Our investment professionals
Helping clients reach their investment goals
Behind every portfolio is a team of experienced professionals who have spent their careers understanding investment markets, giving you the confidence to stay the course.
Coronation has one of the most stable and experienced investment teams in South Africa.
A team of over 50 investment professionals including 43 CFA charterholders
Led by an experienced team with deep institutional memory
Average tenure exceeds 15 years, with most professionals having over a decade of investment experience
How our team works
- Portfolio managers do research. It keeps senior decision-makers close to the analysis behind each opportunity — so the people who matter most to your outcome stay fully engaged.
- A broader perspective. Analysts research across industries and geographies — never siloed to a single sector. This lets us compare opportunities across the full landscape and build better portfolios for clients.
- Discipline, debate and accountability. Every investment is stress-tested — what we're buying, what it could deliver, what could go wrong. Robust debate and clear ownership of decisions mean nothing slips through.
Insights from our Investment Professionals
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
Pallavi Ambekar
Pallavi is Coronation's Head of Absolute Return and a portfolio manager in the South African equity team at Coronation. She is also responsible for analysing South African stocks. She joined Coronation in 2003 and has 24 years' investment experience.
Insights from Pallavi Ambekar
Marie Antelme
Marie is the economist at Coronation. She is a member of the Fixed Income team and provides input to the broader investment team. She joined Coronation in 2014 and has 26 years' experience as a market economist.
Suhail Suleman
Suhail is a portfolio manager in the Global Emerging Markets team at Coronation. He manages the Coronation Emerging Markets Diversified Equity Strategy and is co-manager of the Global Emerging Markets Equity Strategy. Suhail joined Coronation in 2007 and has 24 years' investment experience.
Insights from Suhail Suleman
Zukisa Luswazi
Zukisa is an investment analyst in the South African equity team at Coronation. He joined Coronation in 2015 and has 13 years' investment experience.
Insights from Zukisa Luswazi
Nishan Maharaj
Nishan is Head of Fixed Income at Coronation and a portfolio manager across all fixed income strategies. He joined Coronation in 2012 has 24 years' investment experience.
Insights from Nishan Maharaj
Nicholas Hops
Nicholas is Head of South African Equity Research and a portfolio manager in the South African equity team at Coronation. He co-manages Coronation's Aggressive Equity and Managed Strategy, the Coronation Top 20, Market Plus, Industrial and Resources unit trusts. He joined Coronation in 2014 and has 12 years' investment experience.
Insights from Nicholas Hops