In his 45-year career, Andre has worked in the insurance and banking industries as well as government supervision of financial institutions.
He started his career with 12 years in the actuarial and investment departments of a large life insurer in South Africa, followed by a stint of 13 years in merchant and hire purchase banking. For the last 13 years, he has been the deputy executive officer at the Financial Services Board (the FSB, the non-bank financial supervisor) in South Africa, responsible for the supervision of life and general insurers and occupational pension plans.
Andre has previously been a member of the executive team at the FSB. Apart from the normal strategic and budgetary planning and controls for the supervisory office, he interacted with government on long-range regulatory planning. He has also:
Since his retirement from the FSB in 2004, Andre has become involved in international financial regulatory and supervisory consulting work. His activities have included: