Gert Cruywagen is the Director of Risk of the Tsogo Sun Group, Africa's largest owner and operator of hotels and casinos. He is an executive director of Tsogosure Insurance Company Limited based in the Isle of Man and he is a permanent member of the King Committee on Corporate Governance, as the convenor of the Risk Work Group. As an experienced company director, he served on the boards of various listed companies as the Lead Independent director, on Audit and Risk Committees and on Investment Committees. He is an approved insurance company director in 4 jurisdictions, namely South Africa, Isle of Man, Guernsey and Sweden. He serves on the Board of the International Federation of Risk and Insurance Management Associations (IFRIMA) as the newly elected President. He is a certified Risk Management Professional in the USA (RIMS CRMP) and in South Africa (CRM Prof), the only person to hold both international qualifications. He is an Honorary Life Member of 4 international risk management bodies, and was voted as South Africa's Risk Manager of the Year for 2001 and again in 2009.