Rafik Lal has been appointed as Head of Institutional Business Development at Blue Ink Investments, the Sanlam-owned manager of fund of hedge funds. Lal has spent the past fourteen years specialising in strategic business development and distribution in the investment management and financial advisory industry. Prior to joining Blue Ink Investments, Lal was employed at Advantage Asset Managers, a multi management business within the FirstRand Group.
Selwyn Pillay has been appointed as portfolio manager at Blue Ink Investments, the Sanlam-owned manager of fund of hedge funds. Prior to joining Blue Ink Investments, Pillay served as a Portfolio Manager, and prior to that, as the Head of Quantitative Research at Sanlam Multi Manager International. Before joining the Sanlam group in 2004 Pillay completed his post graduate degree in Management Studies at the University of Cape Town, after completing his BSc Actuarial Science degree at the University of Natal.