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“Headlines from the Future: The World in 2035”
We are thrilled to invite you to another enriching S.W.A.N Insights event, where we’ll dive into the future and explore the trends shaping the world and investments. Futurist Pieter Geldenhuys will present “Headlines from the Future: The World in 2035”, offering a glimpse into future shifts. Gregoire Theron, GraySwan’s CIO, will then provide a macroeconomic overview, analyzing the latest global trends and their impact on local and international markets. This event is designed to equip you with insights that will help you stay ahead in an ever-evolving landscape.
We will also include an update from GraySwan’s CEO, Duncan Theron, on our top-performing Funds and the strategies behind their continued success. We’ll conclude with a short but meaningful update from Mariette du Toit-Helmbold on the important work being done by Village Collective.
Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with industry leaders and gain valuable perspectives for the future. RSVP now to secure your spot!
Date: 29 October 2024
Time: 17:00 – 19:00
RSVP: 25 October 2024
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GraySwan – Raging Bull Award Winner
On 11 March 2024, our commitment to financial excellence was recognized as GraySwan secured a prestigious Raging Bull Award! This distinguished honour was awarded to our GraySwan SCI Moderate Fund of Funds, in the Best South African Multi-Asset Medium Equity Fund category.
Program
17:00 – 17:20: Arrival Drinks
17:30 – 19:00: Presentations
19:00: Post – Event Drinks and Canapes
Speakers
Pieter Geldenhuys
Director: Institute for Technology Strategy and Innovation
Pieter Geldenhuys is extensively used as a futurist and strategist on the global stage by some of the world’s top business schools, such as the London Business School, Cornell, and Duke. He assists numerous organisations in leveraging their innovative potential by providing them with the skills and insights to become proactive agents in creating the future.
He is the Founder and Director of the Institute for Technology Strategy and Innovation (ITSI). Over the past two decades, he and his team have guided more than 5,000 students and more than 150 innovation projects within the largest technology companies in India, the Middle East, and Africa. He has created ten university-registered programmes in Technology Strategy, including the highly regarded Fintech Masterclass and AI Masterclass.
As a public speaker, he has made more than 1,500 radio and more than 2,500 public appearances, and he has spoken to audiences in more than 25 countries. He is the author of the book “Headlines from the Future.”
He was Vice-Chair of the Innovation Focus Group at the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva, Switzerland, and the Technology Strategy advisor to the CEO of Vodacom. He is a nominated member of the South African Academy of Science and Arts and a previous Chairman of the ATKV, as well as a board member of various companies within South Africa.
He believes that the only way to effectively predict the future is to create it.”
Mariette du Toit-Helmbold
Chief Destineer: Village Collective
Mariëtte du Toit-Helmbold established Destinate in 2013 after ten years as the CEO of Cape Town Tourism. Destinate is a bespoke destination management and tourism marketing agency. They develop and help implement strategy, build brands, market destinations and connect people with great brands and destinations (often over good food and wine).
Mariëtte is an international destination marketing and tourism thought leader, strategist and in demand internationally as a speaker on tourism, wine tourism, trends in marketing, destination marketing, brand innovation and digital marketing.
She has great insight in wine tourism and was responsible for the first national research project on wine tourism for South Africa. She developed South Africa’s first national wine tourism strategy and led the first phase of implementation thereof.
She understands the importance of having a global and futuristic perspective, but her ability to implement globally relevant vision and strategy within a distinctively local context with tangible results is what has truly positioned her as a thought leader in tourism, marketing and strategic communications.
Gregoire Theron
Chief Investment Officer: GraySwan
As Chief Investment Officer, Gregoire leads the GraySwan Investment Committee and investment manager research efforts. He and his research team focus on proprietary and fundamental investment manager research. He is exceptionally committed and together with his team of research analysts, performs rigorous and scrutinizing investment manager due diligence, both qualitatively, quantitatively and operationally. No stone is left unturned as they skillfully find tomorrow’s consistent performer.
He has 20 years’ investment experience of which 15 years as an investment consultant and 5 years in offshore alternative investment management. His previous role as Head of Risk at Sanlam’s offshore alternative investment business strategically trained him to find and thereafter monitor investment managers with superior risk-adjusted-performance. His thorough and critical thinking feeds into his role as Senior Investment Consultant to provide transparent and leading-edge investment solutions for you.
Under his eagle eye guidance, the investment manager research team continuously meets with investment managers as part of our due diligence process and furthermore produces more than 30 different extensive monthly peer group investment manager surveys, covering all asset classes within local, developed and developing markets.
Duncan Theron
Chief Executive Officer: GraySwan
Duncan has 25 years of investment experience of which 20 years as an investment consultant and 5 years in offshore alternative investment management. His extensive investment experience in both fields provides him with a unique perspective to ask the right questions and provide high conviction investment insights.
Duncan has consulted to most of the largest and most prestigious retirement funds in South Africa. He previously fulfilled the role of Director, Head of Manager Research and Senior Investment Consultant at two of the largest investment consulting companies in South Africa. He also previously fulfilled the role of Managing Director and finally the Chief Investment Officer of Sanlam’s offshore alternative asset management business.
In 2010 he founded GraySwan, a boutique and independent investment consulting and wealth management company, alongside his partners Gregoire and Tania.