About us

Management

Portrait of Jonathan Ellenberger

Jonathan Ellenberger

Founding Director; CEO

Jonathan gained extensive experience in trading and risk modelling at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange during the 1980s. Whilst establishing the fixed interest derivative desk for one of the broking houses, he identified the need for a reliable derivative pricing system. In 1987, RATT-Pac, the origin of the Risk101 brand, was launched. In 2004 Jonathan opened the Australian office. He is currently based in London where he heads up the UK-Europe division of Risk101 and oversees the global portfolio.

Portrait of Sarah McCarthy

Sarah McCarthy

Partner, Director of Operations and Marketing

B. Soc. Sci. UCT · Hons. Econs. UCT

Sarah has been involved in the financial markets since 1984; first as an interest-rate analyst, and later as a bond derivatives broker. She joined Risk101 in 2004 to manage Southern African operations and the global marketing portfolio. In recent years she has focussed on the Assidium platform.

Portrait of Andrew Kempe

Andrew Kempe

Director, UK

Andrew has over 25 years of experience in developing online technology systems, pioneering the development of online advertising solutions in the UK and more recently mobile applications in a variety of industries.

He is responsible for all our cloud-based applications, as well as heading up the SQL database team.

Portrait of Alex Gabriel

Alex Gabriel

Main Board Director

CFA Charter-holder / M. Mus. UCT

Alex taught music for twelve years, and still works actively as a performing musician. He redirected his career in 2003, and studied part-time for his CFA before joining Risk101 in 2006. He was made director in 2009.

In 2019, he was appointed as the full-time director of the Cape Town Opera in South Africa. In spite of his heavy schedule, he still remains a board member of the Risk101 group, and is actively involved in the roll-outs of new products and systems.

Portrait of Lorette du Toit

Lorette du Toit

Head of strategy, Africa

Lorette started in the financial markets in 1988. First in administration and then in bond derivative brokering from 1989 up to 2003. In 2004, she started working with artist Paul du Toit, managing his brand, interacting with and growing his collector base, organising his local and international exhibitions from Hong Kong to New York City.

Lorette joined Assidium in 2018 as Strategic Consultant.