Gregarious Kotze
One of Wessel Kotze’s dreams is to manage a big international event in Namibia.
Michelline Nawatises
Wessel Kotze was born in the small but beautiful town of Aranos.
He attended Aranos Primary School and completed his schooling career at Mariental High School.
After high school, Kotze studied part-time through Technikon South Africa (SA) and did various short courses over the years, such as the Sanlam USB-ED Executive Development Management Programme.
Kotze has been part of the successful Sanlam family for 24 years and four months.
“When I first joined the company 24 years ago, I started at entry-level and I have since grown with the company,” he says.
He explains that he has seen the company grow through many changes and has always felt happy.
He mentions that completing more than two decades with Sanlam is definitely something he is proud of.
“I am grateful to all my managers and colleagues in Sanlam, who have contributed towards my journey to grow professionally. This would not have been possible without everyone’s support,” he says.
Kotze looks forward to coming to work every day.
“I enjoy my work very much. I also like the fact that I get to contribute towards the future growth of the company and the overall brand.”
Kotze is responsible for retail support at Sanlam.
He is responsible for a comprehensive range of appropriate, competitive financial solutions to intermediaries that include formal training, coaching, ease-of-doing business, training the trainer, lead management, sales tools’ support and event planning, which will ultimately lead to growth in performance.
His biggest achievement so far is the rollout of a financial needs analysis programme that has been used by all intermediaries to support their clients with peace-of-mind financial solutions. “I am also very proud of driving the Sanlam Cancer Golf Challenge for more than 10 years,” he says.
This project has generated funds for the fight against cancer through the Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN).
What he loves about his job is the fact that he can interact with people from a variety of backgrounds. This allows him to build relationships through training, sales events and conferences with strategic roleplayers that contribute to the success of the company.
“I am a people’s person and this is an aid to my personality too,” he says.
Kotze has quite a long bucket list, but the two main things that stand out for him is his wish to manage a big international event in Namibia.
Aside from his job, he is passionate about sport and rugby in particular. “In 2015 I was the manager for the Rugby World Cup for Namibia. This was a big deal for me and one that I will remember for a very long time,” he said. In the near future, he wants to pursue his dream of becoming a farmer.
Wessel Kotze was born in the small but beautiful town of Aranos.
He attended Aranos Primary School and completed his schooling career at Mariental High School.
After high school, Kotze studied part-time through Technikon South Africa (SA) and did various short courses over the years, such as the Sanlam USB-ED Executive Development Management Programme.
Kotze has been part of the successful Sanlam family for 24 years and four months.
“When I first joined the company 24 years ago, I started at entry-level and I have since grown with the company,” he says.
He explains that he has seen the company grow through many changes and has always felt happy.
He mentions that completing more than two decades with Sanlam is definitely something he is proud of.
“I am grateful to all my managers and colleagues in Sanlam, who have contributed towards my journey to grow professionally. This would not have been possible without everyone’s support,” he says.
Kotze looks forward to coming to work every day.
“I enjoy my work very much. I also like the fact that I get to contribute towards the future growth of the company and the overall brand.”
Kotze is responsible for retail support at Sanlam.
He is responsible for a comprehensive range of appropriate, competitive financial solutions to intermediaries that include formal training, coaching, ease-of-doing business, training the trainer, lead management, sales tools’ support and event planning, which will ultimately lead to growth in performance.
His biggest achievement so far is the rollout of a financial needs analysis programme that has been used by all intermediaries to support their clients with peace-of-mind financial solutions. “I am also very proud of driving the Sanlam Cancer Golf Challenge for more than 10 years,” he says.
This project has generated funds for the fight against cancer through the Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN).
What he loves about his job is the fact that he can interact with people from a variety of backgrounds. This allows him to build relationships through training, sales events and conferences with strategic roleplayers that contribute to the success of the company.
“I am a people’s person and this is an aid to my personality too,” he says.
Kotze has quite a long bucket list, but the two main things that stand out for him is his wish to manage a big international event in Namibia.
Aside from his job, he is passionate about sport and rugby in particular. “In 2015 I was the manager for the Rugby World Cup for Namibia. This was a big deal for me and one that I will remember for a very long time,” he said. In the near future, he wants to pursue his dream of becoming a farmer.
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