Fatima Vawda

Chief Executive Officer, 27four Investment Managers

Fatima Vawda is Chief Executive Officer of 27four Investment Managers.

27four is a Johannesburg-based investment manager offering multi-manager portfolios and public and private market strategies. In 2025 it released a diversity, equity and inclusion index based on a survey of 93 South African asset managers.

In the job

  1. 27four established a black business growth fund that had raised R700 million and targeted R3 billion. Source

  2. 27four partnered with Sanlam Employee Benefits to launch the Progressive Smooth Bonus Fund with an 80% capital guarantee. Source

  3. 27four released a diversity, equity and inclusion index after surveying 93 South African asset managers. Source

Career before

  1. 1995-1997Lecturer in applied mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand
  2. Interest rate derivatives trader, Standard Corporate & Merchant Bank
  3. Position at Peregrine Securities
  4. 2003Founder, Legae Capital

Education

MSc in Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand

Sources

  1. jsetradeconnect.co.za
  2. businessday.co.za
  3. 27four.com
  4. moneyweb.co.za
  5. bizcommunity.com
  6. businessday.co.za
  7. businessday.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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