Carl Roothman has been in the hot seat as the CEO of the Sanlam Investment Group - born out of a merger between Absa and Sanlam's assets managers - for over a year now. In July, he will take on more responsibilities when his subordinate, CEO of Sanlam Investments, Nersan Naidoo, departs.
Roothman is now steering the ship of South Africa's biggest black-owned asset manager, the second biggest overall after Ninety One. His rise to the top has been a unique journey because he charted it within four months of getting his first corporate job.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.