The Team
Hertha !Gontes
Executive Director and Co-Founder
Hertha co-founded Sisedi in 2019 and occupies the roles of CEO and Head of Distribution. Her career in asset management started at Old Mutual Investment Asset Managers where she was nominated as one of the participants in the Old Mutual Investment Group’s Academy first cohort – a program to upskill previous Disadvantaged Individuals to learn about analysis of financial markets.
With more than 22 years of experience in the investment industry at leading Investment firms, her tenure includes a variety of business development and wealth management roles both in the institutional and retail sectors with a focus on new business growth while participating in and leading various client oriented strategic initiatives.
During her career she was responsible for the development and distribution of various asset classes including, listed instruments – in equities, fixed income, property as well as various corporate products such as Group life assurance, umbrella retirement fund offerings and many more.Her areas of expertise are financial markets business development, governance, strategy and management. She has qualifications in Financial management and post-graduate qualifications in Management and Governance. She is currently pursuing studies in Business Ethics and Strategic Leadership.
Hertha is very passionate about the Pension Fund industry in particular, as the preservation and savings for retirement are very close to her heart as a woman and black Namibian.
Yvonne Mwilima
Portfolio Manager and Co-Founder
Yvonne holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Stellenbosch and is a CFA Chartholder. Her experience ranges from portfolio management, financial analysis as well as investment management. Her professional career includes extensive tenure at Old Mutual and RMB Asset Management.
Gail Hailonga
Junior Investment Analysts
Gail holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from the Namibia University of Science and Technology and she is currently a CFA Level 1 candidate. She is passionate about investments and striving to work towards more efficient and better ways to make money grow.
Credula Barros
Chief Operations Officer and Co-Founder
Credula Barros is a well-rounded executive with over 21 years of experience in long-term insurance and pension fund management. She has completed her postgraduate Diploma in Governance, Risk and Compliance, a Management Development Programme from the University of Stellenbosch and is currently pursuing her Executive MBA.
Susan Vermaak
Asset Allocation Strategist
Susan has extensive experience in Asset Management and Private Client Wealth Management, with specific focus on Multi-Asset Strategies, Money Market and Income Fund Portfolio Management and has a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Venice in Italy.
As a Time To Think™ Team Facilitator, her passion lies in engaging the intelligence of a Team when facilitating meetings and leading projects to create sustainable business results as well as benefit the health and wellbeing of a team and organisation.
