Anton Gildenhuys

Chief Executive Officer: Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Life and Savings

Anton Gildenhuys is Chief Executive Officer: Sanlam Life and Savings of Sanlam Life and Savings, in the role since April 2024.

Sanlam Life and Savings is the South African life insurance and savings cluster of the JSE-listed Sanlam group. Gildenhuys, an actuary who joined Sanlam in 1997, was appointed its chief executive on 1 April 2024.

In the job

  1. Gildenhuys was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Sanlam Life and Savings. Source

Career before

  1. from 1997Consultant, Financial Management, Sanlam
  2. Chief Executive, SPF Actuarial, Sanlam Personal Finance

Education

BCom Honours Actuarial Science, University of Pretoria; Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and the Actuarial Society of South Africa; Insead International Executive Programme; Harvard Business School Advanced Management Programme

Sources

  1. sanlam.com
  2. sanlam.com
  3. fanews.co.za

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