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
20 years' experience - Quinton Ivan
16 years' experience - Neville Chester
24 years' experience - Neill Young
22 years' experience - Sarah-Jane Alexander
17 years' experience - Nic Stein
11 years' experience
South African Absolute Return Funds
- Charles de Kock
35 years' experience - Pallavi Ambekar
18 years' experience
Fixed Interest
- Nishan Maharaj
18 years' experience - Adrian van Pallander
19 years' experience - Seamus Vasey
17 years' experience - Steve Janson
14 years' experience - Mauro Longano
9 years' experience - Sinovuyo Ndaleni
5 years' experience
Karl Leinberger
20 years' experience
BBusSc, CA (SA), 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 20 years' investment experience.
Quinton Ivan
16 years' experience
BBusSc, BCom (Hons), CA (SA), CFA
Quinton is head of SA Equity research and co-manages Coronation's Core Equity Strategy and the Presidio Hedge Fund. He also has research responsibilities for a number of retail, pharmaceutical and construction stocks. Quinton joined Coronation in 2005 and has 16 years' investment experience.
Neville Chester
24 years' experience
BCom, CA (SA), CFA
Neville is a senior member of the investment team with 24 years' investment experience. He joined Coronation in 2000 and manages Coronation's Aggressive Equity Strategy. He also co-manages the Coronation Top 20 and Market Plus unit trust funds.
Neill Young
22 years' experience
BBusSc, CA (SA), CFA
Neill joined Coronation in 1998 and co-manages Coronation's Core Equity Strategy and the Coronation Financial unit trust fund. His research responsibilities extend to the banking sector as well as a number of financial stocks. Neill has 22 years' investment experience.
Sarah-Jane Alexander
17 years' experience
BBusSc, CFA
Sarah-Jane manages assets within the Coronation Houseview Equity Strategy. She also co-manages Coronation's Houseview balanced strategies and has research responsibilities across a range of food producers and hospital stocks, among others. Sarah-Jane joined Coronation in 2008 as an equity analyst and has 17 years' investment experience.
Nic Stein
11 years' experience
BBusSc, CA (SA), CFA
Nic joined the Coronation investment team in 2009 as an equity analyst and has 11 years' investment experience. He currently co-manages Coronation's Aggressive Equity Strategy and the Coronation Resources unit trust fund. Nic also analyses a number of shares spanning mining and the financial services sectors.
Charles de Kock
35 years' experience
BCom (Hons), MCom
Charles is co-head of the Absolute Return investment unit and a portfolio manager across all strategies within the unit. He also co-manages the Coronation Balanced Defensive and Capital Plus unit trust funds. With more than 30 years' investment experience, he plays a leadership role in the asset allocation process.
Pallavi Ambekar
18 years' experience
BBusSc, CA (SA), CFA
Pallavi is co-head of Absolute Return investment unit and a portfolio manager across all strategies in the unit. She co-manages the Coronation Balanced Defensive and Capital Plus unit trust funds. With 18 years' investment experience, she also has research responsibility for certain large capitalisation shares listed on the JSE.
Nishan Maharaj
18 years' experience
BSc (Hons), MBA
Nishan is Head of Fixed Interest and responsible for the investment unit's process and performance across all strategies. He also manages all fixed interest assets. Nishan has 18 years' investment experience.
Adrian van Pallander
19 years' experience
BScEng, HTSdip, CFA, FRM
Adrian joined Coronation in 2002 and is a portfolio manager within Coronation Fixed Interest investment unit. He is responsible for managing a portion of the fixed interest assets across all strategies as well as analysis, asset allocation modelling and portfolio construction monitoring. He has 19 years' investment experience.
Seamus Vasey
17 years' experience
BCom (Hons), MSc, CFA
Seamus is a portfolio manager and analyst within the Fixed Interest investment unit with 17 years' investment experience. He manages assets within Coronation's specialist bond strategies. He also co-manages the Coronation Global Bond and Granite Hedge funds as well as the Global Strategic USD and Bond unit trust funds.
Steve Janson
14 years' experience
BBusSc
Steve is a portfolio manager and analyst within the Fixed Interest investment unit, with 14 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
9 years' experience
BScEng (Hons), CA (SA)
Mauro is head of Fixed Interest research and a portfolio manager within the team. He co-manages the Strategic Cash Strategy along with the Strategic Income and Money Market unit trust funds, and recently started co-managing the Property Equity Unit Trust. Mauro has 10 years' investment experience.
Sinovuyo Ndaleni
5 years' experience
BBusSc
Sinovuyo is a portfolio manager within the Coronation Fixed Interest investment unit, where she co-manages the Coronation Strategic Cash and Medical Aid Cash strategies. She also co-manages the Coronation Jibar Plus and Money Market unit trust funds and has various analytical responsibilities. Sinovuyo joined Coronation in January 2016.
International Equity & Multi-Asset Funds
- Louis Stassen
31 years' experience - Tony Gibson
40 years' experience - Neil Padoa
13 years' experience - Humaira Surve
9 years' experience
Emerging Markets
- Gavin Joubert
21 years' experience - Suhail Suleman
19 years' experience - Lisa Haakman
14 years' experience
Global Frontier Markets
- Peter Leger
23 years' experience
Louis Stassen
31 years' experience
BSc, BCom (Hons), CFA
Louis is a founding member and former Chief Investment Officer of Coronation, with 31 years' investment experience. He is a key decision maker within the global investment team and co-manager across all Global Multi-Asset Class strategies.
Tony Gibson
40 years' experience
BCom
Tony is a founding member and a former Chief Investment Officer of Coronation. He was responsible for establishing Coronation's international fund of funds business in the mid-1990s and has managed the Coronation Global Equity Fund of Funds product since inception. Tony has 40 years' investment experience.
Neil Padoa
13 years' experience
BEconSc, FFA
Neil is a portfolio manager and head of Global Developed Markets. He joined Coronation in May 2012 and has 13 years' investment experience.
Humaira Surve
9 years' experience
BScEng, MBA, CFA
Humaira is a portfolio manager within the Global Developed Markets team, responsible for co-managing the Coronation Global Equity Select, Active Global Equity and Global Managed strategies. She joined Coronation in 2012 as a global developed markets analyst. Humaira has nine years' investment experience.
Gavin Joubert
21 years' experience
BBusSc, CA (SA), CFA
Head of Global Emerging Markets, Gavin has 22 years' experience as an investment analyst and portfolio manager. He joined Coronation in 1999 and manages assets within the Global Emerging Markets Equity Strategy.
Suhail Suleman
19 years' experience
BBusSc, CFA
Suhail is a portfolio manager, managing various strategies within the Global Emerging Markets investment unit and part of the Optimum Growth unit trust fund. He joined Coronation in 2007 and has 19 years' investment experience.
Lisa Haakman
14 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 Flexible unit trust fund. She has 14 years' investment experience and is a CFA charterholder.
