Meet the team

Leonard joined M&G Investments in October 2020. He is the joint Portfolio Manager of the M&G Balanced, M&G Inflation Plus, M&G Namibian Balanced, M&G Namibian Inflation Plus, M&G Target Income and M&G SA Equity Funds, as well as a portfolio of specialist Select Equity mandates for institutional clients.

With 18 years of investment management experience, Leonard spent the first three years of his career as an actuarial analyst at a large South African insurance company, before joining one of the country’s largest asset managers as an equity analyst in 2007. During his investment career he has covered a wide variety of companies and sectors. He has previously managed portions of top-performing equity and multi-asset funds across all asset classes, as well as segregated private client equity portfolios.

Leonard holds an Honours Degree in Business Science (Actuarial Mathematics) from the University of Pretoria and is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.