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Gauteng Women In Insurance: Leaderwalk 1 – Navigating Office Politics

This session featured Huntley Smith, Change Architect and former COO, who led a powerful and candid conversation titled C-Suite Unfiltered: 90 Minutes Inside the C-Suite. Smith unpacked the realities of executive leadership, offering attendees a rare glimpse into the pressures, decisions, and mindset required at the top.

Rather than focusing on polished success stories, Smith took attendees into the “war room”, sharing real-world lessons on navigating complexity, driving organisational change, and leading with clarity in high-stakes environments. His session challenged conventional perceptions of leadership and encouraged future leaders to think more strategically about their own growth journeys.

We were grateful to our main sponsor, iTOO Special Risks, co-sponsor Absa, and logistical sponsors FAnews, Glasfit, and Santam Specialist Solutions for their contributions to the success of the event.

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In this leaderwalk themed ‘Navigating Office Politics’, Niven Postma, a strategy, leadership and culture consultant, took attendees through the five myths of office politics and guided them on how to navigate office politics effectively, ethically and successfully.

Each table host and seven people got Postma’s best-selling book ‘If You Don’t Do Politics, Politics Will Do You’ – a guide to navigating office politics ethically and successfully, sponsored by Tracker South Africa.

A discussion

We thank our table hosts for accepting the challenge to facilitate discussions:

1.Carlo Van Zyl, National Key Accounts Manager (Tracker)
2.Christelle Colman, CEO (Ami Underwriting Managers)
3.Ellen Gower-Mzolo, Chief Financial Officer (The Fulcrum Group SA)
4.Jennifer Porteous, Claims, Legal and Compliance Manager (Camargue Underwriting Managers)
5.René Lee, People & Culture Manager (Garrun Group)
6.Steve von Roretz, Director (Leppard and Associates)
7.Tebogo Moalusi, Executive Associate: Strategic Business Development (Santam Insurance)
8.Thokozile Mahlangu, CEO (Insurance Institute of South Africa)

Thank you

Thank you to all the delegates who attended this event, we hope that the session inspired you, as a leader, to navigate office politics effectively, ethically and successfully.

Thank you to our sponsors Camargue, Garrun Group, Leppard and Associates, Santam and Tracker for making this event possible!