Meet our team

Hjalmar matriculated at Grey College in Bloemfontein after which he attended Stellenbosch University where he obtained his MSc Agric. He joined Old Mutual as a representative in 1987, and rapidly moved up the ranks. Hjalmar’s passion to ensure the survival of independent financial advice led to the formation of Moonstone Information Refinery and shortly thereafter, Moonstone Compliance and Risk Management. His industry experience and practical knowledge made him a much sought after member of many forums where the future of financial services are debated.

Billy is an admitted attorney. He attained Post Graduate and Advanced Post Graduate Diplomas in Financial Planning and is a Certified Financial Planner. He is an approved compliance officer and Compliance Institute member. He has been involved in many areas of the financial services industry since 2000 and has been directly involved with compliance management since 2004. Billy joined us in 2011 as our Chief Operating Officer. Being at the head of a compliance operation which is responsible for almost 12 000 intermediaries, Billy is well versed in the challenges faced by financial institutions and financial services providers in the ever-changing regulatory landscape.

Grethe started her career in the financial services industry as a financial advisor and has been an integral part of the team since joining our company in 2008. She focuses on managing service delivery to our diverse client base, overseeing our licensing services, ensuring efficiency in day-to-day operations and provides guidance to our clients and Compliance Officers on regulatory matters. Grethe attained her BComm (Law) degree from the University of Stellenbosch and is an approved Category I and II compliance officer.

Gerrit joined Moonstone Compliance and Risk Management in 2017 as its National Credit Act Specialist. He previously worked for one of the big four auditing firms as a forensic attorney where he conducted various credit fraud investigations within the banking sector. Gerrit also held a position as Risk and Compliance Officer at a prominent credit bureau where he was involved with compliance matters relating to loan management systems and obtained invaluable experience within the credit industry across various sectors. Gerrit is an admitted attorney of the High Court and holds a bachelors of accounting and bachelors of laws degree from the University of Stellenbosch.

Before taking up her role at Moonstone Compliance, Andrea was actively involved with the Corporate Employment Law and Privacy Governance functions of several industry-leading companies. She is an admitted attorney and has obtained a BA degree in Value and Policy Studies at Stellenbosch University, completed further studies in Human Resource Management and Industrial Psychology, and obtained her LLB and LLM degrees thereafter. Andrea believes in the value of data privacy and Employment Law and its relationship to trust, brand, growth, risk, and compliance. For this reason, she works closely with an organisation's executive management to determine their specific privacy governance and employment law requirements and then offers customised solutions that are proportionate to the size, scale, geography, and resources of their operation.

Naseemah joined the licensing team in 2009 and has since attained considerable experience in assisting clients with obtaining new FSP licences and updating existing FSP licences through profile changes. She works with the regulator on an almost daily basis to facilitate the processing of all new applications and profile changes and to ensure that they are handled as efficiently as possible. She enjoys the analytical side of new licence applications and currently assists clients with obtaining Category I, II, IIA and CAT IV licences.

Our FSB approved Compliance Officers have diverse financial services, legal and financial planning backgrounds and are located across South Africa. With our national footprint, we have the operational ability to accommodate any client, irrespective of how decentralised their offices and staff are, to ensure that compliance processes are implemented appropriately. One of the distinct advantages of combining this framework with our reporting systems is our ability to conduct regular visits to all branches/ representatives, to consolidate monitoring information and structure our reporting based on our clients’ business requirements (individual, business unit and/or national).