Retirement of Ben Rossouw (pictured 1), CEO
Ben Rossouw, currently CEO of the FIA, has announced his resignation and intention to retire. Prior to his 2008 appointment as CEO of the FIA, Rossouw was the Executive Director of the Financial Planning Institute (FPI) and managing director of SAFSIA (a founding association of the FIA).
Rossouw came out of semi-retirement to assist the newly-formed FIA to bed down the mergers between the IBC, SAFSIA and LUASA. Following his tenure as CEO and given the degree of consolidation that has taken place subsequent to the mergers, Rossouw has decided to take ‘final’ retirement and will end his term of office on 28 February 2009. His service, skills and experience will be sorely missed by his colleagues, the intermediary industry and the financial services sector.
The Board of the FIA extends its gratitude to Rossouw for his contribution and efforts and wishes him all the very best in his retirement.
The FIA’s executive committee and Justus van Pletzen, COO, will continue managing the daily operations of the Association. The Board of the FIA will in due course make an announcement in this regard.
Appointment of Peter Atkinson (pictured 2), Technical Portfolio Manager
In line with the FIA’s strategic plan, the Board is pleased to announce the new appointment of Peter Atkinson, who joins the Association as Technical Portfolio Manager. Atkinson’s appointment is effective 1 January 2009.
Previously employed as an executive manager at the Insurance Institute of South Africa (IISA), Atkinson has a wealth of experience spanning various components of the financial services sector which will further strengthen the FIA’s management capacity.
In his position as Technical Portfolio Manager, Atkinson will play an important and active role in each of the Association’s four executive committees (Short-term, Financial Planning, Health and Employee Benefits).
The Board of the FIA welcomes Atkinson and wishes him well in his new role.
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