Tracey Tomlinson was born and schooled in Zimbabwe. After graduating with a BComm degree at Rhodes University she worked for Anglo American and the Development Bank of Southern Africa. In London Tracey worked on a series of short-term assignments for a number of US investment houses, such as Merrill Lynch. Tracey returned to Cape Town to work for Allan Gray, Coronation Asset Management and Old Mutual Asset Managers.
For the past decade Tracey has been involved in the development and creation of multi-media in-house training resources for leading financial institutions.