Sapphire

Gary is the Chief Executive Officer, and is a  Chartered Risk Insurer and ACII. With over 40 years’ experience in the Risk Transfer environment, Gary has founded and co-founded many companies, 7 of which have been sold. Gary’s experience extends across the globe with positions including the CEO with Globe Underwriting in London, and with both  Emerald and SHA in South Africa. He has also sat on various boards and Risk Committees in UK, South Africa, Mauritius, Europe and Australia as well as supervising underwriting products into USA. In 2012, Gary was awarded the Sanlam CEO award.

With 12 years’ experience  in Property investments in the UK, and over 25 years within the South African Insurance Industry, Cathy currently holds executive positions at Sapphire UK, Sapphirus SA and EUM UK Ltd. Previously, she helped create an Insurance accredited training company in South Africa, Inspeak and occupied the role as Head of Insurance of Investec. She also held various senior positions at Alexander Forbes and Guardian  National. Cathy has a passion for community service, having extended her skills as Trustee and Chair of a South African Children’s charity, the Pecanwood Education Trust.

Sapphire’s Deputy CEO, PHD in strategic IT governance and financial systems, CA(SA), BComm specialising in Financial Accounting, Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting at UCT. Lisa has over 16 years’ insurance experience in South Africa. Prior to joining Sapphire South Africa, Lisa was a Director at Stalker Hutchison Admiral as well as Manager: Niche Finance Shared Services for Santam, where she was responsible for building the shared services function for Niche. Lisa has over the years been involved in the oversight of various functions including finance, risk management and internal audit.