Chris de Kock, from new business clerk to CEO
Asset-based financial solutions provider WesBank has appointed Chris de Kock (45) as its new CEO.
De Kock will take over from Brian Riley on January 1.
Currently head of sales and marketing, De Kock joined WesBank in January 1987 as a new business clerk.
He worked his way up the ranks, holding various positions within the bank, including branch manager, regional manager and general manager of the marketing, fleet, insurance, retail and corporate divisions.
Five years ago he took on the role of sales and marketing head, where he is responsible for all of the revenue-generating businesses in WesBank, employing more than 2 000 people in five divisions.
De Kock graduated with a BCom degree from Unisa, and also holds an Advanced Management Programme qualification from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business.
“It is indeed an honour and a privilege to take over the helm of WesBank, and at a time that the business is in a supreme condition,” says De Kock.
“Brian Riley leaves WesBank at the end of this year with a truly impressive legacy of innovation and growth, and I remain committed to maintaining and building on the foundations that he and others before him have laid down for me.”
Part of FirstRand Bank, WesBank turns over R7-billion a month, has a debtor’s book of some R125-billion and employs more than 3 500 staff members countrywide.
The company has an annual new business turnover of R85-billion and more than a million customers.
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