Liberty Corporate appoints Chief Operating Officer
Liberty Corporate, a division of Liberty Holdings, has announced the appointment of Deon Swart as its new Chief Operating Officer.
Deon, CA (SA), has joined Liberty after spending almost ten years in Old Mutual’s corporate business, where he held the position of General Manager: Operations. Prior to this Deon worked for Deloitte and Touche in Risk Consulting, also spending time in Washington DC, New York and London working in various financial institutions.
Seelan Gobalsamy, CEO of Liberty Corporate says, “The Corporate market is extremely competitive and this together with substantial legislative changes requires us to have a relentless focus on enhancing the value we offer to our customers. We believe there is considerable opportunity to grow our already dominant footprint in the SMME market as well as expanding into the larger corporate market with innovative products in the Retirement and Investment space. Deon’s appointment significantly strengthens our senior management team in order to achieve this.”
”Deon has a wealth of experience in the area of Employee Benefits and brings with him a wide range of knowledge and skill in the areas of Administration, IT, large scale Strategic Projects, Marketing and Strategy. His responsibilities will include Retirement Fund Administration and Umbrella products, IT, Strategy Implementation and Projects, and he will also drive our Corporate Strategy,” Gobalsamy continues.
Deon joins the Liberty Corporate Exco team and will steer the Group’s planned growth and innovation in the Umbrella Fund market as well as being integrally involved in all aspects of Corporate’s operations, strategy and growth.
