The Hemphill factor
If banking and insurance seem incestuous, consider the role Bruce Hemphill played in the careers of both Ian Kirk and Paul Hanratty
07 November 2024 - 05:00
Paul Hanratty and his predecessor Ian Kirk both ended up at Sanlam quite unexpectedly. In Kirk’s case, as deputy CEO of Liberty, it was widely predicted that he would end up as successor to Myles Ruck when the former merchant banker took early retirement in 2006.
Hanratty had ended up in London to run the core life and savings business for Old Mutual plc. In both cases they were beaten to the job by Standard Bank lifer Bruce Hemphill, who, to be fair, was a competent member of the bank’s executive bench, and less prickly than either Kirk or Hanratty. ..
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