About Us
Wealth and Asset Advisors is a South African financial planning firm built on over 35 years of independent advisory experience.
Our Focus
Creating and Protecting Your Wealth
Our focus is evidence-based financial planning, disciplined investment management, and structured risk protection.
Inspired by the resilience of the Pincushion Protea, we are committed to helping you build, protect, and sustain wealth across generations.
Our Brand Identity
Inspired by enduring growth
Our brand identity is inspired by the Pincushion Protea, a symbol of resilience, diversity, and steady growth. It reflects our belief in disciplined financial planning, thoughtful innovation, and long-term partnerships built on trust.
Each element of our identity represents how we serve you with care, structure, and enduring commitment.
Resilience
Like the Pincushion thriving in changing conditions, we help you navigate shifting markets and life transitions with steady guidance and disciplined financial strategy.
Diversity
Every Pincushion bloom is distinct. In the same way, we tailor financial plans to reflect your unique goals, responsibilities, and long-term aspirations.
Dependability and Innovation
Strong foundations and thoughtful improvement work together in our approach. We rely on proven processes while continually refining strategies to remain relevant in an evolving financial landscape.
Heritage
Proudly South African, our roots shape our values of integrity, accountability, and service, grounding every client relationship in trust and responsibility.
Growth and Abundance
The flourishing strength of the Pincushion reflects our purpose: to help you build, protect, and sustain lasting wealth through patient, structured, long-term financial planning.
Why Us
Trusted Guidance. Long-Term Partnership.
Choosing a financial advisor is an important decision. We combine over 35 years of independent experience with a disciplined, evidence-based approach to financial planning. Our focus is simple: to provide thoughtful, transparent advice that protects your interests and supports sustainable, long-term wealth creation.
Your Goals, Our Priority
Every financial strategy we design begins with understanding your personal and professional aspirations. Our advice is tailored to ensure your wealth supports the life you want to live.
Trust, Transparency, and Long-Term Relationships
We believe in clear communication and disciplined decision-making. If a strategy is not in your best interest, we simply will not recommend it.
Comprehensive Financial Solutions
From investments and insurance to estate planning and medical aid, we provide integrated financial services under one trusted advisory relationship.
Proven Expertise and Trusted Partnerships
With over 35 years of experience and established relationships with leading South African financial institutions, we provide informed and reliable guidance.
Resilient and Future-Focused Planning
Markets evolve and personal circumstances change. We proactively review and adapt your financial plan to ensure it remains aligned with your goals.
Local Insight with Global Reach
We combine deep understanding of the South African financial landscape with access to offshore investment solutions, giving you balanced global exposure.
Our Team
Experienced Professionals. Personal Commitment.
Our team combines technical expertise with a deeply personal commitment to client relationships. Each advisor brings industry experience, professional qualifications, and a shared belief in disciplined financial planning.
Jeremy Squier CFP®
Certified Financial Planner
More about Jeremy
Jeremy has been engaged in the financial advisory industry both as an advisor and as a practice manager since October 1989. His tenure included 2 years with Liberty Life, 12 years with the Sage Group and 21 years with Squier Financial Services (Bespoke Solutions). During his time with Bespoke Solutions he, along with his wife Sabra, grew the largest and most profitable advisory practice in Wealth Associates and helped establish and grow out the group’s Investment arm. He was a director of Wealth Associates was a founding member of the
group’s Investment Committee and was the largest shareholder in that group before it was sold to Carmel Wealth.
In June 2025, Jeremy, Sabra and the core members of their team concluded a negotiated management buyout of their part of Wealth Associates and commenced operations in the Wealth and Asset Financial Services FSP (Wealth and Asset Advisors).
Evidence-based independent financial advice backed up by strong relationships with clients, staff and key providers has always been the emphasis during his career. Jeremy has always promoted a strongly team-based approach to advising and servicing clients. He did a B Com at Rhodes and holds the CFP designation and has also completed post-graduate investment focused qualifications via the FPI and UOFS.
He is a Key Individual, director and majority shareholder in our business.
Sabra Squier
Financial Advisor
More about Sabra
Sabra joined Sage Life in 1996 and built her client base through a focussed expertise advising clients on their medical aid and related needs. She uses a wholistic approach to financial advice which in addition to her medical aid speciality, includes Wills, estate planning, assurance and wealth creation.
Together, Sabra and Jeremy established the core of the business in November 2003 with Sabra performing key additional functions as a Key Individual and with the marketing strategy of the business. She is a people’s person and has a natural ability to attract and work with clients not only through her knowledge and professionalism, but also because of her immense empathy and care for each individual.
Sabra is a Key Individual, Director and is a founder shareholder in our business.
Julica Snyman
Financial Advisor
More about Julica
Julica began her career at Sage Life in 1994, going on to hold various corporate roles at companies including Discovery Health and Liberty Life before establishing herself as an independent financial advisor in 2003. Drawing on her extensive, all-round experience in the insurance industry, she brings a depth of understanding to her clients’ needs, offering comprehensive financial planning solutions tailored to each individual.
What truly sets Julica apart is not merely her expertise, but the genuine care, compassion, and dedication she brings to every client relationship, treating each person with the same attentiveness and respect, regardless of the size of their portfolio.
Guided by old-school values of service and integrity, Julica approaches her work as a calling rather than a career, living in service of others above all else.
Michelle Vivian
Short-Term Insurance Advisor
More about Michelle
Michelle joined our team in 2009 and has progressively established herself professionally as a specialist broker in our insurance advisory division. Her career reflects focussed specialisation in the Short-Term Insurance advisory arena and her personalised and caring service levels to our clients. Michelle also performs support roles in executing our marketing and sales strategies.
Michelle’s understanding of short-term insurance products, claims and risk management enables her to ensure consistently superior service delivery to our clients.
Michelle has a risk management mindset and a genuine people-first approach to working with our clients, staff and our core suppliers. Her core values are to always put the clients’ interests first with a vast knowledge in policy wordings to allow clients to understand the products they are purchasing.
Michelle is a founder shareholder in our business.
Ryan Vivian
Short-Term Insurance Advisor
More about Ryan
Ryan has over 15 years of experience in the financial services arena having established himself professionally in both insurance advisory and business operations. His career reflects a track record of driving operational success, optimising processes, and implementing strategic initiatives to enhance business efficiencies.
Ryan’s understanding of short-term insurance products, risk management, and regulatory compliance enables him to effectively manage operations teams ensuring service delivery to our end clients.
His Short-term insurance advisory experience straddles underwriting, claims, policy administration, and business development.
Ryan has a strategic operational mindset and a genuine affinity for working with clients, staff and our core suppliers. His integrity, analytical approach, and humility make Ryan a valued member of our team.
Marc Squier
Financial Advisor & Wealth Manager
More about Marc
Marc is one of our financial advisors specialising in investment and risk planning. Marc has had exposure to various different industries during his earlier career, and since he joined our team in July 2020 he has been actively involved in wealth management, helping clients create and protect their financial assets through his detailed and relationship-based approach.
Marc is building up the clients he serves both through engagement with his network and by servicing existing clients who he already has a mandate with. In an industry where the average age of established advisors is well over 55, Marc represents the next generation both within our business and the industry. He is passionate about attention to detail and personalised service.
Tanya Gorlee
Paraplanner & Financial Advisor
More about Tanya
Tanya is a seasoned professional having been in the industry since 1989. Her experience straddles Old Mutual, Liberty, Sage and Momentum where she worked in admin and broker support/business development roles.
She moved into an independent advisory role in 2023 and being a valued external colleague of ours for many years, when she moved to the Western Cape in 2024, we had no hesitation in appointing her to our team. She possesses a real “can-do” attitude and with her past experience within some of our key provider companies, brings an extra element to complement our team.
Hazel Jooste
Senior Administrator: Financial Planning
More about Hazel
Hazel joined our industry as a youngster in 1983 and is now one of the “wise older heads” in our team. Jeremy and Hazel have worked with each other at Sage since 1991 and have formed a formidable team working together with our clients over the years.
Hazel is well known to our clients and receives frequent accolades from them due to her knowledge, professionalism and care for their financial well-being. Hazel has a no-nonsense approach to her work and holds everyone to account in pursuit of outstanding service to our clients.
As such, she is a highly valued and respected member of our team.
Daphney Tshikovha
Senior Portfolio Administrator
More about Daphney
Daphney has been part of our administrative team since 2008, having worked herself up from the very bottom of the ladder to her current position. We are very proud of this lady’s humility, patience and determination in doing so. She has a phenomenal capacity for work and willingly takes on all the tasks to which she is assigned. Her core speciality is in keeping our client’s portfolios updated.
Daphney has a very pleasant demeanour, and you will seldom find her without a smile on her face. As a result, she is not only a key performer in our team, but she is also a quiet “cheer leader” who subtly keeps the mood positive.
Devina McKop
Senior Administrator: Medical Aid and Gap Cover
More about Devina
Devina has been a part of our team since 2013. She works together with Sabra in looking after the membership, administrative and claims needs of our Medical Aid and Gap cover clients. Her calm demeanour combined with her knowledge in her role, is crucial in dealing with often emotional and frustrated clients and solving the frequent problems involved in dealing with doctors, hospitals and medical aids.
Devina quietly goes about her work and is often thanked by our clients by what she does for them. She is also one of the calming influences in our team and is well respected by her colleagues.
Tanya Gorlee
Paraplanner and Financial Advisor
More about Tanya
Tanya is a seasoned professional having been in the industry since 1989. Her experience straddles Old Mutual, Liberty, Sage and Momentum where she worked in admin and broker support/business development roles.
She moved into an independent advisory role in 2023 and being a valued external colleague of ours for many years, when she moved to the Western Cape in 2024, we had no hesitation in appointing her to our team. She possesses a real “can-do” attitude and with her past experience within some of our key provider companies, brings an extra element to complement our team.
Noreen Mtandwa
Short Term Para-Planner
More about Noreen
Noreen joined our team in 2015 as an eager young graduate. She is a valued member of our Short term team and looks after the administrative and claims needs of our Domestic and Commercial Short term Insurance clients. Her calm demeanour combined with her knowledge in her role, is crucial in dealing with claims and her attention to detail, compliance and product knowledge makes her an invaluable asset to clients on policy amendments.
Noreen is our office fashionista and her friendly professionalism in all aspects of her work and her client centered approach make her a valued asset to our team.
Caleb Kabeya
Risk & Investment Para-Planner
More about Caleb
Caleb’s career started as a call centre agent with Liberty Life and after almost 5 years of customer relations & introduction to Insurance, he later joined a Liberty franchise as an administrator & learned the functions of advice & administration. He joined Wealth Associates in 2020 to further his industry knowledge; widen his scope & allow him to familiarize himself with the complexities of independent financial planning. Caleb has joined the Wealth and Asset Advisory team with effect from April 2026 in combined administration and para-planning roles as a further step towards becoming an independent adviser within the team.
Tanya Buxmann
Client Portfolio Administrator
More about Tanya
Tanya has been working with our Kleinmond team since September 2022 having previously worked in the wholesale pharmaceutical, education and military fields. She is a true people’s person and displays a true passion for helping others. She has a strong knowledge of computer systems, and these characteristics serve her and our clients well in her core role administering client investments, insurance, and medical aid portfolios.
Known for her reliability, good humour, professionalism, and dedication to excellence, Tanya is an integral part of the Wealth and Asset team, ensuring that operations run smoothly, and client needs are met with care and precision.
Jeremy Squier CFP®
Key Individual and Director
More about Jeremy
Jeremy has been engaged in the financial advisory industry both as an advisor and as a practice manager since October 1989. His tenure included 2 years with Liberty Life, 12 years with the Sage Group and 21 years with Squier Financial Services (Bespoke Solutions). During his time with Bespoke Solutions he, along with his wife Sabra, grew the largest and most profitable advisory practice in Wealth Associates and helped establish and grow out the group’s Investment arm. He was a director of Wealth Associates was a founding member of the
group’s Investment Committee and was the largest shareholder in that group before it was sold to Carmel Wealth.
In June 2025, Jeremy, Sabra and the core members of their team concluded a negotiated management buyout of their part of Wealth Associates and commenced operations in the Wealth and Asset Financial Services FSP (Wealth and Asset Advisors).
Evidence-based independent financial advice backed up by strong relationships with clients, staff and key providers has always been the emphasis during his career. Jeremy has always promoted a strongly team-based approach to advising and servicing clients. He did a B Com at Rhodes and holds the CFP designation and has also completed post-graduate investment focused qualifications via the FPI and UOFS.
He is a Key Individual, director and majority shareholder in our business.
Sabra Squier
Key Individual and Director
More about Sabra
Jeremy has been engaged in the financial advisory industry both as an advisor and as a practice manager since October 1989. His tenure included 2 years with Liberty Life, 12 years with the Sage Group and 21 years with Squier Financial Services (Bespoke Solutions). During his time with Bespoke Solutions he, along with his wife Sabra, grew the largest and most profitable advisory practice in Wealth Associates and helped establish and grow out the group’s Investment arm. He was a director of Wealth Associates was a founding member of the
group’s Investment Committee and was the largest shareholder in that group before it was sold to Carmel Wealth.
In June 2025, Jeremy, Sabra and the core members of their team concluded a negotiated management buyout of their part of Wealth Associates and commenced operations in the Wealth and Asset Financial Services FSP (Wealth and Asset Advisors).
Evidence-based independent financial advice backed up by strong relationships with clients, staff and key providers has always been the emphasis during his career. Jeremy has always promoted a strongly team-based approach to advising and servicing clients. He did a B Com at Rhodes and holds the CFP designation and has also completed post-graduate investment focused qualifications via the FPI and UOFS.
He is a Key Individual, director and majority shareholder in our business.
Ryan Vivian
Operations Director
More about Ryan
Ryan has over 15 years of experience in the financial services arena having established himself professionally in both insurance advisory and business operations. His career reflects a track record of driving operational success, optimising processes, and implementing strategic initiatives to enhance business efficiencies.
Ryan’s understanding of short-term insurance products, risk management, and regulatory compliance enables him to effectively manage operations teams ensuring service delivery to our end clients.
His Short-term insurance advisory experience straddles underwriting, claims, policy administration, and business development.
Ryan has a strategic operational mindset and a genuine affinity for working with clients, staff and our core suppliers. His integrity, analytical approach, and humility make Ryan a valued member of our team.
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Meet Your Service Team
Our structure reflects the clarity, accountability, and collaboration that underpin our work. Each role within the firm is designed to support disciplined decision-making, operational excellence, and seamless client service, ensuring that every client benefits from the collective strength of our team.
