EXPERT + REALTIME
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Our people
Executive Committee
Riaan van Niekerk
Chief Information OfficerRiaan has deep experience in developing financial applications and services. In 2006 he left a role as Head of Development at FNB to start Brokersbuddy, a company that developed a SAFEX monitoring app for mobile phones. The company was bought by Fin24 in 2007 and Riaan has come to play a key role as CIO first of Fin24 and now of McGregor BFA.
Andrew Philbrick
Chief Executive OfficerAndrew joined McGregor BFA in 2012 after a successful career at a global supplier of asset management analytics software and data. His experience spans roles in solutions development, client services and executive management across Europe, North America and South Africa. Under Andrew’s leadership McGregor BFA has refocused its strategy towards providing the most technologically advanced platforms built on McGregor BFA’s vast African and global investment database, all delivered with uncompromising attention to superb service.
Sandy Kerkhove
Head of BusinessSandy joined McGregor BFA in 1997 as a financial analyst, after a career in financial accounting. Her passion and insight into the financial and investment industry’s data and research needs were further developed during subsequent roles as content manager, head of customer relations, sales manager, assistant general manager and head of operations before being appointed into her current role as head of business at McGregor BFA.
Product Innovation
Henem van Staden
Product Owner: Fin24 DashboardHenem received his early financial training at SARS as a member of the external audit division, before leaving in 1996 to start furniture broking and tax consultancy businesses. He joined McGregor BFA in 2008 as Business Development Executive and then Customer Relationship Manager. Now, as Product Owner for Fin24 DashBoard, his passion is to teach South Africans that everyone can and should learn to invest as early as possible.
Shaun Schiffer
Product Owner: ExpertShaun graduated from the University of Pretoria in 2004 with a BSc in Computer Science. He joined McGregor BFA in 2008 as head of the corporate product suite, and continues to drive product development. His business analysis, project management and development experience combine with his knowledge of financial markets to give him insight into our clients’ needs.
Anton van Vuuren
Product Owner: RealtimeAnton has broad experience in project management, software development and financial services, with stints at Softline, Fraxion Software, Kalahari.net, Fundamo and Internet Solutions. The resulting combination of skills makes him ideal to lead the team developing our real time products. Anton is the primary interface between our clients and development teams, responsible for translating good ideas into great products.
Prof Leon Brümmer
Founder, Head of ResearchProfessor Brümmer is one of South Africa’s leading experts on corporate finance and investment management. As Director of the Bureau for Financial Analysis at the University of Pretoria, he was instrumental in launching BFA as a self-supporting entity in 1992, and later in the merger with McGregor Information Systems that created McGregor BFA. His research vision and experience remain the bedrock of our product development.
Content
Cindy-Leigh Ferguson
Compliance ManagerCindy-Leigh’s background in customer service helps bring sparkle to her current role as Compliance Manager. She is responsible for all our agreements with data suppliers, including the JSE and international exchanges, as well as for managing client subscription agreements, creating compliance awareness and advising the team on compliance issues. She is completing a law degree through Unisa.
Douglas Henning
Head of ContentDouglas has worked in investment administration and software since 1990. Experience as a business analyst has given him deep insight into what fund managers and analysts truly need from software. He joined us as Head of Content after managing data teams for a premium supplier of investment performance and analytical software.