The Ministry of Finance has appointed advocate Dube Tshidi as the executive officer of the FSB. He takes over from Rob JG Barrow, when his term expires at the June.
Tshidi is currently the deputy executive officer, responsible for investment institutions in South Africa.
The announcement comes less than two weeks after the ministry announced that Jonathan Dixon was leaving National Treasury, to join the FSB as the deputy executive officer responsible for the insurance sector. He replaced Mashudu Munyai, who moved to MTN.
Dixon was one of the main driving forces at National Treasury behind the two discussion papers on contractual savings, the last of which recently called for comments from industry players.
The question of who will be taking over some of the responsiblities from Dixon at Treasury is an interesting one, although an industry source says that it is likely to be Baron Furstenburg, who has worked with Dixon for some time. It is also likley that Treasury's external consultant may get more directly involved.