{"id":274463,"date":"2018-10-01T09:14:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T07:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=274463"},"modified":"2018-10-01T09:14:50","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T07:14:50","slug":"alexander-forbes-appoints-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/274463\/alexander-forbes-appoints-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Forbes appoints new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Listed financial services company Alexander Forbes has appointed DJ (Dawie) de Villiers as group chief executive, and a director of the company, with effect from 1 November 2018.<\/p>\n

He will also be appointed as a director to a number of the company\u2019s subsidiary boards.<\/p>\n

Late last month<\/a>, the company announced the termination of its group chief executive and director of the company, Andrew Darfoor, citing \u2018a loss of confidence and trust\u2019 as the reason.<\/p>\n

De Villiers holds a BSc Actuarial Science and has completed the Advanced Management Programme, at the European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD). He is also a Fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa.<\/p>\n

He joined Sanlam in 1993 and rapidly progressed into senior leadership and executive positions in various Sanlam business units.<\/p>\n

Previous positions, inter alia, include CEO of Sanlam Structured Solutions and since 2013 as the CEO of Sanlam Employee Benefits.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0 Alexander Forbes, de Villiers has a wealth of experience in the employee benefits and investment management industry and \u201cbelieves that the employee benefits industry can have a huge influence in South Africa by really changing people\u2019s lives through enabling financial peace of mind”.<\/p>\n

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Read: Here\u2019s when you can refuse your boss in South Africa \u2013 and when you will get fired for it<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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