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Let's talk: Action for impact
At Sanlam Investments, our work is never done. Minute by minute, rand by rand, year by year, our investments grow. Our sustainable efforts grow. The measurable, positive impact on people, communities and our planet continues to grow.
Our investments never end, they move and change lives for the better. They are investments that pulsate with purpose; with a heartbeat that beats for South Africa, for Africa, and all its people.
“As stewards of capital, we have a duty to manage the money that is entrusted to us in a responsible manner. Our duty extends beyond our mandates to deliver positive investment outcomes – it also requires us to make a real, sustainable difference to people, communities and the planet. ”
Carl Roothman, CEO: Sanlam Investment Group
Let’s talk about acting for impact. Join us for our next Critical Conversations event, as we tackle real, pressing issues in South Africa through our ESG and sustainable investing initiatives. Together, we address energy security, water scarcity, unemployment and inequality, creating real change in both communities and the planet. We are leaving leaving a legacy of hope for a better, more sustainable tomorrow.
During the virtual event, we’ll review our progress and chart the path forward in our mission for positive, sustainable change.
Innovative, courageous conversations start here!
We’ve created Critical Conversations to tackle the dynamics of sustainability and impact investing. It highlights the need for educated and authentic conversations that explore the right ideas, with the right people, to continue to move the best solutions forward.
If you missed the last Critical Conversations event and would like to be invited to the next episode, CLICK HERE.
Meet our panel.
MC: Lerato Mbele
Business and News Presenter
Lerato is a business and news presenter well known for raising Africa’s profile in world news and current affairs. Lerato has spoken at and moderated televised debates for the World Economic Forum on Africa, the World Bank and IMF annual meetings, African Development Bank summits, the UN Climate Change Summit COP-17 and has hosted the televised presidential debates for the Nigerian Economic Summit Group. Lerato is a previous business presenter for BBC World Television and was the host of Africa Business Report. Before that, Lerato was a senior business anchor for CNBC and SA’s national public broadcaster. She is a recipient of the Charlotte Maxeke Women in Media Award in recognition of her achievements on the African Continent.
Teboho Makhabane
Head: ESG & Impact, Sanlam Investments
Teboho is an experienced impact investing professional who is passionate about directing investment capital to address the most pressing social and environmental issues in society.
She believes that the growing inequality, poverty, climate change and many other social and environmental issues provide an opportunity for private capital to close the financing gap in moving the global community towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and at a national level, the National Development Plan (NDP). As an ESG and Impact investing Practitioner, she monitors and advises on responsible investing in all its forms across the business.
Teboho has a Master’s in Commerce (Development Finance) from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Graduate School of Business, a BCom Honours (Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management), as well as a BSc in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics from UCT.
Pawan Singh
Portfolio Manager: Sustainable Infrastructure Fund, Sanlam Investments
Pawan serves as a Portfolio Manager for the Sustainable Infrastructure Fund at Sanlam Investments. In this role, he is responsible for deal origination, structuring and post-investment monitoring for economic infrastructure investments on behalf of institutional investors. He previously held the position of Head of Multi-Strategy within Sanlam Investments’ Alternatives business . In this role, he was instrumental in driving Sanlam’s alternative multi-strategy investment solution, primarily for the institutional market. Prior to that he was a Portfolio Manager within Sanlam Investments Multi-Manager from 2014, where he was responsible for manager selection and research, market research, portfolio construction and risk management for retail investors.
Pawan holds a BCom in Accounting from Mumbai’s Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics and an MBA from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College in New York.
Dr Gift Pule
Principal: Private Equity, Sanlam Investments
Gift is a Principal at Sanlam Private Equity, running a R4.4 billion Mid-Market Fund with a core focus on promoting equality, job growth, and inclusivity through sustainable investing and partnering with experienced founders and entrepreneurs.
With a diverse background that includes roles at prominent asset management firms such as Allan Gray and activist shareholder hedge funds like Value Capital Partners, Gift brings a wealth of experience in equity management to his current role.
Gift holds a Doctoral Degree in Medicine from the University of Cape Town, along with a Doctoral Fellowship from Baylor College of Medicine in Texas. Complementing his medical qualifications, he also holds an MBA from Regent Business School. This unique blend of medical and financial expertise highlights his dedication to driving sustainable and inclusive investing in South Africa’s private equity landscape.
Vukile Themba-Mketo
Senior Portfolio Manager: Private Debt, Sanlam Investments
Vukile is a Senior Portfolio Manager within the Sanlam Investments Private Debt team, where she plays a pivotal role in managing the Sanlam Resilient Investment Fund and the Sanlam SA SME Debt Fund, both of which are impact funds.
Her work to date involves funding the SME market with the intention of financing opportunities that create jobs, reduce inequalities, drive transformation, and improve the living conditions for the most vulnerable.
Additionally, Vukile collaborates extensively with the Sanlam Investments ESG and Impact division to identify appropriate impact indicators and develop processes to gather, analyse and report on ESG and impact. This measurement work has enabled a better understanding of the impact being achieved by the Private Debt funds, so that risks can be managed, and better investment decisions can be made in the future.
Vukile holds a BCom Honours degree in Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management (FAPM) and is passionate about social justice, private markets and the role that SMEs have to play in transforming our economy and creating a legacy of wealth for all South Africans.
