Anton Pillay

Chief Executive Officer, Coronation Fund Managers

Anton Pillay is Chief Executive Officer of Coronation Fund Managers, in the role since February 2013.

Coronation Fund Managers is a JSE-listed asset manager founded in Cape Town in 1993. During Pillay's tenure, it completed a broad-based B-BBEE transaction that increased effective black ownership to 52%.

In the job

  1. Completed a broad-based B-BBEE transaction and issued new shares to the Imbewu Trust and Ho Jala Community Trust. Source

  2. Reported interim revenue of R2.037 billion and declared an interim dividend of 200 cents per share. Source

  3. Reported assets under management of R786 billion at the end of 2025, up R110 billion from 2024. Source

Career before

  1. Various positions and directorships at BoE and Nedbank, including assistant general manager of the private bank, general manager of investments and head of banking
  2. 2006-2013Chief Operating Officer, Coronation Fund Managers

Education

BBusSc; CA(SA); CFA; AMP (Harvard)

Sources

  1. coronation.com
  2. coronation.com
  3. financialfilings.com
  4. coronation.com
  5. iol.co.za
  6. businessday.co.za
  7. businessday.co.za
  8. moneyweb.co.za

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