Pierre Marais (PhD, MBA)
Pierre is one of the founding members of African Harvest Fund Managers, which he joined in 1999. Pierre began his business career in the petrochemical industry with Engen Petroleum, moving from product management responsibilities to heading up strategic and mergers and acquisitions activities within the Business Ventures division. After six years in the industry, he joined Prudential Portfolio Managers as an industrial analyst in 1998. Pierre became a portfolio manager in 2001.
Douw Steenekamp (B Compt (Hons), CA (SA))
Douw joined Old Mutual Investments in 1991 as an equity analyst, where he spent the next fifteen years. During this time his responsibilities included that of head of industrial sector research and the management of a variety of equity portfolios. During his last five years with Old Mutual, Douw was responsible for the management of all of its value style mandates, including the Old Mutual Value Fund and the Old Mutual High Yield Opportunity Fund. Douw joined Orthogonal Investments as one of its founding shareholders upon its inception in 2007.
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