Sanlam FOUR CEO: We don't want to just plant flags and cover everything. It is about going into areas where we can be different

Took over role last October

Laura Dew talks to Sanlam FOUR chief executive officer Alfio Tagliabue about playing a key role in a vertically-integrated business, MiFID II challenges and product plans.

Taking over as Sanlam FOUR chief executive has inspired big plans for Alfio Tagliabue, who is seeking to promote the boutique asset manager as an "investment centre of excellence" within its parent Sanlam Group and across a wider network. For Tagliabue, the move to Sanlam FOUR was the next step in his career within the wider Sanlam Group.  He was previously chief financial officer at Sanlam UK and prior to that spent three years as group chief financial officer at Ashcourt Rowan under group CEO Jonathan Polin, who became Sanlam UK chief executive in December 2015. Polin's appointme...