Ian Kirk

Ian was admitted as a partner at PwC in 1986, and has since held various leadership positions at executive and non-executive level including at industry associations such as the South African Insurance Association and the Association of Savings and Investment South Africa, where he is the deputy chairman. Ian served as CEO of Sanlam from 2015 to December 2020 and was a director on various subsidiary boards of the Sanlam Group, including Santam, Shriram Capital, Afrocentric and Sanlam Life. Prior to this, he served as CEO at Santam and Capital Alliance Holdings, and as deputy-CEO of Liberty Group. Ian was appointed to the Presidential State-owned Enterprise Council in June 2020, which is mandated to reposition South Africa’s state-owned enterprises.