Our board members

Chairman of the Board
Non-executive Director
Nationality: British
Year of birth: 1968

In addition to his roles as Chairman and Non-executive Director of the SanlamAllianz Board, Mr Townsend is also a Member of the SanlamAllianz HR and Nominations Committee and a Member of the Risk and Audit Committee.
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Non-executive Director
Nationality: British / South African
Year of birth: 1969

In addition to his role as Non-executive Director of the SanlamAllianz Board, Mr Birrell also chairs the Risk and Compliance committee.
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Non-executive Director
Nationality: Irish
Year of birth: 1961

In addition to his role as Non-executive Director of the SanlamAllianz Board, Mr Hanratty also chairs the SanlamAllianz HR and Nominations Committee and is a member of the Risk and Audit Committee.
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Non-executive Director
Nationality: South African
Year of birth: 1956

In addition to his role as Non-executive Director of the SanlamAllianz Board, Dr Van Zyl is also a member of the SanlamAllianz HR and Nominations Committee.
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Chief Financial Officer
Nationality: German
Year of birth: 1978

Dr Bayer was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the SanlamAllianz Board.
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Non-executive Director
Nationality: German
Year of birth: 1965

Mr Bäte is as a Non-executive Director of the SanlamAllianz Board.
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Chief Executive Officer
Nationality: South African
Year of birth: 1963

Mr Werth was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of SanlamAllianz in September 2023. He held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Sanlam Emerging Markets (SEM) from 2005 to 2016, after which he was appointed as Group Financial Director and reappointed as the Chief Executive Officer of SEM in 2019.
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