Nicolai De Greef
Nicolai joined Mergence 2019 as a Trader. He has 14 years of experience in financial services, both in London and Cape Town, including in equity dealing, client relationship management, hedge fund administration, and fund accounting. At Mergence, Nicolai is responsible for executing equity trades for the Public Markets team as well as managing broker relationships.
Chito Siame
Chito joined Mergence in 2011 as an Equity Analyst in the Public Markets team, where he focused on the FMCG, hospitality, financial services, and telecommunications sectors. He transitioned to the Private Markets investment team in 2015 and now serves as Head of Private Equity. In this role, he leads the origination and execution of private […]
Mosa Molebatsi
Mosa joined Mergence in 2023 as a Senior Investment Associate and now leads the Private Debt team. She brings extensive experience from previous roles at the International Finance Corporation, the Public Investment Corporation, and Momentum Metropolitan Holdings. In addition to her investment work, Mosa is actively involved in lecturing and serves as a trustee on […]
Tshepiso Appie
Tshepiso is an Investment Associate at Mergence Investment Managers. He joined the Johannesburg team in 2018 after a 3-year tenure in the middle-markets private equity team of a listed, blue-chip asset manager. With a diverse range of expertise, Tshepiso has successfully facilitated deals across multiple sectors at Mergence, including affordable housing, medicinal cannabis, primary healthcare, […]
Rizaan Samuels
Rizaan joined Mergence in 2022 as an Investment Associate. He is a trained investment professional with extensive post-qualification experience in investment banking, asset management, and renewable energy debt investment. He is responsible for the origination and execution of deals in the SADC region for Mergence’s Equity and Debt funds, with a focus on infrastructure finance, […]
Hileni Nghinaunye
Hileni joined Mergence Unlisted Investment Managers (Namibia) as a Portfolio Manager in 2017. She has 15 years of experience in financial services. At Mergence she has transacted on and overseen infrastructure and impact investments on behalf of Namibia’s largest retirement fund, including three renewable energy projects, and a bulk infrastructure/land servicing project.
Linkeng Debra Letsaba
Linkeng joined Mergence Investment Managers (Lesotho) in 2022 as a Trainee Investment Analyst as part of our bigger Private Markets investment team. Her role encompasses assisting with the origination of opportunities and guiding them through the investment process, to implementation. Linkeng has team leadership skills, having been an SRC exco member at university.
Ntsbeng Chabeli
Ntsebeng joined Mergence Investment Managers (Lesotho) as a Property Analyst in 2022. She has five years of experience, including time spent as a real estate specialist and data analyst. Her responsibilities at Mergence include analysing the economic drivers of the commercial property portfolio and assessing the financial opportunity for existing and potential property investments.
Nandipha Kenqa
Nandipha joined Mergence as a Risk Manager in the Private Markets investment team in June 2017. She has six years of experience working as an external and internal investment auditor. Nandipha’s responsibilities at Mergence include ensuring that governance, risk, and control frameworks are effective and that all investment activities, across all markets, sectors, and deals, […]
Victoria Zaal
Vicky joined Mergence as a Client Relationship Manager in 2014 and leads the CRM team. In 2007, she began her career at State Street, working initially as a Fund Accountant, then as a manager within the asset owner and sovereign wealth division and then as a business risk analyst.
Siviwe Jeyi
Siviwe joined Mergence Investment Managers in 2022 as a Business Development Analyst, adding strong analytical and strategic skills to the business development team. He has had extensive exposure to the asset management industry, having worked at Stanlib, Investec, and Momentum Wealth. At the latter, Siviwe worked as a Personal Share Portfolio Administrator and as an […]
Shanay Narsi
Shanay joined Mergence in 2015 as Business Development Manager for the institutional investor market. In 2005 he began his career in Johannesburg as a graduate trainee in the Nedbank Post-Graduate Programme and gained experience in company analysis as a resource to the Corporate Finance team. He has worked previously for Vunani Securities and Nedgroup.
