André TAIT, BCOM, MBA, CIMA
Chief Insurance & Investment Executive
André Tait, born in 1957, holds BCom and MBA degrees and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He has extensive experience in the pension, insurance, medical scheme, property and investment sectors, and in many functional disciplines, gained in a corporate environment in South Africa and Namibia. Over the years, he served in various roles, as Company Secretary, Chief Financial Officer, Director and Trustee for various business units within the Professional Provident Society (PPS) Group. He was most recently responsible for the establishment of their Namibian business and for the development of their growth strategy.
André was appointed Chief Insurance and Investment Executive of Cim group in July 2008, and is also the Chief Executive of Cim Insurance and Cim Life.
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Hennie FOURIE, BCOM (Financial Management), CA (SA)
Managing Director
Hennie Fourie holds a Chartered Accounting qualification and is a member of the SAICA (Southern African Institute of Chartered Accountants). He has acquired a wide experience in the insurance, banking and financial services, manufacturing, auditing and accounting sectors. He has served in various roles in Saambou Holdings Ltd and Investec Bank Ltd as Finance Manager for its banking sector and as Director in the life insurance sector. He was also appointed as Managing Director of Natsure Ltd for short term insurance.
Naresh GOKULSING, B.A (Hons.) FCCA
Chief Operating Officer
Naresh Gokulsing was appointed Chief Operating Officer and executive director of Cim Insurance since April 2009. He joined Cim Property Fund Management as Managing Director in February 2008 after having spent 5 years as Head of finance and support services at Cim Insurance. He was also General Manager of Cim Stockbrokers from 2000 to 2002 and served as a Director of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius and Central Depository Settlement Co Ltd from 2000 to 2002. Naresh holds a BA (Hons) in Accounting and Finance from the University of Leeds (UK) and is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) – UK.
Alain BANCILHON.
General Manager – Life & Pension
Alain Bancilhon has been in the Life & Pension business for 38 years now. He started his career at Anglo Mauritius Assurance in October 1971 and worked as Team Leader in the Pension department. He joined Albatross Insurance in January 1986 in the newly created Life & Pension department. Over the years he was promoted Superintendent to cater for the administration of the Life department, Business Developer to promote Group Pension business, Manager, and Head of Corporate Business to develop new lines of Life & Pension businesses. He was appointed to his current role in April 2010.
Veenaye BUSGEETH, ACCA
Finance Manager
Veenaye Busgeeth is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accounts. He worked for BDO De Chazal du Mée from September 2004 to June 2009 and was a Supervisor in the Audit and Business Advisory, after having worked for two and half years in the Accounting and Auditing Department of Nathadkhan Associate Chartered Accountants. He has performed a large number of operational and financial assignments including extensive reviews of internal control environment. He now heads the finance department of the Cim Insurance & Investment cluster and also acts as the Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO).
Shailen SOOBAH, FCCA, MBA
General Manager - Compliance
Shailen was previously the Head of Insurance at the Financial Services Commission (FSC) where he was actively involved in regulation and policy drafting. He was a member of the audit practice review panel of the Financial Reporting Council, as the representative of the FSC. Before joining FSC, he worked for DCDM, in the audit and global business department for 10 years. As a team leader in the global business department, he was involved in the management of global business companies and funds. He joined the company in June 2009.
San T. SINGARAVELLOO , BSc(Hons), PGD(Act. Sci.), FIA
General Manager – Actuarial & Product Development
San completed her Tertiary Education in Cape Town. She is a holder of BSc Economics and Statistics, BSc (Honours) - Operation Research and a Post Graduate Diploma in Actuarial Science at University of Cape Town. She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (UK) and a student member of the Institute of Risk Management (UK).San has 12 years of experience in respect of Trustees and Corporate advice in the actuarial field having worked at Old Mutual (Cape Town), Hymans Robertson Actuaries and Consultants (Glasgow), and PricewaterhouseCoopers (London and Amsterdam). She further had her own consulting company providing actuarial services to the Dutch government and the UK Pension Regulator prior to moving to Mauritius in February 2010.
Bruno BOUCHET, PGD Media & Communication
General Manager - Business Development Life
Bruno holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Media & Communication. He worked as a visiting lecturer for 4 years in England and France in different universities: Parson University; Bath University; Brighton University; Manchester University among others. He worked for 15 years with DS Max, an international direct sales company specialist in consumer goods implanted in 90 countries. He was Vice President Business Development for: France; Netherlands; Italy and Morocco. He also intervened in 30 other countries to lead the sales managers and train the sales persons. Bruno was Group Head of Sales for British American Investment for 4 years before joining Cim Life in July 2010.
Sonia KALACHAND , BA Business Management, MA Human Resources Management
Human Resource Manager
Sonia Kalachand holds a BA in Business Management and an MA Human Resources Management from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne (UK). Sonia started her career in 1999 at Sun Resorts, where she held the position of HR Manager for Sugar Beach Resort and Le Touessrok. In 2006 she joined Barclays bank's HR team, and after nearly 2 years she moved to the Cim group. After an exposure in HR in Cim's global business, and at Cim Head Office, Sonia joined Cim Insurance and Cim Life in June 2011.