Prescient appoints new CEO for EMH Prescient in Namibia

Prescient has announced the appointment of Melanie Allen as its new CEO for EMH Prescient, the investment manager’s Namibian arm of the business. The announcement comes as existing CEO, Forrest Branch steps down from the role, but remains as a director of

Allen brings with her a wealth of experience having previously been a director at Charter Asset Management, responsible for investment related functions which included business development and fund adminstration. She also held investment and administration related positions across a number of other market-leading investment businesses such as Old Mutual Namibia, Namibia Asset Managers and Pointbreak Wealth Managers.

Allen started her career at KPMG with an internship before moving onto Namibian Asset Managers where she build up her investment research credentials, before gaining experience on the administration side. She has also worked as an investment products specialist, a money market investment advisor and an investment portfolio manager.

She holds a BComm Accounting obtained from the University of South Africa (UNISA) and completed five years of articles at KPMG in 1998.