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Our Leadership
Trustees of The Professional Provident Society Holdings Trust
Dr S N E Seoka
Qualification: B Pharm, PhD, FPS
Classification: Co-opted Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 15 August 2005
Trustees of The Professional Provident Society Holdings Trust
Dr C M Krüger
Qualification: MB ChB, M Prax Med, M Pharm Med
Classification: Elected Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 21 June 2004
Trustees of The Professional Provident Society Holdings Trust
Dr A Coetzee
Qualification: BMedSci, MBChB, CAHM (YALE)
Classification: Elected Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed: 1 March 2019
Ms D L T Dondur
Qualification: B Acc (Hons), B Compt, CA(SA), MBA
Classification: Nominated Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 6 July 2011
Nominated by: The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
Mr J A B Downie
Qualification: B Sc, MBA, CFP
Classification: Co-opted Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 15 April 2010
Dr D P du Plessis
Qualification: BSc (QS), MBA, DBA
Classification: Elected Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 3 June 2013
Mr C Erasmus
Qualification: BSc, FIA, FASSA
Classification: Independent Non-Executive Trustee, Appointed Ex Officio
Appointed 1 June 2015
Dr N H P Khosa
Qualification: MBChB, MBA
Classification: Elected Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 22 May 2018
Mr I Kotzé
Qualification: B Pharm
Classification: Nominated Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 27 August 2001
Nominated by: The Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa
Dr F Mansoor
Qualification: BDS, MBA
Classification: Nominated Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 17 July 2017
Nominated by: The South African Dental Association
Mr E A Moolla
Qualification: B luris
Classification: Elected Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 11 March 2002
Ms P Natesan
Qualification: CA(SA), BCom (Hons), BCom (cum laude)
Classification: Elected Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 17 July 2017
Mrs N Nongogo
Qualification: B Juris, LLB
Classification: Nominated Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 5 September 2018
Nominated by: The Law Society of South Africa
Mr N C Nyawo
Qualification: B.Com(Hons), CA(SA), MBA
Classification: Elected Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 2 June 2014
Mr P Ranchod
Qualification: B Compt(Hons),CA(SA), MBL, H Dip Business Data Processing
Classification: Elected Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 6 June 2011
Mr V P Rimbault
Qualification: B Sc Eng (Mech)
Classification: Nominated Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 12 September 2011
Nominated by: The Professional Engineers’ Societies
Mr S Trikamjee
Qualification: B Com (Hons), CA(SA)
Classification: Elected Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 8 June 2009
Prof H E Wainer
Qualification: B.Acc, CA(SA)
Classification: Independent Non-Executive Director, Appointed Ex Officio
Appointed 1 June 2015
The Professional Provident Society Insurance Company Limited Board of Directors
Mr C Erasmus
Qualification: BSc, FIA, FASSA
Classification: Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed 19 February 2007
The Professional Provident Society Insurance Company Limited Board of Directors
Prof H E Wainer
Qualification: B.Acc, CA(SA)
Classification: Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed 30 November 2009
The Professional Provident Society Insurance Company Limited Board of Directors
Mr I J Smit
Qualification: B Com (Hons) (Actuarial Statistics), FASSA
Chief Executive Officer
Mrs T Boesch
Qualification: B.Com(Hons), CA(SA)
Chief Financial Officer
Mr N J Battersby
Qualification: Bsc Eng ( Mech), B Com (Hons), MBA, CFP, AMP (Harvard), Cert.Dir
Group Chief Operating Officer / CEO PPS Investments
The Professional Provident Society Insurance Company Limited Board of Directors
Ms D L T Dondur
Qualification: B Acc (Hons), B Compt, CA(SA), MBA
Classification: Nominated Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 6 July 2011
Nominated by: The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
Mr J A B Downie
Qualification: B Sc, MBA, CFP
Classification: Co-opted Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 15 April 2010
Dr D P du Plessis
Qualification: BSc (QS), MBA, DBA
Classification: Elected Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 3 June 2013
Mr EJS Franklin
Qualification: B Sc Physics and Applied Mathematics, B Sc Elec Eng, M Sc Elec Eng (Manchester), MBA
Classification: Non-Executive Director
Appointed: 1 March 2019
Dr C M Krüger
Qualification: MB ChB, M Prax Med, M Pharm Med
Classification: Elected Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 21 June 2004
Mr E A Moolla
Qualification: B luris
Classification: Elected Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 11 March 2002
Mr P Ranchod
Qualification: B Compt(Hons),CA(SA), MBL, H Dip Business Data Processing
Classification: Elected Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 6 June 2011
Dr S N E Seoka
Qualification: B Pharm, PhD, FPS
Classification: Co-opted Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 15 August 2005
Mr S Trikamjee
Qualification: B Com (Hons), CA(SA)
Classification: Elected Independent Non-Executive Trustee
Appointed 8 June 2009
Dr J A van der Merwe
Qualification: Medical Doctor, MBA (cum laude)
Classification: Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed 18 June 2018
The Professional Provident Society Group Executive Committee
Mr I J Smit
Qualification: B Com (Hons) (Actuarial Statistics), FASSA
Chief Executive Officer
The Professional Provident Society Group Executive Committee
Mr Q J Augustine
Qualification: BSc Actuarial Science, PG Diploma, FIA (Institute of Actuaries: London), Corporate Strategy and Innovation (Oxford University)
Executive: Member Value Proposition
Mr V E Barnard
Qualification: B Com
Group Company Secretary
Mrs Simmi Bassudev
Qualification: B Pharm
Chief Executive: PPS Healthcare Administrators
Mr N J Battersby
Qualification: Bsc Eng ( Mech), B Com (Hons), MBA, CFP, AMP (Harvard), Cert.Dir
Group Chief Operating Officer / CEO PPS Investments
Mrs T Boesch
Qualification: B.Com(Hons), CA(SA)
Chief Financial Officer
Mr W Bosman
Qualification: B Com(Accounting) B Compt (Hons)/CTA, CA(SA)
Chief Executive: PPS Short-Term Insurance
Mrs. K Govender
Qualification: GIBBS Executive Leadership Programme
Executive: Life Operations
Ms M D Molefe
Qualification: B Com, MBA
Executive: HR
Mr W J Mouton
Qualification: B Proc
Executive: Life Broker Services
Mr M M Mtshali
Qualification: B Com, MBA
Executive: Internal Distribution
Mrs A Seboni
Qualification: BCom, MAP
Executive: Group Brand, Marketing and Communications
Mr J A Thomas
Qualification: B Com (Hons) ( Acturial Science); B Com (Insurance Science)
Executive: Actuarial Services
Join PPS
PPS offers tailor-made insurance, investment and healthcare solutions exclusively for graduate professionals with an honours level*/equivalent or higher qualification, from a public institution or certain listed private institutions.
*Honours level equivalent qualification includes certain BTechs, 3 year undergraduate degrees or diplomas plus a postgraduate qualification or professional designation.
