The Team

The Liability Driven Investments' team consists of:

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  Tanja Tippett

  Boutique Head

  Current Responsibility

  Tanja moved to the LDI boutique as boutique head in July 2007. She is responsible for establishing the LDI boutique as a leading player in the liability-driven management of pension funds, and developing new products that assist pension funds in achieving their liability benchmarks.

  Previous Experience

  Tanja joined OMSFIN in 2005 as head of quantitative research and product development. She started her investment career at BOE treasury after four years in the IT industry working in systems development. She then worked at OMIGSA starting out as a quantitative analyst, progressing to a portfolio manager focussing on fixed rate annuity funds.

  

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  Michelle Erasmus

  Portfolio Manager

  Current Responsibility

  Michelle joined the Liability Driven Investment boutique in September 2008 and manages policyholder funds for the boutique.

  Previous Experience

  Prior to joining OMIGSA, she was an interest rate derivatives trader at Sanlam Capital Markets for five years. She has traded fixed income and interest rate products, managed the repo book and assisted with scrip lending. Michelle has almost ten years of work experience in the interest rate market.

  

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  Meeta Gosai

  Client Solutions Manager

  Current Responsibility

  Meeta joined the Old Mutual Investment Group South Africa (OMIGSA) Liability Driven Investments (LDI) team in July 2011 as a Client Solutions Manager.

  She assists to ensure that the boutique maintains good relationships with clients and offers solutions that suit their bespoke liabilities. She is responsible for driving the implementation of new products and solutions, ensuring that deadlines are met and clients are satisfied. Meeta has six and a half years of investment experience in the industry.

  Previous Experience

  Prior to joining LDI, Meeta worked in OMIGSA’s Absolute Return Investments team as an Investment Structuring Analyst from August 2007 until June 2011. She started her career at Cadiz African Harvest Asset Management as an Investment Analyst.