Mahmoud Mamoo Rajab

Mahmoud Rajab is Executive Chairman of New National Assurance, and has been associated with the company since its inception. He has successfully led the company through its transformation from a niche insurer servicing primarily the Natal market to a diversified one with a national footprint.

Prior to being managing director, Mamoo was called to the South African Bar in 1970, and served as a Member of Parliament for Springfield for the Democratic Party and its antecedent, the Progressive Federal Party, between 1984 and 1994. Before this, he was a member of the Economics Committee of the President's Council. He serves on the Board of the Natal Playhouse, where he is the Chairperson of the Finance Committee, and the St Aidan's Mission Hospital. He is also Secretary of the Indian Medical Services Trust.