Charl de Villiers joined Sanlam Investments as an equity analyst in 2008. He is currently a portfolio manager responsible for managing the Sanlam Investment Management Aggressive Equity Fund and co-managing the Sanlam Investment Management General Equity Fund. Alongside this, he is a voting member of the Equity Modal Portfolio Group (MPG). Charl has 13 years’ experience in the financial services industry.

After a brief stint in Engineering, he then joined Nebula Solutions as a management consultant in 2003. In 2005 he moved to Aylett & Company to begin his investment career as an equity analyst.

Charl is also a CFA charterholder, and completed his B.Tech.Eng (Electrical) at the NMMU in 1999. He also completed an MBA at the GSB at the University of Cape Town in 2002.