Matthys Lodewikus (Wikus) Olivier

Group Finance Director (FD) and CFO

BAcc (Hons), CA(SA)
Appointed: 1 July 2023

Wikus’ expertise includes accounting, actuarial finance, financial markets and investments as well as general business and risk management. Before joining Santam as the Deputy Chief Financial Officer on 1 January 2023, Wikus held several senior executive positions within the Sanlam Group, including serving as acting CFO of Sanlam Limited and Sanlam Life Insurance Limited in 2019/2020, after which he assumed the role of Sanlam’s Group executive: corporate strategy. He currently serves on the board of directors of the MiWay group of companies, the Centriq group of companies, the SSI Group of Companies, and Santam Namibia Ltd.