Kerwin Martin

Mr Kerwin Martin is the HOD for Banking and Insurance Supervision. He started his regulatory and supervisory career in the Insurance Prudential Department at the Financial Services Board in 2001. In 2011 he was appointed as the head of that department, responsible for the prudential supervision of small- to medium-sized insurers and reinsurers. As part of the establishment of the Twin Peaks regulatory model, Kerwin transferred to the Prudential Authority in 2018. He has served as Divisional Head of the Financial Conglomerate Supervision Department, responsible for the prudential supervision of two large South African insurance groups and for a domestic systemically important entity.

Kerwin has served as a member of the Governance Working Group of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) since 2014 and participated in the formulation of Insurance Core Principles on Corporate Governance as well as governance issue papers and application papers. He currently leads the exploratory work on remuneration and compensation for the IAIS Governance Working Group.