James has a BCom Hons from the University of the Witwatersrand and started his career at UBS (and its predecessor firms) in Johannesburg in 1994. During his 20-year career at UBS as a sell-side analyst, he was rated among the top 2 in the SA diversified mining sector for 14 consecutive years (by the annual Financial Mail Ranking the Analysts survey) up until his departure in 2014. He was also rated the number one analyst in the SA steel sector for nine consecutive years. From 2015 to 2018, James covered the SA diversified mining sector at Citi. Since then, he has managed his own global stock portfolio, primarily investing in the US, China, and Europe. James started at Anchor in 2022, covering global listed companies.

Lelethu holds a BBusSc triple-major degree from UCT, specialising in finance, economics, and statistics. He has worked in fixed income for companies such as Old Mutual Investment Group and Investec Asset Management. He joined Anchor in 2020 as a fixed-income analyst focusing on the credit space. Lelethu currently co-manages the Anchor BCI Core Income Fund.

Liam joined Anchor in 2014 after completing his accounting articles with KPMG. In 2017, he was appointed portfolio manager of Anchor’s aggressive long/short equity mandates, and since 2018, he has managed the firm’s local long-only equity unit trusts. In 2020, Liam assumed responsibility for all of Anchor’s institutional hedge funds. He currently serves as portfolio manager on the Anchor Stable FR Retail Hedge Fund, Anchor Accelerator FR Retail Hedge Fund, AG Variable Fund, Musgrave Absolute Return Fund, Anchor Global Stable Hedge Fund, Anchor Systematic FR QI Hedge Fund, and the Anchor Structured Credit Fund.

Mike joined stockbroker Barnard Jacobs Mellet in 1999, where he covered the SA banks and specialty financials sectors. In 2003, he moved to Deutsche Bank, where Mike continued to cover local banks and specialty financials before moving on to cover telecoms and media, as well as local investment strategy. He was appointed head of investment research at Deutsche in 2008. In 2015, Mike joined Citibank before moving to Robert Cowen Investments in 2018 as chief investment officer. During his years in investment research, Mike was recognized in the Financial Mail and Institutional Investor investment research surveys for coverage of the various sectors for which he was responsible. He also led the Deutsche research team to the top of the rankings. Mike holds a CFA designation.

Ross has worked for Robert Cowen Investments since 2011, with a current focus on offshore analysis and portfolio management. Ross holds a B. Bus Sci Finance Honours from the University of Cape Town and is a CFA charterholder.

In 2013, Seleho completed his BCom in Economics and Finance at Wits University, where he received the SASFIN Securities Prize. The following year, he was awarded the Postgraduate Merit Award upon enrolment for Honours. He joined Cannon Asset Managers in January 2015 and moved to Anchor in November 2015. Seleho previously covered the basic materials sector locally but, in 2024, shifted his focus to select offshore equities. He co-manages the Anchor BCI Global Technology fund and is a CFA charterholder.

Steph joined Anchor as a senior investment analyst in 2022. Steph worked in several financial management positions before joining Avior in 2018 as a sell-side analyst. While at Avior, Steph was rated fourth in the annual Financial Mail Ranking the Analysts survey for healthcare and pharma sector coverage in 2021 and received joint first place for 2020 and 2021 in industrial small/medium cap coverage. Steph is a CA(SA), CGMA and CFA Charter holder.