OUR TEAM

You will always know who is running your mandate.

Our investment team is specialist and deliberately small. Investment strategy, research and client consulting stay in-house, because the intellectual capital of this business is what keeps the philosophy and the process solid and repeatable.
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THE TEAM

35 specialists.

One standard.

Our team is deliberately boutique. Small enough that your fund is known by name rather than by account number and specialist enough that the technical work stays in-house.

230bn

Assets
advised and
managed

275+

Years of collective
experience
Every mandate is run by people who have worked through more than one full market cycle, and who are still here to answer for the decisions they made in the last one.
Investment strategy & advisory
Asset-liability modelling, investment policy design, liabilities analysis, strategic asset allocation and investment strategy design.
Manager research & selection
Continuous research across local and global managers, independent due diligence and ongoing monitoring. Evidence-led and reviewed, not set once and forgotten.
Implementation & risk
Portfolio construction, blending, rebalancing and investment risk management. Strategy and execution sit together, so nothing is lost between the recommendation and the result.
Reporting & governance
Board-ready performance monitoring and reporting, and practical navigation of COFI and Regulation 28.
LEADERSHIP

The people accountable
for your fund’s outcome.

Mentenova is owned and managed by the people who lead it. There is no external shareholder, and no unnecessary layers between a decision and the person answerable for it. This is the team that leads the business and its mandates.

Bongiwe Momoza
HEAD OF CLIENT SERVICE
Bongiwe heads investment consulting at Mentenova and has advised institutional funds since 2011. She holds a Master of Finance and Investments from Wits and a BCom Honours in Economics from the University of Pretoria. She joined in 2025 from Sasfin, where she was Head of Advice.
Francois Viljoen
Chief Executive Officer
Francois is Mentenova's Chief Executive Officer and has led the business since 2012. He holds a BCom cum laude and a BCom Honours in Investment Management from the University of Pretoria, and is a qualified CFA Charterholder. He joined from Absa Consultants & Actuaries, where he spent thirteen years and headed asset consulting.
Preeya Kala
FINANCE MANAGER
Preeya has managed Mentenova's finance function since 2019. She holds a BCom in Accounting and Business Management from the University of South Africa and has spent more than 25 years in finance.
Daniel Streicher
Executive Director & Co Founder
Daniel co-founded Mentenova in 2012 and is an Executive Director of the business. He holds a BCom in Financial and Investment Management from Stellenbosch University and completed the Management Development Programme at GIBS. He joined from Absa, where he headed asset consulting.
Yanni Yang
Head of Quantitative Research
Yanni is Head of Quantitative Research and a co-portfolio manager at Mentenova. She holds a Bachelor of Business Science in Actuarial Science and an MPhil in Mathematical Finance from the University of Cape Town, and is a CFA Charterholder and FRM. She built the firm's tactical asset allocation dashboards and equity screeners.
Francois van Dijk
Chief Investment Officer
Francois is Mentenova's Chief Investment Officer and has overseen every investment function in the business since 2012. He holds a BCom in Mathematical Sciences from Stellenbosch University and is a CFA Charterholder who also grades CFA examinations for the CFA Institute. He joined from Absa Consultants & Actuaries.
Jan-Daniël Klopper
Head of Manager Research
Jan-Daniël heads manager research at Mentenova and is a portfolio manager. He holds a BCom in Investment Management from the University of Pretoria and is enrolled for a BCom Honours in Economic Analysis of Financial Markets from UCT. He joined as a junior analyst in 2017 and has worked through every level of the investment team since.
Diwan Pienaar
Head of Analytics hub
Diwan leads Mentenova's Analytics Hub and Operations function. He holds a BCom in Accounting, is a CFA Charterholder, and has more than 17 years of experience across investment management, operations and governance. He previously headed the institutional investment platform of a large listed financial services group.
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