Jan-Hendrik Erasmus
Jan-Hendrik is an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is currently Chief Financial Officer and executive board member of Athora Netherlands, Athora’s largest European business, where he is responsible for Financial and Regulatory Reporting, Capital Management, Investments, Corporate Finance, Financial Planning, Tax and Reinsurance.
Prior to Athora he was the Group Chief Risk Officer of Aviva plc, Chief Risk Officer of NN Group and Partner at Oliver Wyman. Earlier roles include senior positions at Lucida Plc and Prudential Plc, and he started his career at Momentum Life in South Africa. He also served as a Senior Advisor to Mundi Ventures’ Insurtech Funds between January 2022 and June 2025, and is a former chair of the European Insurance CRO Forum.
Jan-Hendrik has over 20 years’ experience in the financial services and insurance industry in South Africa, the United Kingdom (“UK”), and Europe and has deep and extensive expertise in risk, capital and investment management, actuarial science and international financial regulation.
Education: Executive MBA (with distinction), London Business School; B.Com (Hons) Actuarial Science, University of Pretoria. Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (London) and Chartered Enterprise Risk Actuary (CERA).
Other directorships: Trustee, Hope Through Action (UK)
Board committees: Actuarial, Audit, Risk
