Jaco is head of Advisor Services in South Africa at Ninety One. Prior to moving into this role, Jaco was sales director for the South African Advisor team and head of distribution for Ninety One Investment Platform. Having previously worked at Sanlam Group, Jaco occupied various positions which included heading up the product development for the Sanlam platform business, Glacier from 2000 to 2003, and heading up the business development and distribution team from 2003 to 2009. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, and holds a B.Sc (Hons) degree from the University of Stellenbosch.