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Executive Committee

REG NO 2010/023310/07

Johan van Zyl

Group Chief Executive Officer
Phd, DSc (Agric)

Director since 2001 - Group Chief Executive since 2003.

Major external positions, directorships or associations: Sanlam Investment Management, Sanlam Netherlands Holdings BV, Sanlam UK, Santam, Sanlam Developing Markets, MiWay Group Holdings, University of Pretoria, Hans Merensky Foundation.

Sanlam Ltd and Sanlam Life committee memberships: Short-term Insurance Cluster (Chairman), Retail Cluster (Chairman), Institutional Cluster (Chairman).

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

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.

Director of MiWay Group Holdings, 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.

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.

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

Chief executive: Sanlam Investments
Appointed: 2002
Qualifications:MCom, MPhil (CANTAB), CA(SA), AMP (Harvard) INSEAD (2011)

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

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.

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.

Yegs Ramiah

Chief Executive: Sanlam Brand
BA LLB, MBA, HDip Tax (Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa) and AMP (Harvard)

Director since 6 December 2012

Major external positions, directorships or associations: Sanlam Investment Management, Sanlam Investment Holdings Ltd., Santam Limited, Grindrod South Africa (Pty) Limited and Adopt a School Foundation.

Themba Gamedze

Chief Executive: Strategic Projects
BA (Maths), M.Sc (Maths) (University of Warwick, United Kingdom), FASSA

Appointed Chief Executive of Strategic Projects 2013. At present, he serves on the boards and various committees of Santam, Sanlam Investment Management (SIM), Sanlam Emerging Markets (SEM) as well as the subsidiary boards of SEM in Botswana and Kenya.

He previously worked for Sanlam in an executive position and in addition, he also independently serves on the board of Credit Guarantee and as President of the Actuarial Society of South Africa.

Company secretariat

Sana-Ullah Bray

Company Secretary: Sanlam Limited and Sanlam Life Insurance Ltd
BA (Law), LLB

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