Cor Booysen (B Eng (Mechanical))
Cor started his career in the mining industry in 1996 as an engineer for De Beers. Between 2000 and 2008 he was involved in management consulting, working for Bain & Company and Seabury Group where he advised corporations in Johannesburg, New York and Sydney on strategy, operational optimisation and revenue enhancement. During this time, he gained in-depth knowledge of the mining, telecommunication, aviation, public sector and manufacturing industries. Cor moved to the fund management industry in 2008, where he was head of resources and a fund manager at RMB Asset Management, and a subsequently as sell-side analyst for HSBC, covering the platinum and diversified mining sector. In 2012 Cor joined Fairtree to co- manage the Fairtree MET Equity Fund. Cor ascribes his initial value investment style to the influence of investment icons such as Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffet. However, with experience in management consulting he realised the importance of strategic positioning of companies within an industry and their relative competitive advantage tying into the quality of their business.
Stephen Brown (BCom, MBA, CFA)
Stephen completed his MBA at Stellenbosch Business School in 1996. He began his Asset Management career in 1997 as an Industrial Analyst with Southern Asset Management. In 2000 he joined RMB Asset Management as a Diversified Industrial Analyst and remained involved in industrial research until 2007. In 2001 he moved into the Resources team also as an analyst. He progressed to Head of Resources research in 2007, and held the position until the end of 2009 when he moved permanently onto portfolio management of institutional and retail portfolios. In 2001 he qualified as a CFA. He began his Portfolio Management career in 2002, managing the RMB Value Fund, and became a full time Portfolio Manager of Institutional Balanced Funds and Retail Equity Funds in 2010. Stephen joined Fairtree Capital in 2011 as a Portfolio Manager and currently manages the Fairtree Assegai Long Short Equity Fund and the Fairtree MET Equity Fund.
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