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.

Michael Grobler is a Strategy Analyst for the Fixed Interest Team at Ashburton Investments. He was a Fixed Interest Strategist at Atlantic Asset Management. Prior to joining Atlantic’s investment team in early 2013, Michael gained significant experience analysing investment strategies; covering market pricing and other topics related to the South African bond market and interest rate products. In 2012 Michael was ranked within the top 3 in the fixed income category in the Financial Mail Annual Analyst Awards for his research. From 2015-2018 he was part of a team that successfully managed a South Africa Fixed Income Hedge Fund with successful track record delivering substantial alpha and quality returns for investors with low volatility. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics of Finance and is a CFA charterholder and Member of South African Institute of Stockbrokers.