Team

High standards.
Confident execution.

Designer Platforms is built around deep institutional experience in platform operating models, governance, implementation, and delivery oversight. We combine independent thinking with a client-first execution approach.

Approach
Clear accountability, calm execution, and governance discipline.
Team
Core team and governance oversight
A compact delivery core, supported by specialists, and scaled further as we grow.
Diwan Pienaar

Diwan Pienaar, CFA

Managing director

Institutional platform leadership, multi-manager implementation, operating model design, and governance oversight.

Christo Kok

Christo Kok, CA(SA), CFA

Independent non-executive director

Governance, finance, risk oversight and corporate structuring support to ensure institutional discipline and accountability.

Rozanne Loreti

Rozanne Loreti, CA(SA), CFA

Finance and reporting advisory

Supports financial management, accounting, tax and corporate finance functions.

Delivery model
Lean core team, scaled through specialist capability and client infrastructure.
Growth
Roles we are building
Select senior roles added as platform mandates and delivery volume scale.

Senior portfolio manager

Portfolio oversight and investment implementation support within curated solution sets, aligned to governance and client mandate requirements.

Recruitment in progress

Senior investment platform specialist

Operating model delivery, contracting support, onboarding, reporting discipline, governance processes, and oversight cadence across third-party providers.

Recruitment in progress
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