ABOUT US
We are Carin and Laura, long-time friends, Stellenbosch graduates and co-founders of Aerial Wealth Partners™. Our story has taken shape through years of working together in the wealth industry, developing our expertise, supporting our families and recognising that we shared a clear vision for a different kind of advisory experience.
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After spending over a decade in the industry and understanding its structures, pace and complexity, we both reached the same conclusion. Financial advice shouldn't feel transactional. It should feel like a trusted partnership. It should be a journey that evolves with you rather than something you sign up for.
It should be Human. Personal. Considered.
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Aerial Wealth Partners™ was created around this belief - a boutique advisory firm that doesn't do noise, ego or generic solutions. Our focus is on smart and grounded financial advice, tailored to the life you want to live and supported by a team who walks your journey with you.
"From above, every choice connects.
That’s how planning becomes purpose."
- Aerial Wealth Partners™
CARIN BRIMBLE
Director and Co-Founder | BCom Hons |
Certified Financial Planner ®
My journey into financial planning wasn’t direct - I started out studying commerce & psychology, switched to investment management after year one, and gradually narrowed my focus to advice. I realised that money is never just about money - it’s about people. Their relationships, their fears, their ambitions. That’s what drew me in.
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After my Honours in Financial Management, I travelled and worked abroad for a while, then came home and started my career in asset management. It taught me the building blocks, but I wanted more interaction. I wanted to know my clients, not just manage their portfolios. That’s when I specialised in financial planning and got my CFP® designation.
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I then spent a decade advising high-net-worth clients before co-founding Aerial Wealth Partners™. Now I get to do this work intertwined with my own values: no pressure to sell – just real conversations and well-thought-out planning for people I genuinely care about.
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Ideal public holiday? Kids playing outside. A crisp glass of white. And a long, lazy lunch with family and friends.
LAURA BRUKMAN
Director and Co-Founder | BCom Hons |
Certified Financial Planner ®
I’ve always been drawn to the clarity of numbers, the way they create order and direction. Long before I had a degree, I was the “finance friend,” naturally inclined to plan, structure, and simplify the complex. After studying Investment Management and Financial Accounting at Stellenbosch University, followed by an Honours in Business Management, I spent two years working and travelling abroad. It was an unconventional education in independence and resilience, and dealing with people from all walks of life, far from familiar ground.
My career in wealth advisory grew alongside major life changes, a move to Johannesburg, qualifying as a CFP®, meeting my husband, settling in Cape Town and becoming a mother. I’ve always had a deep interest in psychology, and it frames the way I approach financial planning. Understanding people's past experience and relationship to money is a key aspect of personal finance, as this drives a lot of behaviour. This enables us to deeply connect and help guide our clients, to achieve the life they are trying to shape.
That’s the foundation of Aerial Wealth Partners™, the vision we have brought to life, planning that’s technically sound, emotionally intelligent, and centered on what truly matters to the people we work with.
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Best kind of public holiday? Easy. A sunrise run, good coffee, chaos with the kids, and a relaxed afternoon braai with the people I love.
