Job Title: Chief financial officer
Company: Sanlam
Sumari Coetzee is the chief financial officer at Sanlam.
She assumed her current role in 2026, having previously served as the chief financial officer of general insurance at SanlamAllianz.
Prior to this, she was the chief financial officer of Sanlam Emerging Markets. During her time with Sanlam Emerging Markets, she also served as the head of finance and the head of reporting.
Earlier in her career, she spent over two years as the chief financial officer at Hantam Municipality. She also held various financial roles within the Sanlam group, including financial manager for Sanlam Multi Manager International, Blue Ink Hedge Fund, and Graviton, as well as financial accountant. She began her professional career as an article clerk at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Sumari holds a bachelor of accounting (BRek) in finance from Stellenbosch University.
Work:
2026 – Present Chief financial officer, Sanlam
2023 – 2026 Chief financial officer of general insurance, SanlamAllianz
2021 – 2023 Chief financial officer, Sanlam Emerging Markets
2016 – 2021 Head of finance of Sanlam Emerging Markets, Sanlam
2015 – 2016 Head of reporting of Sanlam Emerging Markets, Sanlam
2013 – 2015 Chief financial officer, Hantam Municipality
2012 – 2013 Financial manager: Sanlam Multi Manager International, Blue Ink Hedge Fund and Graviton, Sanlam
2009 – 2013 Financial manager, Sanlam Multi Manager International
2006 – 2009 Financial accountant, Sanlam Multi Manager International
2003 – 2006 Article clerk, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Education:
1999 – 2002 BRek in finance, Stellenbosch University
About company:
Sanlam is a financial services group operating across South Africa and multiple emerging markets. Through its emerging markets division, the group provides life assurance, general insurance, banking, credit, health, bancassurance, and asset management services in 34 African countries, as well as India and Malaysia.
