Prof. Brian S. Kantor, B Comm, Ba (Hons) (Cape Town) serves as the Chief Economist and Investment Strategist at Investec Securities Ltd., Research Division.
Kantor was the founding Chairman of Victoria and Alfred Waterfront (Proprietary) Limited, leading that company and the redevelopment of the Cape Town waterfront from 1988 to 2001.
He has a long and distinguished academic career at the University of Cape Town as Professor of Economics since 1981, and served as Dean of the Faculty of Commerce from 1997 to 2001.