Old Mutual this week announced the appointments of Maserame Mouyeme as Corporate Affairs Director and Kerrin Land as Managing Director of Old Mutual Personal Finance, both effective 1 February 2020.
These appointments further strengthen the representation of women on the Group’s Executive Committee, making it one of the most transformed and diverse executive teams in the country.
Since joining Old Mutual in 1995, Kerrin has gained exceptional experience across a range of portfolios and roles. These include investment product development and portfolio management, IT and operations, distribution and marketing, business strategy and planning, as well as actuarial pricing and valuations. Her most recent role has been as Managing Director of Old Mutual Wealth, where she led the team to deliver consistently world-class solutions.
Maserame joins Old Mutual from Coca-Cola, where she served as Sustainability Director for their East Africa business unit. She brings to her new role 25 years of valuable experience in the FMCG sector, more than 19 of which were at executive level. Maserame has also worked for Unilever, Kellogg’s, Draft FCB as well as the 8seconds Branding and Design agency in Southern Africa. She currently serves as the Non-Executive Chairperson for Draft FCB and as a Non-Executive Director at Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa.
Old Mutual Interim CEO Iain Williamson said these senior appointments highlight the Group’s ongoing commitment to transformation as well as its strategy of developing and growing an internal and diverse pipeline of senior leaders. “We are exceptionally proud of the skills and experience on our Executive Team and are confident that these new appointments will support and strengthen both our customer-centric mission and our efforts to entrench our Responsible Business philosophy across the African continent” said Williamson.