About us
Optis Investment Management
Optis Investment Management is the UK based manager for two funds, a Global Opportunities hedge fund and a long only African equity fund. Both funds are domiciled in the British Virgin Isles. Optis Investment Management is a company incorporated in England and Wales and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
The company’s investment philosophy is based on investing in good businesses with good growth prospects while paying less than fair value, minimal leverage, and hedging of market risk where this is deemed prudent. Long Term Capital preservation is regarded as a priority.
Optis Capital
Optis Capital, previously Oryx Investment Management, is an associated company in South Africa providing front and middle office administrative duties to Optis Investment Management UK.
The Team
Heiko van Wyngaarden
Email: heiko@optiscapital.com
Heiko is the CEO and founder of Optis Capital (previously Oryx Investment Management) and the ultimate owner of Optis Investment Management in the UK.
Oryx Investment Management was one of South Africa’s leading hedge fund managers - winning numerous awards, including best risk adjusted performance for any SA hedge fund for the 3 years to 2006, fund of the year on two occasions and best long term performance in 2008. At the end of 2010 a decision was made to close the South African funds and to focus on the Optis branded offshore funds.
Prior to Oryx : Heiko pioneered long short prop trading in South Africa at FirstCorp in 1994 and led a management buyout of Coronation Investments in 1998, listing the company as Equinox Holdings Limited on the JSE. Equinox inter alia pioneered the launch of the first online unit trust/LISP supermarket in SA. Heiko has a BCom and a GDA from UCT and qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
Gavin Butcher
Email: gavin@optisim.co.uk
Optis Director Gavin Butcher (BSc MechEng, MBA) was formerly Head of Research at Oryx Investment Management before joining Optis in 2008. Prior to that he was one of SA's top-ranked analysts. He served as VP/Senior Analyst at JP Morgan SA, Director and Senior Analyst at Cazenove SA, and Industrial/Mining
analyst at ING Barings. Currently, Gavin spends much of his time in Africa conducting macro and company specific research.
Suzanne van Rooyen
Email: suzanne@optiscapital.com
Suzanne Van Rooyen joined the Firm in 2011 and is the Compliance, fund valuation review and accounts manager for Optis Capital (Pty) Ltd.
Prior to joining Optis Capital, Suzanne worked at Maitland Fund Services as manager of the Offshore Division. Suzanne is a graduate of Stellenbosch University and Unisa and holds a
BCom-Accounting degree, B-Compt Honors and B- Communication Science major.
Hannah Spencer
Email: hannah@optiscapital.com
Hannah originally comes from the recruitment industry however she decided to join the asset management space as this is more closely related to her qualifications. Hannah is a graduate of the Brighton School of Business and Management in the UK where she gained an HND in Business and HR.
She is the Operations Manager for Optis Capital.
Our Awards
South African Hedge Awards 2006 Fund of the Year Oryx
South African Hedge Awards 2006 Fund of the Year Long/Short Equity Oryx
Symmetry Hedge Fund Awards 2007 Best Risk Adjusted Performance over one year Oryx LLP Fund
Symmetry Hedge Fund Awards 2007 Best Risk Adjusted Performance over three years Oryx Segregated Fund
Symmetry Hedge Fund Awards 2007 Best Performance over one year Long/Short Equity Oryx Segregated Fund
Hedge Funds World Awards 2008 Best Long/Short Fund Oryx SA FundAwards