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The Dionne Van Zyl Scholarship

About the Dionne Van Zyl Scholarship

Dr. Van Zyl successfully established Exchange America (a financial services technology business) in the USA. Exchange America was a joint venture between Dexus Technologies, Inc., DST Systems, Inc, and Financial Holding Corporation, Inc.(the largest privately held insurance group in the USA). DST is a publicly traded company with 11,000 employees providing record keeping for the mutual fund industry. FHC is a privately held company with over $4.6 billion in assets. He was appointed CEO of the joint venture in January 2001 with 85 employees and an 11-member executive management team. Exchange America was one of the first private companies to sign a contract with wall street’s DTCC (Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation), which processes 90% of all financial transactions in America ($63 trillion) for 3500 banks and insurance companies. His company built a large data center and provided internet-based new business processing for banks and insurance companies. Their clients included 8 of the 10 largest insurance companies, including Aegon, The Hartford, Pacific Life, American Express, and Scandi

Dionne Van Zyl Scholarship

GUIDELINES

1. Eligibility

Application Submission Deadline: November 15th, 2022

Award Announcement Date: December 1st, 2022

Award Total: $1000.00

Results will be posted on https://dionnevanzyl.com

2. Required Information

3. Essay Question for Dionne Van Zyl Scholarship

• What is the biggest accomplishment of your life? Explain what made it successful and what you learned from it that you could apply for the rest of your life.

Deadline & Announcement

Applications must be submitted on or before November 15th, 2022

The awardee will be notified via email on December 1st, 2022

Awardee will have his/her name  posted on https://dionnevanzyl.com

The Application

To ensure Consideration, Please complete this application in Full.