Tlhoni Komako is a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Ashburton Investments since 2021. He has almost a decade's experience in the asset management industry. Prior to joining Ashburton, he was a Portfolio Manager at Old Mutual Investment Group and managed bespoke inflation-linked and nominal bond portfolios. He started his career as an independent consultant assisting individuals and small businesses to achieve their financial goals. Tlhoni holds a BCom in Statistics, a BSc (Honours) in Statistics (cum laude) and various certificates from The South African Institute of Financial Markets. He is a proud father and enjoys playing Lego with his son. Tlhoni is a foodie and a keen golfer, who spends his weekends either looking for his lost golf ball on the course or out and about with his family. 

Albert Botha is the Head of Fixed Income at Ashburton Investments since 2017. With almost two decades of experience in financial markets, he manages the Fixed Income team and the investment process. He is responsible for several portfolios across various asset classes in the emerging and developed markets space. During his tenure, the fixed income business has grown more than tenfold to almost R60bn. Albert holds a BCom degree (Stellenbosch) and is an Associate Actuary (AIA).  He enjoys reading, cooking, and savouring a good meal paired with a great bottle of wine. Curiosity has always been a core trait of his personality and he loves learning things, whether is it new ideas in portfolio management or how whisky is made.  Albert has been married for over a decade and new and interesting gadgets are his weakness.  His wife has banned him from buying new books, so his Kindle gets used frequently.

Uma Vijayan joined Ashburton Investments almost two years ago. She is a Portfolio Manager in our Fixed Income team. With over eight years of investment experience, she previously worked as a Fixed Income Investment Analyst at Camissa Asset Management and a Quantitative Analyst at Old Mutual Specialised Finance. Uma holds a Masters in Chemical Engineering, is a Financial Risk Manager and a CFA Charterholder. Outside of work, she enjoys reading fiction, listening to podcasts and pursuing her creativity.