Mr. Ebenezer (Ebby) Essoka has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive director to the Boards of Sanlam Limited, effective 18 June 2021. His appointment has been approved by the Prudential Authority in terms of the Insurance Act No 18 of 2017. Ebby is the Executive Chairman of IBURU, an advisory firm focused on Economic Development across Sub-Saharan Africa. He currently serves as Chair and or Non-Executive Director on several boards, namely United Bank for Africa - Cameroon, Mobile Money Corporation - Cameroon and as Senior Advisor - Africa Investment Forum since 2018. He retired from Standard Chartered Bank, as Vice Chairman for Africa in 2015 after 30+ years in senior leadership.