CEO AND STOCKBROCKER-IN-CONTROL 
BRETT ADAMS
T: +27 11 591 0566

Brett is a qualified stockbroker and has been a member of the South African Institute of Stockbrokers (SAIS) since 2004. He started his stockbroking career at BoE in 1999 and moved to Afrifocus Securities in 2003. At Afrifocus, Brett successfully managed institutional property sales. He also created a special niche product in the listed property sector which posted record-breaking sales. Brett has IMM (Institute of Marketing Management) and MBM (Marketing Business Management) diplomas. He has also passed the following regulatory exams: RE5 (Representative, FSB); Registered Persons Examination (SAIFM) and Securities Traders Examination (SAIFM).

RESEARCH ANALYST
FRANCOIS DU TOIT

Francois is a top-rated investment analyst across the SA insurance, general financial and property sectors. Francois is a qualified actuary. He worked in pricing, risk management and managerial roles in life insurance companies, most recently as Group Risk Manager for Reinsurance Group of America, before joining J.P. Morgan as a research analyst in 2008. Francois has been the number one ranked insurance analyst for five of the past ten years according to the annual Financial Mail Ranking the Analysts survey.

COMPLIANCE OFFICER
RONEL VAN NIEKERK
T: +27 11 591 0663

Ronel has been a Compliance Officer since 2004. She started her career in 1997 at Cahn Shapiro as a registration clerk and was later appointed by SMK in the same position. During her employment with BoE Securities (later known as Nedcor Securities), she gained a wealth of knowledge in settlements and corporate actions. In 2004, she became the Compliance Officer of Nedcor Securities. She was later appointed as the Head of Operations, where she managed all operational and operational compliance functions for the stockbrokers (Nedgroup and Syfrets Securities). In 2014, Ronel joined Avior Capital Markets where she was appointed as the Compliance Officer for equities, bonds, derivatives and IRC Markets. She was also the Money Laundering Officer for Avior Capital Markets. Ronel holds a N4 Personnel Management qualification. She has completed her JSE Settlement Officer, JSE Compliance Officer, JSE Trader, Safex Compliance Officer, Bond and Derivatives Market Exams through SAIFM. She also holds a NQ5 higher diploma in banking services. Ronel joined Anchor Stockbrokers in 2017.

RESEARCH CONSULTANT
REY
WIUM

Rey has been in the financial markets for the past 30 years, with a prime focus on equity research. He has been a top-rated analyst in the South African market for the past 17 years, focusing on consumer staples, high-end consumer discretionary sectors as well as investment companies. Specific companies under coverage include Anheuser-Busch Inbev, British American Tobacco, Richemont, Remgro and Reinet. Rey is a chartered accountant (CA(SA)) with a master’s degree in accounting.
Rey has a wide variety of interests including gardening, travel and physical activities such as cycling, swimming, gyming and calisthenics.

RESEARCH ANALYST
SVEN THORDSEN CA(SA) CFA

Sven has 17 years’ experience in financial markets, having worked at Deutsche Bank, Laurium Capital, Macquarie and Renaissance Capital. He has experience as a sell side analyst, a hedge fund manager, an equity salesperson as well as spearheading a global sponsored research offering out of London. Sven has a deep knowledge of the SA financials sector having been a banks analyst for 12 years. More recently his roles have focused on the SA Small and Mid-cap sector to broaden investor exposure and liquidity through specialised equity sales as well as traditional and sponsored research.