Judges Profile

Naresh Ashok
Naresh is currently the Chief Commercial Officer for Brawne Capital Holdings and the Chief Executive Officer for Brawne South Africa. He has over two decades of diverse Financial Markets experience. Starting his career in the financial industry in 1995 at FirstCorp Merchant Bank, he has obtained a vast array of skills since that time.
Naresh was Vice President: Liquidity Management in the Payments and Cash Management department of HSBC South Africa. He has also served as Senior Business Facilitation Manager at Nedbank CIB from 2010 where he was responsible for delivery of various systems and products both internally and to market.
His vast experience and qualifications which include Operations Management, Product Development, Risk Management and Systems Implementation have granted him extensive understanding dealing with both corporate and individual entities across geographical borders in multiple asset classes and instruments.
Qualifications – B.Com, Master of Business Leadership (UNISA), CertITM (ACT), APRM (PRMIA)