Barry Cowen spent over a decade at Sanlam Wealth, now rebranded Atomos, and as head of its model portfolio service is responsible for more than 20% of the its assets under management.

He began his career on a bond sales desk in the early 1990s, and used that experience to pivot into private client fund management, joining George Petch International in the early 2000s to launch a wealth service.

He says that being underweight cyclical energy and resource when Russia invaded Ukraine has been his worst call this year, while his best was holding Pacific AM’s North of South EM All Cap fund.

His advice to younger investors: ‘The power of compounding means long term outcomes are impacted by near term returns. Don't be too gung-ho.’