Paul Clark 2019 Speaker

Portfolio Manager

Ashburton Investments, Africa excluding South Africa

Biography

Paul is a Fund Manager at Ashburton Investments. He joined Ashburton Investments South Africa in 2012 to set up and manage an Africa Fund for the FirstRand Group. Paul started his investment career with Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank’s Asset Management division where he served as a Research Analyst and Specialist Unit Trust Fund Manager for two years. He subsequently joined HSBC Equities South Africa as an Equities Analyst for five years. Paul then joined the African Alliance Group in 2004 as Head of Research and was instrumental in the launch of the Africa Pioneer Fund in June 2007. He was the lead Fund Manager on the fund until December 2011. Paul holds a BEng degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Stellenbosch as well as a BCom degree in Accounting from the University of the Witwatersrand. Paul is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.