Experience

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  Guardrisk

  • City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

  • Head: New Business Dev, non-life

    • May 2021 - Present
    • City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

    Responsible for identifying businesses and models that are suitable for cell captive structuring, risk financing structures. Assisting and guiding new businesses to set up their affinity "insurance business". Engaging C-suite stakeholders and guiding through regulatory frameworks in developing insurance business models.Alignment of portfolio manager teams objectives to company strategy. Enhancing and enabling the target operating model to ensure delivery of growth objectives.

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  GameCover

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Managing Director

    • Sep 2018 - Sep 2021
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Founding executive responsible for set up and incubation of risk transfer solutions for the gaming industry in South Africa. Key responsibilities included all aspects of running and managing day to day operations, marketing and promoting the business and strategic direction of the organisation.

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  Absa Group

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Absa Life GM: Advice

    • Sep 2015 - Apr 2018
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Responsible for the delivery of a Bancassurance led sales strategy through the following Channels: Adviser, Home loans, Vehicle and Asset Finance. Accountable for the delivery and execution of the Absa Life sales enablement strategy in the following segments: Business Bank, Private Bank and Wealth.

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  Barclays

  • Absa Life GM: Branch Channel

    • Aug 2012 - Aug 2015

    Development, interpretation and translation of Absa Financial Services' bancassurance strategies to ensure alignment and execution of national bancassurance objectives, via Absa's retail branch network.

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  Absa Group

  • South Africa
  • Financial Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Absa Life National Sales Manager

    • May 2008 - Jul 2012

    Responsible for the sales of Absa Life's high advice Life products into the Absa Advisor network (Tied Agent model), and leading a national sales team to deliver on the Absa Life value proposition. Implemented a variable pay model for the national sales team, that yielded positive results for the team and revenue goals for the business.

  • Absa Non-Life: Business Dev - Alternative Risk Solutions

    • Aug 2006 - Apr 2008

    Sourcing new customers as well as marketing to internal Absa customers, the Cell Captive proposition and other risk financing structures.

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  Guardrisk

  • Head: Volume Division

    • Oct 1999 - Jul 2006

    Headed up business development and management of existing cell captives for all third party portfolios. Lead a team of high performance portfolio managers, who successfully managed some of the largest cell captives in the business.