Key People
Plexus Group

 

    Dr Prieur du Plessis
Founder & Executive Chairman and member of the Plexus Investment Committee; previously General Manager: Portfolio Management at Sanlam responsible for the investment portfolios of Sanlam's individual policy-owners - portfolios the assets of which totalled more than R35 billion; 26 years' experience of investment research and portfolio management. 		 
    Paul Stewart
Managing Director and member of the Plexus Investment Committee; previously with Old Mutual Asset Management and Managing Director of m Cubed Unit Trust Management Company; Chairman of Association for Savings and Investments SA (ASISA) Fund Manager Committee; 16 years' experience in the investment and asset management industry.		  
     Ian Pallot
Ian Pallot, Financial Director; ACA (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales); CA (SA); previously a partner at Coopers & Lybrand and an investment banking consultant; 20 years’ experience in business start-ups and corporate restructuring, corporate finance, structured property finance and private equity. 		 
    Ryk de Klerk
Investment Strategy Consultant and member of the Plexus Investment Committee; previously Senior Portfolio Manager at Sanlam (with R54 billion under his management); Senior Portfolio Manager at BoE Asset Management (responsible for the management of BoE Growth Unit Trust); Chief Investment Officer of PSG Asset Management; 25 years' experience of investment research and portfolio management.		  
    Johan Pyper
Head: Investment Research and member of the Plexus Investment Committee; experienced quantitative analyst who, amongst others, was responsible for the design and development of the Plexus Unit Trust Indices.		  
 

   

   Luigi Marinus
Investment Analyst; Bachelor of Business Science (Acturial Science); CFA level 2; previously employed by JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services; 9 years' experience in investments and asset management.

 

  
   Jacques Booysen
Jacques Booysen, Investment Analyst; Bachelor of Accounting; CFA level-2 candidate; previously employed as a commodities trader, qualified to trade on Safex Agri; and at Old Mutual as a retirement fund accountant; 4 years’ experience in investments and asset management.
 
 

  Laurie Buxton
Head: Products and Corporate Marketing; member of the Plexus Investment Committee; previously Marketing Manager at Sanlam Unit Trusts responsible for the Western Cape; 26 years' experience of unit trust investments.

  
    Gys Botha
Head: Business Development-Africa; previously General Manager at Sanlam responsible for various marketing and distribution functions; 35 years' experience of all aspects of marketing and sales.		  
   Louisa Ruwiel
Head: Legal Services and Compliance; admitted attorney with 10 years' experience of the financial services sector.		  
External Associates  
    John Mauldin
Director of Plexus Mauldin Alternative Investments; CEO and founder of Millennium Wave Advisors LLC. He is a prolific author and editor of the popular Thoughts from the Frontline e-newsletter, which goes to over 1,5 million readers weekly. John is a New York Times best-selling author of two investment books, namely Bull’s Eye Investing and Just One Thing.		  
 

 

  
   Paul Rainier-Pope 

Paul Rainier-Pope, Investment Adviser of Plexus Global Asset Management; Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and full member of the Financial Planning Institute of South Africa; holds a post-graduate Diploma in Financial Planning and has seven years’ experience in the investment advisory industry, specialising in wealth management.