KOBUS KLEYN CFP®
Kobus Kleyn is a Certified Financial Planner at Kainos Wealth (Pty) Ltd over the last 20-years. He obtained his Post Graduate Qualification in Financial Planning at the University of Free State (South Africa) and his MDP & AEP from UNISA (Southern Africa). He holds many other designations & qualifications.
Kobus is a founding member of the Life Happens International Ambassadors Committee
He has and is serving on many past and current committees and task forces for the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) , Financial Planning Institute of South Africa (FPI), Financial Intermediaries Association of Southern Africa (FIA)) and Liberty Group over the years in the roles of Chairperson, Vice-Chair, Director and Assistant Director. He served Country and Area- Chair for the Million Dollar Round Table South Africa. Kobus also serves on NPO boards as Director and The South African Youth Project Organisation (SAYPO- Diepsloot) was his most recent NPO.
Kobus hold memberships with 8 affiliations and inclusive MDRT (Million Dollar Round Table) the FPI (Financial Planning Institute-with the CFP designation); SAIT (South African Institute of Tax Practitioners, with the Tax Practitioner designation); FISA (Fiduciary Institute of Southern Africa); STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioner, with a TEP designation); FIA (The Financial Intermediaries Association of Southern Africa); IISA (The Insurance Institute of South Africa); The Institute of Ethics South Africa; and Unashamedly Ethical.
Kobus was the inaugural winner of the Financial Planning Institute’s “It starts with me” award in 2015, and received it again in 2016 and was awarded the FPI Media Award in 2017. Kobus was awarded the MDRT Leadership Award and the President’s Award (2019). He was awarded the FPI Harry Brews’ Life-Time Achievers Award in 2021
