Discovery Limited announced that Deon Marius Viljoen (Deon) has been appointed as Financial Director to the board of Discovery, with effect from May 1, 2017. Deon will also be appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer with effect from May 1, 2017. Deon joined Alexander Forbes Group Holdings in 2003 as finance director of Investment Solutions.

He was promoted to Group CFO in 2007 and served as interim Group CEO for a short period in 2016. He serves on a number of the Alexander Forbes Group subsidiary boards, including their insurance entities. Prior to Alexander Forbes, Deon was a partner and director of PriceWaterhouseCoopers Inc. Johannesburg in their financial services team.

Deon brings tremendous experience to this role and will add value to the Discovery team. Richard Farber will relinquish his role as Chief Financial Officer and Group Financial Director with effect from April 30, 2017, but will remain an executive director of Discovery and will continue to provide support to Deon during the transition.