Paolo joined Melville Douglas in 2018 as Head of South African Equities and co-manages the Melville Douglas High Alpha Fund. Prior to this, he was with the FirstRand Group since 1995, gaining over 20 years’ financial market experience. During 2000, he became CIO of RMB Private Bank Portfolio Management and held the responsibility of growing the specialised institutional business. He was CIO for Ashburton Investments, FirstRand’s asset management initiative, since its inception and was instrumental in consolidating the group’s various asset-management businesses and investment processes. He holds an MSc (Mech Eng).