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Executive Committee

Group Chief Executive Johan van Zyl is supported by a Group Executive committee as well as a small centralised Group Office performing mainly the following functions: strategic directing (tight issues), co-ordinating (synergy seeking), performance monitoring and the allocation of capital.

 

 

Johan Van Zyl

Johan van Zyl (Chairman)

Group chief executive
Appointed: 2001
Qualifications: PhD, DSc (Agric)


Group Chief Executive of Sanlam since March 2003. Executive director of Sanlam Limited and Sanlam Life. Non-executive director of Santam, Sanlam Investment Management, Sanlam Netherlands Holding BV, Sanlam Developing Markets, Sanlam UK and MiWay Group Holdings. Council member of the University of Pretoria and Trustee of Hans Merensky Trust.
Past chief executive of Santam. Former vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Pretoria.

Kobus Moller

Kobus Möller

Financial director
Appointed: 2003
Qualifications: BCompt (Hons), CA (SA), AMP (Harvard)

 

Appointed Financial Director in 2006. Executive director of Sanlam Limited and Sanlam Life. Non-executive director of Santam, Sanlam Capital Markets, Sanlam Developing Markets, Sanlam UK, MiWay Group Holdings and Sanlam Investment Management.

Former Chief Executive: Finance of Sanlam Limited, Executive director: Operations and Finance of Sanlam Life, Executive director: Finance of Impala Platinum Holdings.

Ian Kirk

Ian Kirk

Chief executive: Santam
Appointed: 2006
Qualifications: FCA (Ireland), CA (SA), H.Dip in Business Data Processing (WITS)

 

Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Santam in 2007. (Formerly Chief Executive: Strategy and Special Projects at Sanlam). Director of Santam, Centriq Insurance Holdings, SAIA, The Standard General Insurance Company, Infinit Gropu Risk Solutions, SHA (Stalker Hutchison Admiral) and Beaux Lane (SA) Properties.

Former partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers, CEO of Capital Alliance Holdings, Deputy CEO of Liberty Group.

Lize Lambrechts

Lizé Lambrechts

Chief executive: Sanlam Personal Finance
Appointed: 2002
Qualifications: BSc (Hons), FIA, EDP (Manchester)

 

Appointed Chief Executive of Sanlam Personal Finance in 2002. Non-Executive director of Sanlam Developing Markets, Sanlam Netherlands Holding, Merchant Investors Assurance. Director of Glacier Financial Holdings and Sanlam UK.
Started her career in actuarial training in Sanlam in 1985 and held various senior positions in the Group's individual life business.

Themba Mvusi

Temba Mvusi

Chief executive: Market Development
Appointed: 2004
Qualifications: BA, ELP (Warton School of Business), MAP (Wits), PDP (UCT)

 

Appointed chief executive: Market Development in August 2005 after serving as Chief Executive: Group Services since January 2004. Non-executive director of Sanlam Private Investments, Sanlam Developing Markets, Santam, Sanlam Investment Management, Sanlam Employee Benefits and The National Business Initiative. Council member of the Walter Sisulu University and Bishops Cape Town.
Former head of external interface at Sanlam Investment Management, General Manager of Gensec Property Services and Marketing Manager of Franklin Asset Management.

Johan van der Merwe

Johan van der Merwe

Chief executive: Sanlam Investment Management
Appointed: 2002
Qualifications: MCom, M.Phil, CA (SA), AMP (Harvard).

 

Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Sanlam Investment Management in July 2002. Executive director of Sanlam Investment Management and director of all the companies in the Investment cluster and Chairman of Sanlam Capital Markets, Simeka Consultants and Actuaries, Sanlam Properties, Sanlam Multi Manager International and Sanlam Asset Management (Ireland).

Heinie Werth

Heinie Werth

Chief Executive: Sanlam Developing Markets
Appointed: 2002
Qualifications: Hons B (Accountancy), CA (SA), MBA (Stellenbosch), EDP (Manchester)

 

Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Sanlam Developing Markets in December 2005 after serving as Financial Director of Sanlam Life from April 2002. Executive director of Sanlam Developing Markets, non-executive director of Shriram Life Insurance (India), Botswana Insurance Holdings and Chairman of Channel Life.

Former Senior General Manager (IT) of Sanlam Life, Financial Director of Sanlam Employee Benefits and Manager: Corporate Finance of Gencor and Financial Director of Kelgran.

Andre Zeeman

Yvonne Muthien

Chief Executive: Group Services
Appointed: 2009
Qualifications: BA (Cum Laude), BA Honours (Cum Laude), MA, D.Phil (Oxford)

 

Director since December 2009. Major external positions, directorships or associations: Santam, Trustee of Aurecon and the Sasol Inzalo Foundation. Chairperson of the President's Advisory Council on National Orders since 1998. Sanlam Ltd and Sanlam Life committee memberships: Retail Cluster, Institutional Cluster.

Andre Zeeman

André Zeeman

Chief Actuary and Chief Risk Officer
Appointed: 2005
Qualifications: BCom, FASSA, EDP (Manchester)

 

Appointed Chief Actuary of Sanlam Limited and Statutory Actuary of Sanlam Life in September 2005. Non-executive director of Sanlam Customised Insurance.

Former chief executive: Actuarial of Sanlam Life and held various managerial positions in the Actuarial department since appointment at Sanlam in 1982.

Buyani Zwane

Buyani Zwane

Chief Executive: Group Human Resources (December 2011)

B Soc Science, GDHRM, MAP (Wits)


Member of Magnificent Mile Trading (Pty) Ltd, Dynamic Leadership Solutions, and Isimangaliso Wetland Park boards; Former Chairperson of Franklin Covey SA and Black Management Forum (Mpumalanga), Chief Executive of Breakthrough Development, member of BMF Intellect and BMF (National) boards, held various executive positions in oil & energy, and gaming industries, financial and public sector organisations.




Company secretariat

Sana-Ullah Bray

Company Secretary: Sanlam Limited and Sanlam Life Insurance Ltd

BA (Law), LLB

 

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