Mergence Investment Managers - executive appointments

Bradley Preston, Joint Managing Director of Mergence Investment Managers

Yoza Jekwa, Joint Managing Director of Mergence Investment Managers

Gearing up for further growth, boutique asset manager Mergence Investment Managers has made the following appointments:

Bradley Preston, formerly Head: Listed Investments, and new joiner Yoza Jekwa have been appointed as Joint Managing Directors of Mergence Investment Managers. See pen sketches below.

Fabian de Beer, Director: Investments, will resume his role as Deputy MD. Peter Takaendesa has been promoted to Head: Equities, and Dirk Steyn to Head: Multi-Asset-Class.

Masimo-a-badimo Magerman, founder of Mergence and formerly MD of both Mergence Investment Managers and Mergence Africa Holdings Limited, will concentrate his focus as Group MD on further strategic growth at the group level where recent acquisitions have seen Mergence diversify into the industrial manufacturing and fintech sectors.

Mergence Investment Managers remains the group’s core subsidiary and continues to grow its largely institutional client base throughout SA and SADC through its listed and unlisted investment capability across specialist equity, multi-asset class, debt, credit and private equity funds.

Mergence Investment Managers was a pioneer in impact and ESG investing, and is making a name for itself as an activist shareholder, through seeking ways to unlock value for shareholders at various companies. The company has also been at the forefront of shareholder engagement on climate change risk at JSE listed companies.