Our Team

Our Team

The Helfin Financial Services Group was established in 1976 by its current key individual, Mike Papageorge. Mike completed his B.Com degree at Unisa and his MBA with his thesis on medical funding in South Africa. Together, Mike and his wife, Elli, have built up the current Helfin team and they envision the company to become the best independent, competent financial services provider within our geographic area.
We are pleased to announce that we were adjudged to be one of the top four advisory practices in the country in 2009.

The Helfin Group consists of a long term, life and investment company known as Helfin Private Wealth (Pty) Ltd and a short term advisory company styled Helfin Risk Management Co (Pty) Ltd.

Mike Papageorge

Managing Director

BCom MBL

mike@helfin.co.za

Elli Papageorge

Director & Tax Advisor

BCom MBL SAIPA

elli@helfin.co.za

Michael Papageorge

Director & Financial Advisor

CA(SA) – SAICA, ACA –

ICAEW, CIMA – CGMA, SAIT, JCIC

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michael@helfin.co.za

Nadeem Mohamed

Director & Financial Advisor

BCom Economics

nadeem@helfin.co.za

Accounting

Virginia Dikinya

Chief Financial Officer

BCOMPT (MAC)
PGDIP (MAC)

accounts1@helfin.co.za

Nicolene Louw

Accounting Assistant

accounts2@helfin.co.za

Short Term Insurance

Celliers Du Plooy

General Manager

Short Term Insurance

stmanager@helfin.co.za

Edna Prinsloo

Manager

Short Term Personal Lines

Manager / Advisor and Underwriter

stpersonal1@helfin.co.za

Wayne Kruger

Short Term

Short Term Commercial Line

Underwriter

stcadmin2@helfin.co.za

Simoné Thiart

Short Term

Short Term Personal Lines

Administrator/New Business and Quotations

stpersonal2@helfin.co.za

Cherise Peens

Short Term

Short Term Claims

claims@helfin.co.za

Long Term Insurance

Brandon Groenewald

Financial Advisor & Wealth Associate

BCom Financial Management,

PgDip Financial Planning

CFP ®

brandon@helfin.co.za

Michael Louw

Long Term Existing Business

BBA Economics & Business

Life and Investment Admin

ltadmin2@helfin.co.za

Denise Visser

Long Term Administrator

Life and Investment Admin

ltadmin3@helfin.co.za

Charnè Skinner

Long Term Administrator

Life and Investment Admin

ltadmin4@helfin.co.za

Investments

Donovan Shaun Waring

Portfolio Manager & Analyst

BCom Investment Management

BCom (Hons) in Economics

PGDip in Financial Planning

MM in Finance & Investment

analytics1@helfin.co.za

Vassili Panoussis

Portfolio Manager & Analyst

BCom Investment Management

BCom (Hons) Investment Management

CFA® Charterholder

analytics4@helfin.co.za

Medical Aid & Group Benefits

Phumzile Nkuna

Director

Medical Aid and

Group Benefits

life1@helfin.co.za

Medical aid, medical insurance and gap cover


group benefits

Simoné Dove

Medical Aid Consultant

medical@helfin.co.za

Akani Rikhotso

Medical Aid &

Group Benefits Administrator

gbadmin@helfin.co.za


I.T. & Media

Riaan

Riaan Botes

I.T. & Media

marketing@helfin.co.za

Receptionist & Personal Assistant

Anette

Anette Moolman

Receptionist

& Personal Assistant

to Directors

admin@helfin.co.za


Support

Joe Mahlangu

Support

scan@helfin.co.za

Compliance

Julene Botha

Compliance Admin

compliance@helfin.co.za

Charnè Skinner

Compliance Admin

compliance3@helfin.co.za