Hennie Nel

Chief Executive Officer, SanlamAllianz

Hennie Nel is Chief Executive Officer of SanlamAllianz, in the role since September 2026.

SanlamAllianz is a pan-African non-banking financial services company formed jointly by Sanlam and Allianz in September 2023. Nel moved to it from Sanlam Group, where he was executive head of corporate finance.

In the job

  1. The SanlamAllianz board appointed Nel as chief executive from 1 September 2026, succeeding Heinie Werth, who retires at the end of 2026. Source

Career before

  1. 2012-2023Chief financial officer, Santam
  2. 2023-2026Executive head of corporate finance, Sanlam Group
  3. 2026-Chief executive officer, SanlamAllianz

Sources

  1. atlas-mag.net
  2. reinsurancene.ws
  3. meinsurancereview.com

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 Spotted something out of date?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

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