The Team

Zethu Shongwe - Managing Partner

Zethu Shongwe is Managing Partner at Fiduciary Trusteeship Services (FTS) and is an ardent financial services professional with more than six years industry experience, with expert knowledge in risk products, employee benefits, investments and retirement planning. She has spent a majority of her career providing training support to Sanlam financial planners, pension fund officials, brokers and business managers in South Africa.

Zethu undertook study for a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning in 2013 and successfully completed all 4 modules of the program, namely, Financial Planning Environment, Corporate Financial Planning, Personal Financial Planning and Case study, in the same year. Subsequently, she attained her professional designation as a Certified Financial Planner ®. Key to Zethu’s personal development was harnessing the power of teamwork. Amid her studies, Zethu headed a successful work-based committee which had a lot of financial targets and expectations. This was a period that shaped and instilled her leadership and organization skills.

Zethu is one of only two Certified Financial Planners ® practicing in Eswatini. Her work at Fiduciary Trusteeship Services (FTS), involves being the lead trainer for the FSRA accredited course, Fundamentals of Retirement Funds Trusteeship. She is also licensed by the FSRA as an Investment Advisor Representative. Being affiliated to the Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa (FPI), means that she adheres to a strict code of conduct and provides financial advice based on the highest international standards of financial planning.