{"id":17143,"date":"2026-09-29T13:06:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=17143"},"modified":"2026-09-29T13:06:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:06:56","slug":"santam-syndicate-appoints-hina-shavdia-as-chief-operating-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=17143","title":{"rendered":"Santam Syndicate appoints Hina Shavdia as chief operating officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Santam Syndicate 1918, part of Santam Group, has appointed Hina Shavdia as chief operating officer (COO) as the business continues to build its platform at Lloyd\u2019s. Shavdia will be based in London and report to Syndicate CEO Sam Geddes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Shavdia brings more than 20 years of insurance and reinsurance transformation experience to the role. She joins from Volante Global, where she was group COO and led the transformation of operations and shared services across the group.<\/p>\n<p>Read:<br \/>Santam first Brics insurer to set up in India\u2019s Gift City<br \/>Santam drops US investment as property-rate dip damps outlook<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The appointment comes as the Syndicate continues to expand its leadership team at Lloyd\u2019s. Recent hires include Sam Geddes as CEO and Nigel Tatlock as head of property.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Geddes said Shavdia\u2019s experience in insurance and wider financial services operations would support the Syndicate\u2019s leadership team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u201cHina\u2019s reputation as an outstanding leader, a builder of high-functioning teams and her extensive industry expertise in managing insurance and wider financial services operations make her an invaluable addition to our senior leadership team,\u201d said Geddes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">At Volante Global, she also established and chaired an executive committee-sponsored Global Change Board aimed at driving strategic change and accountability. Before that, she spent four years at AXIS Capital as global head of business change, where she built a global change capability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Shavdia said her focus would be on establishing the operating model and capabilities needed to support the Syndicate\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n<p>Read:<br \/>Acsa appoints Siphamandla Mthethwa as new CEO<br \/>African Bank CFO resigns with immediate effect<br \/>Fresh appointments to African Bank\u2019s C-suite following executive departures<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u201cMy focus will be on ensuring we have the right operating model, capabilities and foundations in place to support continued profitable growth,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She added that she would work with Geddes and the wider team as the Syndicate expands its presence in the Lloyd\u2019s market.<\/p>\n<p>*Phenyo Selinda is a Moneyweb intern<\/p>\n<p>                        #Santam #Syndicate #appoints #Hina #Shavdia #chief #operating #officer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santam Syndicate 1918, part of Santam Group, has appointed Hina Shavdia as chief operating officer&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[4552,697,22117,699,13576,1465,22118,20579],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}