Michael Berman
CEO & Director

Michael Berman is the Chief Executive Officer of Velocity Trading. He has a Bachelor of Commerce (Real Estate), Master of Science (Real Estate) and a PhD in Economics with a focus on Behavioural Finance.

Michael has 15 years experience in the real estate and asset management industries. Whilst working as a hedge fund manager for CorpCapital Bank Limited, Michael founded and innovated the Velocity strategy in early 2002.

He was a founding director of ApexHi Properties Income Fund Limited a listed company with over a US$1 billion market capitalisation, and an executive of CorpCapital Bank Limited's property division now listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Previous jobs were: Senior Asset Manager for Rand Merchant Bank Properties Limited, a Property Economist for Herbert Penny (Pty) Ltd and a Project Manager for Anglo American Property Services Limited, land development division.