Ashvin G Mancha

Ashvin obtained a B. Proc from the University of Witwatersrand in 1981, and thereafter a Diploma in Financial Management. He completed articles at Soller, Winer and Partners, and was admitted as an Attorney in 1982. His primary responsibilities and experience were in the banking sector. In 1985 he entered the family business which ran property and retail businesses which gave him direct exposure to the stockbroking community in South Africa. He then joined Ed, Hern Rudolph Inc. as a stockbroker on completion of his stockbroking exams and was the first qualified black practicing stockbroker during the apartheid era of South Africa. He was invited to join the board of directors, and remained a director after the firm was sold to BOE Natwest in 1995. During the period up to his departure in December 1999, he built up one of the largest independent private client stockbroking businesses in South Africa. In June 2000, he started the stockbroking firm of Afrifocus Securities.