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Summit Trust, Sanlam Agree On Management Buyout, Mauritius Transaction

Tom Burroughes

17 November 2017

The senior managers of Switzerland-based has simultaneously acquired Summit Trust International’s stake in Summit Trust Mauritius. The latter will be renamed Sanlam Trustees International Limited, the firms said in a statement today.  

The agreement gives Summit Trust International total ownership of operations in Geneva, London, New Zealand and Cayman Islands. Based in Mauritius, Sanlam Trustees International Limited in turn is now wholly owned by the Sanlam Group and forms an important part of the pan-African expansion strategy of Sanlam Private Wealth Africa.

Sanlam Trustees International Limited will continue to be led by Roderick Phillips and Gael Duchenne, the statement added.