etfSA. co. za is owned and managed by M F Brown, a registered Financial Services Provider (FSP License No 39217) and its Managing Director is Mike Brown who was one of the top economists in South Africa. Mike Brown also worked as Chief Economist of the Chamber of Mines in the 1970s and early 1980s. Mike spent some 20 years in stock broking as Head of Research and Director of some of South Africa's largest stockbrokers. In the late 1990s, he helped establish Satrix, the first ETF Manager in South Africa and managed Satrix full time from 2003 to 2009, before leaving to establish etfSA. He is also a registered (non-practising) stockbroker and has over 35 years experience in South African financial markets and is one of the acknowledged experts on ETPs in South Africa.