Honorary Professor at Stellenbosch Business School, Ian Kilbride is a leading figure in the business of private client asset management. For over 30 years Kilbride has set many of the industry standards in this particular field. During the past three decades, he has established, and or developed, numerous asset and wealth management operations, as well as a number of successful philanthropic foundations.

These corporate entities include Warwick Wealth, Appleton, Cadiz, Starfunds.ai, Capita, Accorn, Palmyra, Fundstore and Pangbourne, all of which operate under the ownership of either Orion Investment Managers or Orion Wealth Managers. These two holding companies operate under Spirit Invest.

In memory of his late sister Louise and as an acknowledgement of South Africa’s new democracy in 1994, Kilbride established the Spirit Foundation. This has grown over the years to now act as the ‘philanthropic umbrella’ above three focused non-profit companies. These are the Spirit Education Foundation (SEF), the Spirit Wildlife Foundation (SWF) and the Spirit Community Foundation (SCF).

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