Derrick Roper

Derrick Roper is the CEO of Novare Holdings and Novare Equity Partners. He has over 26 years of experience in the industry. He is a qualified Actuary. Derrik graduated from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in England. Before joining Novare he worked for a number of large financial services companies in South Africa including Sanlam and Gensec Asset Management. His areas of expertise include asset-liability matching, strategic asset allocation, alternative investments and private equity investments. His tendency to innovate in product development saw Novare launch the first South African Fund of Hedge Funds in 2003, and subsequently, the Novare Africa Property Fund I in 2010.