LEADERSHIP, THE MARKETS AND RECOVERING FROM COVID
MINDSET with Sygnia’s Magda Wierzycka
Magda Wierzycka was born in Gliwice, Poland. She is a
South African billionaire and
businesswoman and is the co-
founder and CEO of Sygnia Ltd. Magda’s career in the financial
services industry began in 1993 when she became a product
development and investment actuary at the Southern Life
Association for Mutual Life and Accident. While at Southern
Life, she paid back her bursary then spent two years building
an asset consulting division as an investment consultant for
the retirement fund clients of
Alexander Forbes. She joined
Coronation Fund Managers, a third-party fund management
company based in Cape Town,
in 1997 as a director and Head of Institutional Business. At
Coronation, she played a pivotal role in making the company one
of the largest asset management firms in South Africa.
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