Basil Reekie

Group Managing Director, Clientele

Basil Reekie is Group Managing Director of Clientele.

Clientele is a JSE-listed South African life insurance group that sells entry-level life and funeral cover to the mass market. Under Reekie it bought 1Life Insurance and Emerald Life in consecutive years.

In the job

  1. Clientele agreed to buy 1Life Insurance from Telesure Investment Holdings for R1.914 billion. Source

  2. Clientele received regulatory approval for the 1Life acquisition and began consolidating the business. Source

  3. Clientele said its purchase of the micro-insurer Emerald Life, with about 360 000 active policyholders, had concluded. Source

Education

BSc (Hons); FASSA

Sources

  1. clientele.co.za
  2. clientele.co.za
  3. persfin.co.za
  4. moonstone.co.za
  5. businessday.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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