Jeremy Gardiner will open the 2024 Convention with his presentation entitled From Darkness to Dawn: Navigating opportunities in a recovering South Africa on Wednesday, 20 November at 8:45 AM.
With elections successfully out of the way, and with markets and the currency approving, SA can now focus on rebuilding key institutions and getting growth going. Although globally interest rates remain high, they look set to start falling, creating a more positive global backdrop. Add to this, a South Africa on the mend, could this finally be the moment South Africans have been waiting for?
Jeremy Gardiner, Director at Ninety One, is a regular voice in the media, at conferences and to the investment-related world at large, responsible for commenting on current affairs, economics and investment markets.
In his position, Jeremy has access to information from the world’s leading analysts, on everything from politics to petrol. Jeremy’s challenge is consolidating all this information. Essentially, Jeremy collects and then connects the dots, bringing it to you in a format that you will find both interesting and informative.
Jeremy has been with the firm for 32 years, during which time the business grew from a small Cape Town Asset Management firm to a significant global business managing clients assets of approximately R3 trillion*. Jeremy also served on the board of Western Province/Stormers rugby from 2003 to 2005, a period in which their performance was particularly poor!
Although he studied accounting at the University of Cape Town and Economics at the University of Witwatersrand, Jeremy is neither an accountant nor an economist, but uses these skills to demystify what the accountants and economists are saying.