Lourens Botha

Chief Executive Officer, Guardrisk

Lourens Botha is Chief Executive Officer of Guardrisk, in the role since September 2023.

Guardrisk, part of Momentum Group, is South Africa's largest cell captive insurer. Botha was its finance director for 15 years before becoming CEO.

In the job

  1. Guardrisk named finance director Lourens Botha as its next CEO, to succeed Herman Schoeman on 1 September 2023. Source

Career before

  1. 2008-2023Financial Director, Guardrisk

Education

Chartered Accountant (SA) and Chartered Management Accountant; advanced management and leadership programme, University of Oxford

Sources

  1. guardrisk.co.za
  2. momentumgroupltd.co.za
  3. businessday.co.za

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