Jan manages our small cap opportunities fund, the S-Alt SC Qualified Hedge Fund + and co-manages the Denker SCI* Balanced Fund and Denker SCI* Stable Funds with Madalet Sessions. Jan co-founded Gryphon Asset Management in 1998, after three years at Sanlam Asset Management as an equity analyst. In addition to co-managing the Coris Capital Money Market Fund and Absa Dividend Income Fund, Jan founded Gryphon Alternative Investments with the launch of the Gryphon Market Neutral Equity Fund in 2003. Given his experience and extensive knowledge of the South African equity market, Jan has played an integral part in stock selection and asset allocation across Denker Capital’s South African strategies since joining our business in 2011.
In 2024, under Jan and Madalet’s management, the Denker SCI* Balanced Fund received a Morningstar Award as the winner in the Best Aggressive Asset Allocation Fund category.
