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  • Global thought leaders to speak at the first Discovery Financial Planning Summit

    Discovery today announced the line-up of thought leaders in the financial planning industry who will be speaking at the first Discovery Financial Planning Summit, to be hosted on 15 May at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. The event aims to bring together some of the world’s experts in financial planning to share their insights and best practices.

  • Medical Miracles ~ One step at a time

    Brigitte Zoghby (53) always considered herself fit and healthy. “I’ve always been active, I played sport and competed in sporting events my whole life,” she says.

  • Become a life-changer

    4 300 South Africans wake up every morning, knowing that today could be their last. They are waiting for a life-saving organ donation. Less than 600 of them will receive the gift of a prolonged life. About 1 000 people await kidney transplants each year, but over the past three years only a quarter of these all-important operations have been performed per year.

  • Discovery and AIA Group joint venture launches in Australia

    The joint venture, known as "AIA Vitality", was officially launched in Australia today. This launch to the wider Australian market follows a successful pilot phase where a limited number of financial advisers had the opportunity to trial the AIA Vitality programme. AIA Vitality was first launched in Singapore in 2013.

  • Economist and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz cites major changes in fiscal policy as the way forward

    “We are half a decade on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers and there are still persistent weaknesses in the developed countries of the world. The global economy needs to recover, but I am rather pessimistic that what needs to be done, will not be done,” says Joseph Stiglitz, renowned economist and Nobel Prize laureate, speaking at the 2014 Discovery Leadership Summit in Sandton.

  • Discovery CEO, Adrian Gore: "South Africa has the talent and ability to build great businesses”

    “South Africa has the talent and ability to build great businesses,” said Adrian Gore in his opening remarks at the 2014 Discovery Leadership Summit. “It is the quality of our leadership that will enable or stifle this.” The welcome address from the Discovery Group CEO set the scene for a gathering focused on leadership in business, government and civil society.

  • Dr. Ben S. Bernanke headed for South Africa as part of the 2014 Discovery Leadership Summit

    Former Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Dr. Ben S. Bernanke will be one of the speakers at the Discovery Leadership Summit to be held in Johannesburg on March 5. Dr. Bernanke heads a line-up that includes Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, Lord Sebastian Coe, Adam Morgan, and Firstrand co-founder Laurie Dippenaar, JSE Chairwoman Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita and Bidvest CEO Brian Joffe.

  • A rose by any other name…

    Adrian Gore resigned from his job as an actuary at Liberty Life and on 10 March 1992 set up office at Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) Headquarters, armed with an exam pad full of ideas and a dormant insurance license (held by RMB) that was lent to him by Laurie Dippenaar. One of the items on Adrian’s to-do-list read, “Product development – come up with ideas”.

  • Global thought leaders headed for South Africa as part of the 2014 Discovery Leadership Summit

    Discovery today announced the prominent line-up of global thought leaders who will be attending this year’s Leadership Summit, to be hosted on 5 March in Johannesburg.This year’s event promises to be thought-provoking with Starbucks Chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, renowned American economist Joseph Stiglitz and British Olympian champion, Lord Sebastian Coe confirmed.

  • Tito Mboweni appointed to Discovery Limited board

    17 December 2013 - Discovery Limited today announced the appointment of Mr Tito Mboweni as a non-executive director to its board of directors. In an academic, political and business career spanning three decades, Mr Mboweni has gained considerable experience and expertise in the fields of economic and political analysis, macro-level economy strategy, finance, labour relations and public policy.

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