Linah Mabena is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience in the financial services sector. She currently serves as the Chief Executive of Standard Bank Insurance Brokers, where she leads with a focus on strategic growth, innovation, and operational excellence. Linah holds a BCom Honours in Business Management and a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Corporate Strategy.

She also holds various leadership qualifications (EDP, MDP, and FMP) and recently completed the Executive Leadership Development Programme at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Linah has completed several industry qualifications and is a fellow of the Insurance Institute of South Africa (IISA) and a member of the Institute of Directors South Africa (IoDSA).

Committed to lifelong learning, she continuously sharpens her strategic and leadership capabilities to remain relevant in an evolving industry landscape. Her leadership reflects a clear strategic mandate: to build resilient, client-centric, and future-fit organisations that deliver sustained value to shareholders, stakeholders, and society at large.

A champion of leadership development and inclusive growth, Linah embeds talent and succession planning as strategic enablers of long-term value. She cultivates high-performing, purpose-led teams that are agile and future-led teams that are agile and future-ready, aligning culture with business ambition and delivering results through engaged people.