SLM - Sanlam - Appointment of a new director

SLM - Sanlam - Appointment of a new director                                    
Sanlam Limited                                                                  
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 1959/001562/06)                                            
JSE share code: SLM                                                             
NSX share code: SLA                                                             
ISIN number: ZAE000070660                                                       
("Sanlam")                                                                      
Appointment of a new director                                                   
In accordance with the JSE Limited Listings Requirements (paragraph 3.59(a)),   
notification is hereby given that Mr. Desmond Smith (61) has been appointed as  
non-executive director on the Boards of Sanlam and Sanlam Life Insurance Limited
with effect from 8 June 2009. Mr. Smith is appointed in one of the vacancies on 
these Boards following the earlier resignations of Ms. Maria Ramos and Dr.      
Wilmot James. He is currently chairman of both Santam Limited and the           
Reinsurance Group of America (South Africa) (RGA), and a director of a number of
companies.                                                                      
Mr. Smith joined Sanlam in 1968, where he became Managing Director in 1993.  He 
retired from Sanlam at the end of 1997.  He served as Managing Director of the  
RGA from 1999 until 2005.                                                       
He is a Past President of the Pensions Institute of Southern Africa and of the  
Actuarial Society of South Africa. He currently serves on a number of the       
committees of the Society and the International Actuarial Association. He was   
Chairman of the Life Offices Association of South Africa (LOA) in 1996, 2004 and
2008.  He is past Chairman of the Council of Stellenbosch University, serves on 
the Advisory Board of the University`s Graduate School of Business and is       
Chairman of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies (STIAS).  He serves 
on the Advisory Committee on Long-term Insurance and the Council of the         
Ombudsman for Long-term Insurance.                                              
Mr. Smith holds the following qualifications:  B.Sc (cum laude)                 
(Univ.Stellenbosch) FASSA, ISMP (Harvard Business School)                       
Bellville                                                                       
9 June 2009                                                                     
Sponsor:  Deutsche Securities (SA) Proprietary) Limited                         
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