A long lasting broker

Wetumwene Shikage He was born in Windhoek and attended Eros Primary School before matriculating from Windhoek High School. He worked at Sanlam for 11 years before joining Alexander Forbes in 2001.On 1 October 2021, Van Vuuren will have been with Alexander Forbes for 20 years. As a broker, he believes that client relationships are important. “Alexander Forbes helped me to build relationships with my clients through the support they gave me. Clients want to build a relationship with the broker, because I handle their hard earned money. Clients also want to trust the company I work for and the Alexander Forbes brand helped a lot to achieve this,” he says.A broker’s main job of assisting clients with their financial planning, he says. “The main part of my job is to assist clients with investing their money after leaving employment through resignation, retremchment or retirement. I also assist with clients looking to take out risk benefits like life, disability and dread disease cover as well as assisting people to plan for retirement,” he said.His day-to-day workload includes drawing up proposals for clients and thereafter meeting clients to discuss the proposals he prepared. He added that he has a great support team at Alexander Forbes who assists him with follow-ups and making sure that client instructions are handled.Achievements“I cannot highlight one specific achievement, but I am blessed to have worked with such a great company for almost 20 years. I am truly blessed with the amazing clients that supported me over the 20 years; my clients are my best asset.”Van Vuuren says he loves his job because he feels that he can add value to his clients’ needs. “Many people work very hard to earn an income, so it is important that they trust me to do what is the best for them. For many clients it is a scary time when they retire. Helping them through the process is very rewarding.”On van Vuuren’s bucket list is to one day visit Alaska. “It looks like a great place and surely seems like a great place to visit,” he said . He enjoys travelling and has been to Portugal, Bali, Dubai and Argentina.One dream Van Vuuren has is to buy a small farm where he can spend time on weekends and maybe for a few years after retirement. “My wife and I grew up on a farm; we would love to one day own our own piece of land,” he said.

A long lasting broker

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