Pierre de Klerk

Mr. Johannes P.
de Klerk, CFA, is a Managing Director & Senior Portfolio Manager at Apex Investment Consulting SA (Pty) Ltd. He has over 21 years of financial services experience and over 15 years of multi-manager experience.
Mr. de Klerk started his career at Old Mutual gaining experience in actuarial product development and actuarial marketing.
He joined Momentum in 1997 as the head of investment products for Momentum’s Linked Investment Service Provider.
In the early 2000’s, he transitioned to a pure investment management career, working in turn working for Momentum Multi Managers and Advantage Asset Managers while gaining 10 years of multi management investment experience.
In 2007, he was a founding member of Momentum Investment Consulting (MIC), a unit responsible for all retail multi-manager activities in the Momentum Group.
As the head of investments for MIC in South Africa, he was responsible for managing an investment team and overseeing investments of R 4 billion.
Following the merger between Metropolitan Multi Managers and MIC as part of the MMI merger transaction, Mr. de Klerk became an executive director of MIC, having general management responsibility for the combined business.
He was the lead portfolio manager on a range of top performing portfolios during his employment at MIC.
He holds a B. Com (Honours) degree in Actuarial Science and is a CFA Charter holder.