The company is spearheaded by Gordon McKean who also founded the company back in 2010. Gordon has been involved in the Reinsurance Industry since the mid-late 90’s. He has worked as a Treaty Underwriter as well as a Reinsurance Broker, so he is more than able to handle anything Reinsurance related.

Colin joined Oak Tree in September 2025 and was previously Head of Technical at Discovery Business Insure with primary responsibility for Technical Underwriting, Risk Engineering and Reinsurance.  He has adventurously filled various roles with primary insurers across multiple territories and has fostered relationships globally with strategic stakeholders.  His heterogeneous exposure within the short-term insurance sector over the past 40 years provides invaluable experience to Oak Tree.

Nadine joined the team in 2015, she completed her B.Com in Finance at the University of Johannesburg and joined the team in 2015 assisting with both Financial and Technical accounts

Tanus joined the team in 2019, he holds a BSc. Actuarial and Financial Mathematics from the University of Pretoria.

Tanus passed his last exam in July 2024 choosing to specialize in General Insurance and is now exam qualified with the Actuarial Society of South Africa.

He is now working towards completing his AMASSA and FASSA distinctions.

Savannah joined Oak Tree in 2023. She has completed her Bachelor of Science in Actuarial and Financial Mathematics as well as her Bachelor of Science Honours in Financial Engineering at the University of Pretoria. She plans to write the remainder of her board exams through the Actuarial Society of South Africa to qualify as a fellow in the future.

Saloni joined Oak Tree in 2025. She has completed her Bachelor of Business Science with Honours in Actuarial Science at the University of Cape Town. She plans to write the remainder of her board exams through the Actuarial Society of South Africa to qualify as a fellow in the future.

Ruben joined Oak Tree in 2026 after completing his Bachelor of Commerce in Actuarial Science at Stellenbosch University.

He is currently working towards qualifying as a Fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa.

Andrew joined the team in 2018 from a direct insurance background. He spent more than 10 years handling short term insurance products for various companies but, 6 of which were property and engineering. The reinsurance route had always been an endeavour he long revered.

Joaquim joined Oak Tree in October 2025, bringing with him over seven years of experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry. He holds a degree in Law and a Postgraduate qualification in Project Management. He began his career in Reinsurance in 2019 at Emeritus Re Mozambique, where he developed a solid foundation in the reinsurance sector.  He has built broad expertise across reinsurance underwriting, reinsurance accounting, portfolio management, and program design.

Joaquim plans to finish his management practice program at Henley Business School and write his Masters in Marine or Aviation

Joaquim is fluent in both English and Portuguese supporting his ability to work across regional and international markets.

Karla joined the team in August 2026.  She holds a Bachelors in Consumer Science degree from the University of Pretoria.

Karla started out as a new business support consultant and HCV underwriter, before moving over to portfolio management collaborating with various UMA’s on portfolio oversight and strategic support.

She has always had a keen interest in the reinsurance industry

We are excited to have her onboard our broking team and looking forward to what the future holds!

Milenko Skoro is a senior insurance and risk-advisory executive with extensive experience in business development, distribution strategy, client relationships and regional market expansion.

His career includes leadership roles with major insurance organisations including ACE, Etana and AIG, together with experience developing partnerships and growth strategies across Sub-Saharan Africa. His profile combines commercial leadership, industry knowledge, relationship management and strategic execution.

Milenko was MD at the UAE branch of Global Fields Risk Advisors an independent risk advisor and reinsurance specialist company based in the UK.

Milenko is highly motivated and passionate with a strong emphasis on client relationship building and has a good understanding of his industry and a reputation for delivering on commitments.

His addition to the team is a great asset, and we are excited about the expertise he brings with him!

Terry joined the team in 2017,she completed a BA in Communication from the University of South Africa. Terry has obtained a wealth of Reinsurance experience whilst working at one of Africa’s largest Reinsurers and has since been brought on at Oak Tree as a Broker back-up, to assist the team with both Treaty and Facultative Business.

Zeenat joined the team in January 2024 she has now joined our Broker Support team, under Terry Peters.

She will be assisting Terry and the Broking team on the administrative tasks. 

Zeenat is continuing with her studies in BCom Law.

Jason joined Oak Tree in 2025.  He is a BCom Marketing Management Honours Graduate from University of Pretoria.

Despite him joining us to Head up our Oak Tree Academy in 2025, we have asked him to join our broking team as a junior broker, to gain valuable industry experience, whilst also running the Academy for us. He will be working towards his certification in short-term insurance and extending his knowledge of the insurance industry and becoming fully compliant in due course.

Jason is yet another addition to our broking team, which we are beefing up, so we are excited to have him as a valuable member of the team.