Debra is a director and portfolio specialist at Morningstar Investment Management South Africa, and is responsible for the institutional business relationships and portfolio management within the South African business. Debra works closely with the Morningstar global investment team to bring best practice investment ideas to the South African business and its clients.

Prior to joining Morningstar, she spent four years at PSG Asset Management as a senior fund specialist, predominantly responsible for growing the business in the greater Gauteng region. She started her career at Standard Bank, fulfilling various roles including a financial analyst within personal markets and financial manager of unsecured lending products. She later moved across the business to Corporate and Investment Banking and spent three and a half years as a product controller for the interest rate trading and structured derivatives desks. Debra has been involved as a lecturer for MBA students at Milpark Business School. She holds a BCom, with a major in investment management, and a BCom (Hons) in financial management from the University of Pretoria. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) and has 14 years’ experience in the financial services industry.