Peter Dempsey

Deputy CEO: ASISA

Peter practiced law before joining Old Mutual in 1984. He has since gained experience in distribution services, offshore business, product and service, and broker network businesses, and has served on the Old Mutual executive team.

Peter also chaired the Old Mutual International Group in Guernsey. After that, he headed up South Africa’s largest independent broker network before retiring in 2008.

He joined ASISA in October 2008 and is currently deputy CEO. He is responsible for technical and expert support provided by ASISA’s seven board committees. He also drives ASISA’s advocacy role through engagement with various stakeholders.

Peter serves as an independent director on a number of company boards.

Petrie Marx

Product Actuary: Sanlam

As a product actuary for Sanlam Personal Finance (SPF), Petrie Marx is responsible for the development of risk products for SPF. After joining Sanlam in 1995, he occupied various roles in the actuarial and systems development department until he was appointed into his current position in 2001. Marx holds a BCom (Hons) from the University of Stellenbosch and qualified as an actuary in 2000.

Errol Meyer

Estate, Trust, Tax and Financial Consultant

Errol is a Certified Financial Planner®, Admitted Advocate of the High Court (SA), Ex SARS Tax Advocate and a Master Tax Professional (SA)™ with 27 years’ experience in estate planning, financial planning, trust and the tax industry. He holds various degrees and post-graduate diplomas and obtained qualifications in teaching, law, finance and taxation. He has authored numerous tax and financial planning related articles as well as newsletters and study material for banking institutions, corporates and universities.

Errol presents seminars throughout South Africa and is a renowned lecturer, examiner and moderator for various universities in South Africa. He established a consulting practice and consults extensively to high net worth individuals and assist taxpayers with tax disputes.

He authored a book – Notes on Estate and Financial Plans - Meyer on Case Studies 2015, 3rd Edition, now prescribed by universities.

Jeremy Maggs

TV personality and journalist

A highly-requested chairman, master of ceremonies or facilitator at conferences, Jeremy co-anchors - with Iman Rappetti - News Night on eNCA. He also hosts "Power Update" daily on PowerFM.

Jeremy has been a journalist for almost 30 years and has worked across all media platforms – newspapers, radio, television and magazines. He started his career as a cadet reporter on The Herald newspaper in Port Elizabeth and later moved to the Sunday Tribune in Durban. He then spent 10 years at Radio 702, eventually rising to Head of News and was instrumental in developing the Eyewitness News brand.

He then ventured into television and was lead anchor on am-today on SABC2 – the respected morning news and current affairs programme. Later he hosted the hit television quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire that ran for over 100 episodes. During that time, he joined SABC radio and started the long-running Sunday morning show, “media@safm” which focused on the advertising and communications industries.

He also presented PM Live and then AM Live – arguably the country’s most influential current affairs radio show, which included the After 8 Debate. He left the SABC in April 2008 to join the eNCA where is now co-presenter of the flagship evening current affairs programme News Night.

Jeremy was also the advertising and media writer for the Financial Mail and was responsible for the authoritative yearly industry review called Ad Focus.

He now publishes his own hardcover review of the industry called "The Annual". He continues to watch the industry with a programme on eNCA called Maggs on Media. He is also heard on Power FM 98.7  with his own Sunday morning magazine programme. He is also the editor of the marketing website The Red Zone, its spinoff magazine and Directorship magazine.