgan Mlambo
Morgan joined Mergence in 2018. He has over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. At Mergence, he has oversight on the generation and monitoring of investment risk metrics for Mergence portfolios including performance metrics, market risk, etc. In addition, he also has oversight on the compliance function pertaining to the Public Markets […]
Jeandre van Jaarsveldt
Jeandre joined Mergence in 2023 as an Investment Risk & Analytics analyst, bringing three years of industry experience. Notably, he honed his analytical skills and became the youngest team leader at Burgiss during his tenure as a Private Equity Data Analyst. His strength lies in working with databases and excelling at identifying errors and outliers […]
Chitongwa Siame
Chito joined Mergence in 2011 as an equity analyst in the public markets’ investment team focused on FMCG, hospitality, financial services, and telecommunications before transitioning to the private markets investment team in 2015. As Investment Principal, Chito focuses on private market investment opportunities within SADC. He has led transactions in the aquaculture and microfinance sectors […]
Rizaan Samuels
Rizaan joined Mergence in 2022 as an Investment Associate. He is a trained investment professional with extensive post-qualification experience in investment banking, asset management, and renewable energy debt investment. He is responsible for the origination and execution of deals in the SADC region for Mergence’s Equity and Debt funds, with a focus on infrastructure finance, […]
Linkeng Letsaba
Linkeng joined Mergence Investment Managers (Lesotho) in 2022 as a trainee analyst, where she supports the investment analyst team within private markets. Her role encompasses assisting with the origination of opportunities and guiding them through the investment process to implementation. Linkeng has team leadership skills, having been an SRC exco member at university.
Ntsbeng Chabeli
Ntsebeng joined Mergence Investment Managers (Lesotho) as a Property Analyst in 2022. She has five years of experience, including time spent as a real estate specialist and data analyst. Her responsibilities at Mergence include analysing the economic drivers of the commercial property portfolio and assessing the financial opportunity for existing and potential property investments.
Siviwe Jeyi
Siviwe joined Mergence Investment Managers in 2022 as a Business Development Analyst, adding strong analytical and strategic skills to the business development team. He has had extensive exposure to the asset management industry, having worked at Stanlib, Investec, and Momentum Wealth. At the latter, Siviwe worked as a Personal Share Portfolio Administrator and as an […]
Ntsiki Ndzima
Ntsiki joined the Mergence Business Development team in 2017. Her previous work experience was as an accountant. Ntiski completed her five-year SAICA (South African Institute of Chartered Accountants) articles with Rabie Deysel Inc, where she gained extensive experience in financial accounting, auditing, and tax.
Ntsebeng Chabeli
Ntsebeng joined Mergence Investment Managers (Lesotho) as a property analyst in 2022. She has six years of experience, including time spent as a real estate specialist and data analyst. Her responsibilities at Mergence include analysing the economic drivers of the commercial property portfolio and assessing the financial opportunity for existing and potential property investments.
Andy Howard
Andy joined Mergence as COO in 2012. He has 29 years’ experience in the financial services industry with in-depth technical knowledge and a wealth of hands-on experience in managing the operational and administrative divisions of leading asset management and administration companies, including Coronation Fund Managers, FinSource (now Maitland), and African Harvest Fund Managers. Andy sits […]
