Metropolitan Employee Benefits wins the prestigious POA (Principal Officers Association) Imbasa Yegolide Award Risk Manager of the Year: Underwriting for the second year running!

On Monday 31st of May at the Sandton Sun Hotel in Johannesburg Metropolitan Employee Benefits was awarded the prestigious POA (Principal Officers Association) Imbasa Yegolide Award for Risk Manager of the Year: Underwriting.

The award is presented in association with the UK based publisher Global Pensions.  

The aim of the Awards is to reward professional excellence by recognizing service providers who have given excellent service to retirement funds. The focus of this specific award was on service delivery.

The submissions were judged by a panel of highly respected local and international judges.

Judging Panel :- Rhonda Stewart Independent Trustee Stratfund; Allan Greenblo, Editorial DirectorToday’s Trustee; Angela Weinstein, Consultant The Advisory Group; Jan Mahlangu, Co-ordinator: Pension and Provident Fund PolicyCOSATU; Eugene Modiha, Project Manager South African Institute of Chartered Accountants; Andries Wahl, President Retirement Fund Institute of Namibia; Shantha Padayachee, Curator Command Provident Fund; Stephen Cranston, Associate Editor Financial Mail; Alex Beveridge, Editor in Chief Global Pensions; David Harris, Managing Director Tor Financial Consulting; Robin Ellison, Partner Pinsent Masons; Robin Rowels, Chairman Judges for The Professional Pensions Awards and the Scheme of the Year Awards in the UK; Steve Delo, President Pensions Management Institute Chief Executive, PAN Governance; Dr. Andrea Canavesio, Partner and Director MangustaRisk - London (UK) and Rome (IT)

This is the second year in a row that we have won the award and it is a fantastic endorsement to our team, it certainly indicates that Metropolitan Employee Benefits operates the best risk division in the South African industry.