Dawie de Villiers

Group Chief Executive Officer, Alexforbes

Dawie de Villiers is Group Chief Executive Officer of Alexforbes, in the role since November 2018.

Alexforbes provides employee benefits, retirement and healthcare consulting, investment and wealth management services. Under de Villiers, it shifted its focus to consulting, administration and investments and disposed of its insurance business.

In the job

  1. Alexforbes launched a refreshed strategy focused on consulting, administration and investments and subsequently disposed of its insurance business. Source

  2. Alexforbes launched Investment Solutions by Alexforbes to enter the discretionary fund management market. Source

  3. Alexforbes created a R5 billion fund for investment in South African infrastructure projects. Source

  4. Alexforbes reported 22% growth in assets under management and administration to R733 billion and 22% growth in normalised profit for the year ended 31 March 2026. Source

Career before

  1. 1993Actuary, Sanlam Life Insurance
  2. Senior executive roles, Sanlam
  3. Chief Executive Officer, Sanlam Structured Solutions
  4. 2013-2018Chief Executive Officer, Sanlam Employee Benefits

Education

BSc in Actuarial Science, Stellenbosch University; Advanced Management Programme, INSEAD; Fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa.

Sources

  1. invest.alexforbes.com
  2. investmentsolutions.alexforbes.com
  3. financialfilings.com
  4. businesstech.co.za
  5. businessday.co.za
  6. businessday.co.za
  7. businessday.co.za
  8. invest.alexforbes.com

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 Spotted something out of date?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

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