Piet has over 25 years of industry experience. He started out as a lecturer at the University of Pretoria, and then joined the Reserve Bank as an economic analyst. He became a portfolio manager at Allan Gray Investment Counsel in 1991 and in 1995 he moved to Investec Asset Management. Piet founded RECM in 2003 and is our Chairman.

In his personal life, Piet is an avid art enthusiast, and enjoys ultra distance sporting events. He has completed 3 ABSA Cape Epic mountain bike races, 1 Iron Man, 1 Comrades marathon, 3 Two Oceans ultra marathons and recently swam from Robben Island to Blouberg. But his ultimate passion remains investing, and more specifically, value investing.