Kevin is co-Head of Waystone Investment Solutions and also serves as Head of Research for the business.
In this role, Kevin is responsible for overseeing the Waystone Investment Solutions sales team that raise capital for a selection of alternative investment funds. Along with overseeing the sales team, Kevin also has the key responsibility of sourcing new product for the team in his research function, building on his many years running fund of hedge fund portfolios.
Kevin began his career in South Africa at Sanlam Asset Management in 1998, before departing in 2000 to co-fund RisCura Solutions, one of South Africa’s leading risk and asset consulting firms. Having established a business servicing the risk management requirements of the hedge fund industry, he moved to Blue Ink Investments in 2006 to manage their range of award-winning fund of hedge fund portfolios. Following corporate action which saw Blue Ink bought by Sanlam Investment Management, Kevin was asked by the Sanlam group to move to London in 2010 and re-establish their institutional asset management presence. As a director of Sanlam International Investments, Kevin managed both fund of hedge fund portfolios and global balanced portfolios for the group. He also worked for Skybound Capital, in 2016, as a portfolio manager prior to joining Montlake in 2017, where he was responsible for operational due diligence of all third-party investment managers and investment research on prospective investment manager partners for the Investment Solutions team. In 2021, following the merger of MontLake, DMS and MDO, the MontLake business became Waystone, after which Kevin has assumed his current role.
Kevin holds a post graduate honours degree in Finance and an undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting and Computer Science from the University of Natal. In addition, Kevin is a CAIA charter holder.
