Chris van der Merwe

CFP® | Director/ Key Individual

Chris started his career with the National Marketing Council after obtaining a B. Comm degree from the University of Stellenbosch. He obtained his honours degree in Economics at the University of Pretoria through part-time studies. He then obtained a B.Ing. (Civil) at the University of Stellenbosch and worked for 20 years as a civil engineer for various companies. He obtained the post graduate diploma in financial planning from the University of the Orange Free State in 2006. For 12 years he was involved in project management. He has practiced as an independent financial advisor since 2000.

He is a certified member of the Financial Planning Institute (CFP®).

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Willem de Villiers

CFP® | Director/ Key Individual

Willem started his career as an engineer in Iran and has been involved with financial institutions since 1980. His financial career began with the Standard Bank group and he was involved with various aspects of banking, IT systems and asset/liability management. He joined the South African Reserve Bank in 1992 as Assistant General Manager, Risk Management. In 1998 he joined Merrill Lynch as General Manager of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Bank and since 2001 he has been an independent consultant and financial advisor.

He has obtained the qualifications of BSc. B.Eng. (Industrial), M.B.A, B. Comm and the post graduate diploma in financial planning from the He is a certified member of the Financial Planning Institute (CFP®).

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Catharina Botha

CCFP® | Wealth Advisor

Catharina started her career as a Statistician with Human Science Research Council in 1980 after obtaining B.Sc. and B.Sc.(hons) in Mathematical Statistics at the University of Pretoria. She has also obtained the qualifications M.Sc. in Mathematical Statistics and Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Taxation. She also worked in the agricultural environment at Dairy Board, Meat Board and Outspan International Limited. She was also a lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology, University of Pretoria and UNISA on a full-time or part-time basis.

She practiced as an independent financial advisor at VSA since 2009 and has completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Planning at the University of the Free State in 2012. She is a certified member of the Financial Planning Institute (CFP®).

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Human Anderson

CA(SA) and Wealth Advisor

Human is a Chartered Accountant who retired from the SA Reserve Bank in 2014, after a career in financial accounting, reporting, taxation and financial management. He joined VSA in 2015 as independent financial advisor.

He obtained his B Comm degree from the University of Northwest (Potchefstroom campus), B Comm Hons and CTA from the University of Pretoria, and completed a tertiary diploma in the administration of estates at UNISA. He is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).

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Pieter Coetzer

Wealth Advisor

Pieter obtained his B.Ing. (Mechanical) degree from the Northwest University in 1998. Since then he was employed by various companies (Aurecon, PBMR, Barloworld and SA Bureau of Standards) as a project engineer.

He completed the MBL degree at UNISA in 2008. Pieter joined VSA in 2009 as independent financial advisor.

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Pieter Botha

CFP® | CA(SA) and Wealth Advisor

Pieter is a Chartered Accountant and served in various senior financial positions in Altech and SARS and joined VSA in 2011 as independent financial advisor. He completed a master’s degree in Taxation in 2010 at the University of Pretoria and completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Planning at the University of the Free State in 2011.

He is a certified member of the Financial Planning Institute (CFP®) as well as a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and the South African Institute of Tax Practitioners (SAIT) (MTP).

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Marí van der Merwe

Middle Office Manager

Marí obtained a LLB degree from the Northwest University in 2011 and is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa. She practiced as a Litigation Attorney and was also employed as a Legal Advisor for a large insurance company. Marí joined VSA in 2017.

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Alna Storey

Personal Assistant

Alna started her career as a typist in 1976. Alna has 42 years secretarial experience. She joined VSA in 2008 as a personal assistant.

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