Kanyisa Mkhize

Chief Executive Officer, Sanlam Corporate

Kanyisa Mkhize is Chief Executive Officer of Sanlam Corporate, in the role since September 2020.

Sanlam Corporate provides consulting and advice, insurance, retirement, investments and healthcare solutions to corporates across South Africa, and is part of the Sanlam Life and Savings cluster. Mkhize, a qualified actuary, joined Sanlam from Old Mutual to lead it.

In the job

  1. Sanlam named Mkhize chief executive of Sanlam Corporate as it reorganised its personal finance business into separate clusters. Source

  2. Sanlam Corporate appointed four managing executives, for group risk, client experience, servicing and distribution, and human capital. Source

Career before

  1. Various roles in product development, strategy, business development, customer solutions and direct distribution, then head of customer solutions, Old Mutual Personal Finance
  2. 2020-Chief executive officer, Sanlam Corporate

Education

Qualified actuary (Actuarial Society of South Africa, 2010); MBA, Columbia Business School; BBusSci Honours, University of Cape Town

Sources

  1. sanlam.com
  2. sanlam.com
  3. financialafrik.com
  4. businessreport.co.za

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 Spotted something out of date?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

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