Patrice Rassou Ashburton Investments

Patrice Rassou is the Chief Investment Officer at Ashburton Investments since 2020. He is responsible for the investment philosophy and investment process, and manages key funds in the Ashburton portfolio. He is a seasoned investment professional with three decades of experience, having worked for some of the most reputable local asset managers. Patrice is a Chartered Accountant and holds a BSc(Econ) First Class Honours, MSc (Economics) from the London School of Economics and an MBA from Manchester Business School. He is a regular investment and markets commentator in the media. Patrice is passionate about sustainable investing and studying the impact of technology on the world of work. Patrice is past treasurer of ABSIP Western Cape. Patrice is married and the proud father of three boys and a passionate Arsenal fan.

Albert Botha Ashburton Investments

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.

Adam Drewry Ashburton Investments

Adam is our Global Multi Asset Investment Manager. He is responsible for managing our range of multi asset funds and portfolios. Prior to joining Ashburton Investments in 2019, Adam worked for Standard Bank in Jersey, as part of their international fund solutions team where he conducted multi asset research and he assisted in the management of their multi manager fund range. In this role he was also a member of their asset allocation committee. Adam began his career in 2012 at Standard Bank in London on their Private Banking Graduate Programme and he held numerous roles in their international investment department. Adam holds a BSc (Hons) in Investment & Financial Risk Management from Cass Business School and he is a CFA charterholder.

Jarred Sullivan Ashburton Investments

Jarred joined Ashburton Investments near the end of 2020 from FNB where he was an economist. As a multi-asset expert, he has a wide range of expertise including equities, fixed income, currency, cash reserves, global and local outlooks. Owing to his in-depth global and local macro-economic research, has published multiple economic articles. He also sat on the FirstRand Macro Forum Committee to formulate the house view and worked closely with the FNB Wealth and Investment team. Jarred began his career as a Financial Services Sector Analyst at Genesis Analytics in 2015. He holds a Master of Science degree in Economics from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and is a CFA charterholder. Recently, he also obtained a Certification in Quantitative Finance (CQF).