Leadership

Lesiba Mothata
Gyongyi King
Isaah Mhlanga

Lesiba Mothata

Chief Client Officer

Before joining Alexander Forbes Investments, Lesiba was a risk specialist at the SA Reserve Bank, responsible for the strategic asset allocation of the foreign-exchange reserve portfolio, valued at approximately 50 billion dollars. He also served as a global macroeconomist at Investec Bank and worked at Nedbank Treasury as a currency trader and resident economist for the global spot-trading desk. As part of the exco at Alexander Forbes Investments Lesiba provides context on the market and economic conditions, especially relating to South Africa and emerging markets.

Gyongyi King

Chief Investment Officer

Gyongyi King first joined Alexander Forbes Investments (previously Investment Solutions) as deputy chief investment officer, leading the investment research team. She now steps in to the role as Chief Investment Officer.

Gyongyi was previously Chief Investment Officer of Caveo, one of the largest and most successful fund-of-hedge fund businesses in South Africa, largely due to the investment leadership provided by her. She has over 18 years’ investment experience, with a focus on multi-management in the alternative investment arena.

Gyongyi spent seven years at Henderson Global Investors, a UK asset manager, as a hedge fund manager research analyst. She then joined Switzerland-based EFG Private Bank, working for five years as a member of the investment team with responsibility for the alternative manager selection team and the alternative investment multi-manager portfolios. In 2009, she moved from the UK to South Africa and was appointed Chief Investment Officer of Caveo in April that year.

Academic qualifications:

BSc (Hons), CFA charter holder

Isaah Mhlanga

Executive Chief Economist

Isaah joins Alexander Forbes Investments from Rand Merchant Bank where he served as an economist. At an executive level, Isaah will be responsible for crafting a framework of identifying macro-economic risks and opportunities which will benefit the business, its clients and investment processes.

Isaah previously worked in various senior roles as an economist at Absa Capital, National Treasury and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He has also lectured in both part and full-time capacities at the University of Johannesburg.

Academic qualifications:

B.Com in Economics and Econometrics, a B.Com (Honours) in Econometrics and an M.Com in Financial Economics.