African Insurance Awards 2020

Panelists

The panel of judges will be constituted in line with the requirements of the African Insurance Awards Framework. The list of judges for the 2020 Awards programme is on the panelist page.

The requirements of the Framework are:

Experience: the framework requires judges to be highly distinguished and experienced with extensive knowledge of insurance.

Diversity: the judges will be selected from across the continent.

Independence: the panel willd be independent and free from influence of the sponsor of the Awards.

Conflict of Interest: prior knowledge of a nominated candidate or company does not preclude the judge from participating in the process. However, the following may constitute conflict of interest:

For Innovation of the Year and InsurTech of the Year awards: a judge’s direct or indirect control, influence and benefit regarding the product, service or technology at present or in the recent past;

For CEO of the Year and Insurance Company of the Year awards: a judge’s interest in a service, business or organisation of the nominee at present or in the recent past.

Judges are implored to disclose any conflict of interest.

If the conflict of interest is significant, the affected judge shall be precluded from evaluating the nominee concerned and his vote will not be counted. A Committee of judges made up of the Chairman and two other judges appointed by the sponsor shall decide on such a matter.

If the conflict of interest is not significant, judges are expected to be mindful of the inherent bias.

Confidentiality: the judging process shall be highly confidential. Judges are expected to exercise professionalism and are bound by a non-disclosure obligation in cases where nominees are known to them.

  • Dr. Adel Mounir
  • Ms. Hope Murera
  • Liz BOOTH
  • Richard LOWE
  • ARETHA A. DUKU
  • Udai R. PATEL
  • Jean-Baptiste KOUAME N’GUESSAN
  • Hadj Mohamed SEBA
  • William B. COKER
  • Hervé BLUMENTHAL
  • Mohamed Ben EL KEZADRI
  • Delphine MAIDOU
  • Tony Van NIEKERK
  • Oye Hassan ODUKALE
  • Sivam SUBRAMANIAM
  • Shiamdass Pathareddy APPANNAH
  • Patrick Tumbo NYAMEMBA
  • Béné Boévi LAWSON
  • DR. NELSON C. KURIA, OGW, MBS, FmIoD
  • Adama NDIAYE
  • Simon Chikumbu
  • Saliou BAKAYOKO
  • Sammy MAKOVE
  • Léonidas Baragunzwa
  • Yared Mola
  • Elizabeth Amadiume
  • Séré Mady KABA
  • Patrick ANDRIAMBAHINY
  • MRS YETUNDE ILORI - B.Sc, ACII, FIIN
  • Mrs. Patty Karuaihe-Martin
  • Hajjat. A.K.Sebyala
  • Mrs. Lamia Ben Mahmoud
  • Abdalla Ahmed Abdalla Eltoom
  • RAYMOND MACAULEY

Dr Adel Mounir, Secretary General, Federation of Afro-Asian Insurers & Reinsurers (FAIR)

Dr Mounir has over 30 years of experience in both the academic and the practical insurance fields. He has a PhD in insurance & risk management from Wharton School University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Dr Mounir was the chairman of the Egyptian Insurance Supervisory Authority, deputy chairman of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority, the vice chairman of Misr Insurance Holding Company, chairman of the Arab Forum of Insurance Regulatory Commissions, deputy chairman of the IAIS market conduct committee and IAIS executive committee member. He was also the chairman of the Egyptian Insurance Institute and the founder & board member of the Egyptian Society for Risk Management.

Dr Mounir was responsible for coordinating efforts in the insurance industry on regional and international levels through several MoUs for exchanging of information in order to foster and increase the implementation of international supervisory principles and standards locally and regionally. Dr Mounir has over 30 years of experience in both the academic and the practical insurance fields. He has a PhD in insurance & risk management from Wharton School University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Dr Mounir was the chairman of the Egyptian Insurance Supervisory Authority, deputy chairman of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority, the vice chairman of Misr Insurance Holding Company, chairman of the Arab Forum of Insurance Regulatory Commissions, deputy chairman of the IAIS market conduct committee and IAIS executive committee member. He was also the chairman of the Egyptian Insurance Institute and the founder & board member of the Egyptian Society for Risk Management.

Dr Mounir was responsible for coordinating efforts in the insurance industry on regional and international levels through several MoUs for exchanging of information in order to foster and increase the implementation of international supervisory principles and standards locally and regionally.

Ms. Hope Murera is the Managing Director of ZEP-Re (PTA Reinsurance Company), a specialized institution of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) charged with the development of the insurance industry in the region.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from Makerere University, an MBA from IMD International, Lausanne Switzerland and is an alumnus of Stanford Business School where she majored in strategic leadership. Hope has over 20 years’ working experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry in Africa.

Ms. Murera, a mother of two is passionate about girl-child education, mentorship and empowerment of women in the workplace. This has seen the ZEP-RE’s core CSR develop around supporting girl-child education in several member states. She has put in place a Young Professionals Programme (YPP) with a bias on girls. Through deliberate actions such as these, ZEP-RE has achieved gender parity across its ranks and currently 30% of the management team are ladies.

Hope sits on the Boards of African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI), the Organization of Eastern and Southern African Insurers (OESAI), Uganda Reinsurance Company (Uganda Re) and the Global Give Back Circle, a girl mentorship and empowerment organization.

Liz Booth has worked in the industry, firstly as a news reporter and then as a travel writer before discovering the world of insurance. She has edited a number of monthly magazines covering risk and insurance, including titles such as Maritime Risk International, Risk Universe, The Chartered Insurance Institute Journal and Financial Solutions magazines. Today, she concentrates on her role as editor of Commercial Risk Africa. Commercial Risk Africa is a digital magazine, published ten times a year and covering Sub Saharan African risk issues for readers in 120 countries.

Mr. Richard LOWE is the Founder (1998) and Executive Chairman of the ACTIVA Group. In this role, he successfully led the expansion of the group throughout Africa and the development of its insurance and reinsurance businesses. In addition to his position in the ACTIVA Group, Richard LOWE created and Chairs the board of the Globus Network (“Réseau GLOBUS”) -the largest insurance network in Africa- which delivers insurance solutions in almost 40 countries in the continent. Prior to founding the ACTIVA Group, Richard LOWE spent more than 18 years in senior management roles with a leading international insurance company. He serves on the board of several companies in the financial sector (insurance and reinsurance, banking) and is a former Chairman of the Association of African Francophone Insurers (FANAF). Richard LOWE (60 years) is married and father of three children.

Managing Director of Ghana Union Assurance Co. Ltd. and the first female President of the Ghana Insurers Association.

Born in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, Udai holds a BA (Hons.) degree in Business Studies from the University of Westminster, London. He is also a Fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and an Associate Chartered Insurance Broker with the Chartered Insurance Institute of the UK (ACII). Udai has extensive hands-on experience of International Banking, Insurance, Public Relations/Advertising and Management Practice, having worked in all these sectors in various capacities since 1982. In February 2002, he was appointed Managing Director of Afro-Asian Insurance Services Ltd. (AAIS), a respected firm of Lloyd’s Brokers and Risk Management Consultants based in the UK with offices in Africa and Asia. In these roles, he has travelled widely in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Far East to strengthen the company’s international profile and relationships. He has been the author of a few articles on specialist insurance subjects, which have been published in various Finance, Banking and Insurance Trade Press. He has also spoken on various insurance and non-insurance subjects by invitation at International Forums in Africa, India and the UK. Udai lives in London with his family.

Monsieur Jean-Baptiste KOUAME N’GUESSAN est âgé de 55 ans, de nationalité Ivoirienne, marié et père de trois (3) enfants. Il est titulaire d’un Baccalauréat série C, d’un Diplôme d’Ingénieur des Travaux Statistiques et du Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures d’Assurances (DESA) de l’1.I.A. de Yaoundé. Il a débuté sa carrière professionnelle en 1985 à la Direction de la Statistique de Côte d’Ivoire en qualité de Chargé d’Etudes. En 1989, il intègre la Direction des Assurances de Côte d’Ivoire en qualité de Contrôleur des Assurances avec rang de Sous-directeur. De Mai 1993 à Décembre 2007, il occupe le poste de Directeur des Assurances de Côte d’Ivoire. Depuis Janvier 2008 jusqu’à ce jour, il est le Directeur Général de la CICA-RE à Lomé. Il a également exercé et exerce d’autres fonctions et activités pouvant se résumer ainsi qu’il suit: Ancien Professeur vacataire sur les Bases Techniques d’Assurances, ancien Administrateur de la CICA-RE et d’AFRICA RE. Membre du Comité des Experts en Assurances de la CIMA et Administrateur de l’lIA depuis 1993. Membre titulaire de la Commission Régionale de Contrôle des Assurances (CRCA) de la CIMA. Administrateur de plusieurs institutions pour le compte de la CICA-RE. Membre du Comité de sélection du Prix Ahmadou KOUROUMA de la FANAF.

Monsieur Hadj Mohamed SEBA est le Président Directeur Général de la Compagnie Centrale de Réassurance en Algérie (CCR Alger) de 2007 à ce jour. Il avait été Sous-Directeur du contrôle des Assurances au Ministère des Finances pour ensuite devenir le Directeur des Assurances au Ministère des Finances jusqu’à 2007. ETUDES & DIPLOMES : Monsieur SEBA a obtenu son Diplôme de 3eme cycle en finances ; spécialité Assurance (IFID) a Tunis en Décembre 1989. Ensuite, Il a obtenu la Licence en Sciences économiques dont la filière en Economie Financière de l’université d’Alger.

A Gambian by birth and nationality, Mr. William B. Coker started his insurance career in 1980 with the Gambia National Insurance Corporation and rose through the ranks to become its first Deputy Managing Director/Deputy CEO in 1994 and later in 1998 was appointed its Managing Director/CEO which position he held until he left the services of the institution in 2005 and was later appointed to his current position as Secretary General/CEO of the West Africa Insurance Companies Association (WAICA) – a sub-regional body of insurance institutions in West Africa and the Parent organisation of the West African Insurance institute (WAII) in The Gambia and also the WAICA Reinsurance Corporation Plc, in Freetown, Sierra Leone which he was instrumental in setting up. Mr. Coker is a Chartered Insurer, after having successfully attending the CII College of Insurance in Sevenoaks, Kent, U.K. and qualifying as an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute of London, U.K. He attended the prestigious Maastricht School Of Management, Netherlands and earned a Postgraduate qualification (with Distinction) in General and Strategic Management in 1995 He has attended many conferences/seminars/workshops over the years, delivering papers in some of them. He is currently also a part-time lecturer at the West African Insurance Institute, (WAII) in The Gambia and is a Fellow of that Institute. He is also a part-time lecturer at the Ghana Insurance College in Accra, Ghana.

Hervé Blumenthal, Bilingual, was born in 1947. He has an MBA and all his career was in insurance and reinsurance. He has been a Managing Director of Marsh, largest insurance broker in the world, and later Member of Senior Management of PartnerRe, 5th largest world reinsurer with US$15 billion in assets, in charge of Africa and Asia. He is presently Chief Executive Officer Africa of Cooper Gay, but in Africa he only works as a Lloyd’s coverholder, underwriting reinsurance for Lloyd’s largest syndicate, Catlin. He has been a professor at the top French business university, HEC where he created the insurance course. Now he lectures (both Africa and insurance/reinsurance) to post graduate students at la Sorbonne, the Paris University. He was appointed Foreign Trade Advisor to the French Government by the French Prime Minister as recognition of his knowledge in international business. He is a Commander in the French Navy Reserve and has been awarded the two highest French medals: the Legion of Honor and the National Order of Merit. He is fluent in English and French.

Administrateur de la société Atlas Courtage Tunisie « ACT », (Tunisie) : société de courtage d’assurance et de réassurance. Administrateur de la société Atlas Technology Solutions Tunisie « ATST » , (Tunisie) : société de formation continue. Président de la société Atlas Reinsurance Consultants « ARC », (Suisse) : société de courtage de réassurance. Président de la société Atlas Technology Solutions International « ATSI » (Tunisie) : Société de services informatiques à l’assurance. Président de la société BENCORP (Luxembourg) : Holding financièrePrésident de la société Atlas Conseil Tunisie « ATCO », (Tunisie) : Société de services à l’assurance. Président de la société Atlas Conseil International « ACI », (Tunisie) : Société de services à l’assurance.

Delphine Maidou graduated Cum Laude Bachelor of Science in Business & Accounting from University of Pittsburgh, USA in 1996. After graduating, she joined Ohio Casualty Group of Insurance initially as a Senior Commercial Multi-Lines Insurance Underwriter & Marketing Rep and latterly as Regional Underwriting Manager. Delphine is Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter from the American Institute for CPCU and in 2005 Delphine completed her Masters of Science in Insurance Management from Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. In 2005, she joined Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Canada and held positions as a Liability Underwriter and Head of Market Management where she was responsible for identifying potential markets, client and broker target segments to support business development across Canada. Delphine moved to South Africa in 2012 to assume her current role as CEO of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, Africa (the corporate industrial insurance carrier of Allianz Group). She is responsible for crafting and implementing the Company strategy across all of sub-Saharan Africa. She is currently the COO-Member of the Board of Management for Africa- Allianz SE

Tony has 19 Years Insurance and Investment experience as a Legal Advisor/Product Developement and Distribution Specialist. (Tony qualified with a BLC (Civil Law degree), then did a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning at the University of the Free State to be registered as a CFP and then obtained an MBA from GIBS in Johannesburg) He is also a Non-Executive Director in the Life Insurance industry and consults with various entities on strategy issues in the financial services space. Tony has a broad knowledge and understanding of the dynamics, developments and topical issues of the African and global financial services landscape. He served on numerous industry bodies, representing companies and industries regarding various financial services stakeholder issues. Tony is currently owner and editor of COVER Publications, a multi-platform news and information provider. COVER is South Africa’s longest running financial services trade publication operating on multiple print and online platforms, having been established in 1988. In his spare time Tony invests time mentoring and assisting African refugees to empower themselves entrepreneurially and is involved in group work with parents of teenagers at risk on the Cape Flats. He loves reading, spending time in and on the sea and eveything related to nature.

Oye Hassan-Odukale has since 1994 held the position of Managing Director/CEO of Leadway Assurance Company Limited, a foremost underwriting firm in Nigeria. His appointment was preceded by over 14 years of experience in insurance brokerage, underwriting, investments and general management. Hassan-Odukale is a recipient of the national honour, Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR) and sits on the board of Leadway Pensure PFA Limited, The Infrastructure Bank Plc, Governing Council Member of Babcock University and currently, the Chairman of FBN Bank (UK) Limited. Oye is a Munich Re scholar, Securities and Exchange Commission accredited Investment Manager and Portfolio Advisor. He is married with children and enjoys listening to music, reading and travelling.

A lawyer by training, Sivam served as a diplomat for Singapore for 10 years in New York and Geneva where he also served as an arbitrator in a celebrated trade dispute between the US and the EU. He was an Economic Correspondent with The Straits Times for two years before launching Asia Insurance Review in 1991which today is the premier professional regional insurance magazine of Asia. In 2006, he launched Middle East Insurance Review incorporating Global Takaful. To support the industry in its march towards greater professionalism and higher standards, he has organised more than 250 technical insurance conferences in Asia and the Middle East under the AIR and MEIR banners. Under his stewardship, AIR and MEIR have scored several kudos including launching the prestigious Asia Insurance Industry Awards, Middle East Insurance Industry Awards and the Asia CEO Insurance Summit series. Among other things, Sivam is Chairman of the Singapore International Reinsurance Conference, a member of the Geneva Association’s Communications Advisory Council, a PR consultant to the Asean Insurance Council and to the East Asian Insurance Congress, Manager of the MENA Insurance CEO Club and an Ambassador of the International Insurance Society.

Mr. Shiamdass AppannahI has taken a new role as Lloyd’s General Representative for Mauritius, which is in addition to his current roles as co-founding Partner/Director and Consultant of Reinsurance Solutions.

Mr. Appannah joined the Insurance Industry in 1972 in Mauritius, and later moved to Nairobi to take up the position of Regional Director of Africa Re. In 1996 he returned to Mauritius to found the Alexander Forbes companies in Mauritius, which later became REINSURANCE SOLUTIONS (after a change of shareholding) in which he remains as a significant shareholder. During his tenure at REINSURANCE SOLUTIONS, he has grown the company to become a market leader in Africa, establishing representative offices in Nairobi and Abidjan and starting a 100% subsidiary office in London to better service the African Industry’s needs and capacity offered by the London market, and represent the African “Flagship” in London. Mr. Appannah holds an MBA from Cass Business School, London and us a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute London.

Mr. NYAMEMBA Patrick Tumbo is the Chief Executive Officer at Jubilee Insurance Company of Kenya. He has over 25 years of experience in the financial services sector with a bias in the insurance industry. His varied career includes Reinsurance and Insurance Underwriting, Product Development, Marketing, Business Development, Business Strategy, General Management and corporate leadership. As CEO at Jubilee Insurance, Patrick has contributed to its impressive business growth and development since April 2008. During this period, The Jubilee Insurance Company of Kenya Limited has recorded tremendous growth in its Gross Revenues and Profitability; and expanded regionally into Burundi and Mauritius as well as increasing the product range offered to the market. Jubilee is currently the No. 1 insurer in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania and in E. Africa with a Gross Premium Revenue of Kes 23.4bn and Profit before Tax Kes 3.15bn in 2013. In his past roles, Patrick was instrumental in the growth and rebranding of AIG Kenya and improving its business growth and profitability up to March 2008. With short stints at CIC and ZEP RE, he intermittently rose over the ranks in AIG (then known as Alico General Division) from a university student on attachment, then underwriter and various managerial functions and finally the position of General Manager before joining Jubilee. He also worked as the Business Development Manager at ZEP Re (PTA Re) where he restructured the Common Market for Eastern & Southern Africa (COMESA) Yellow Card Insurance & Reinsurance Pool’s administrative function and reporting framework in 2004. He also played a key strategic role in the revival of Cooperative Insurance Company after its denial of License in 1995 along with the defunct Kenya National Assurance. He tactically helped mobilize additional capital from the Kenya Cooperative Movement and the infusion of preference shares from the International Cooperative Alliance’s insurance arm, the ICMIF that enabled Cooperative Insurance to resume trading. Patrick has a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) in Strategic Management (Major) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Insurance) both from the University of Nairobi. He is a Chartered Insurer, an Associate of Chartered Insurance Institute, a member of the Society of Fellows of The Chartered Insurance Institute of London, UK and an Associate of the Insurance Institute of Kenya. Patrick serves as a Director in the Jubilee Group of Companies (Kenya, Burundi, and Mauritius), Property Development Management Limited and B-Five Movers Limited. He is a Trustee of the Jubilee Insurance Samaritan Award (JISA), the Jubilee Children Fund, and Jubilee Staff Retirement Fund. Patrick is also a Director of the Board of the Association of Kenya Insurers and Chairs the Ethics & Self-Regulation Committee of the Industry Association. He is also a Director of the Board of The Globus Network whose Head Quarters is Doula, Cameroon. The Globus Network is a Panafrican Insurance Network with membership in over 34 Anglophone, Francophone and Lusho-phone countries. Patrick is also a Judge on the Panel of Judges of the African Insurance Awards. In society, Patrick is a family man having married his beautiful wife Mary some 24 years back and they are blessed with four children: Bernard (Australia), Beverlyne (Canada), Beryl (Kenya) and Britney (Kenya). When not working, he likes staying with his family and also enjoys reading, music, travelling, golfing and participating in charity.

Béné Boévi LAWSON

Dr Kuria has a B.A in Economics and M.A in Leadership. He worked for 36 years in the Financial Services sector, and retired after serving for 14 years as MD/CEO of CIC insurance Group which he is credited with transforming from a very small co-operative insurer to the 3rd biggest insurance group in Kenya by the time he retired in Feb 2015.

He has served as chairman of the Association of Kenya Insurers, Deputy Chairman of Federation of Kenya Employers, Co-operative University and board member of many organizations both locally and internationally, notably; Kenya Reinsurance Corporation, Takaful Insurance of Africa, College of Insurance and the International Co-operative & Mutual Insurance Federation. He was the first chairman of the AIO Microinsurance Working Group and has also served as a member of three UN Expert Group meetings on co-operatives. In 2013, he was a member of the Presidential Task Force on Parastatal reforms.

Dr Kuria has received two awards by the president of Kenya for his contribution in cooperative and insurance development; Order of the Grand Warrior (OGW) in 2005 and Moran of the Burning Spear (MBS) in 2011. In the insurance industry he was honored with the Life Time Achievement Award in 2012. In 2017, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Leadership by the Swiss Management Academy and in 2019, Fellow member of the Institute of Directors (FmIoD).

Currently, he is chairman of the Governing Council of Africa International University and Smep Microfinance Bank, board member of CIC Group, Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya  Society of Professional co-operators, Trustee of Christ Is The Answer Ministries and Kenya Bible Translation Trust. Dr Kuria is a regular speaker/trainer in both local and international conferences and seminars in insurance, co-operatives, leadership, governance and retirement planning.

Monsieur NDIAYE de la nationalité sénégalaise est le Président de la Fédération des Sociétés d’Assurances de Droit National Africaine (FANAF). Il est aussi Président du Conseil d’administration de la société AMSA Vie Sénégal, Administrateur indépendant de sociétés au Sénégal, en Côte d’Ivoire, au Gabon et au Mali. De Janvier 2005 à Mars 2013 : Directeur Général Adjoint de la société de réassurance AVENI-RE dont le siège est à Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) avec pour missions. De juin 1996 Commissaire contrôleur des assurances à la Conférence Interafricaine des Marchés à décembre 2004 d’Assurances (CIMA). Février 1992 Directeur Technique de la Prévoyance Assurances du Sénégal. Avril 1996 Major du concours de recrutement des commissaires-contrôleurs de la Conférence Interafricaine des Marchés d’Assurances (CIMA). Août 1990 Chargé de la réassurance et du contrôle de gestion à la Prévoyance Assurances du Sénégal. Octobre 1985 Stage de 11 mois à la division du Contrôle budgétaire et au département de Contrôle de Gestion de la Société Nationale de Distribution d’Electricité du Sénégal (SENELEC). CURSUS SCOLAIRE ET UNIVERSITAIRE Juillet 1980 Baccalauréat Série B (économie) obtenu au Lycée Technique Maurice Delafosse de Dakar. Juillet 1985 Maîtrise en Sciences Economique option Gestion des Entreprises (Université de Dakar). Octobre 1988 Major du concours d’entrée au cycle supérieur de l’Institut International des Assurances de Yaoundé. Juillet 1990 Major de la 9e promotion du cycle supérieur (DESA) de l’Institut International des Assurances (IIA) de Yaoundé. DESS en Assurance II. LANGUE – Très bonne maîtrise du français, bonne connaissance de l’anglais. SPORTS ET LOISIRS – Pratique régulière du Basket Ball (très bon niveau) et de la Natation ; – Aime la lecture

Simon Chikumbu

Membre du Conseil de " Africa Re Foundation" et Président de l’Association des Sociétés d’ Assurance (ASACI) de Côte d’Ivoire

Sammy M Makove, Commissioner of Insurance and CEO, Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA)

Since joining the insurance industry in 1987, Mr. Léonidas Baragunzwa has worked in different capacities in various insurance entities and countries. Prior to joining Africa Re in 2005, he served at Société d’Assurances du Burundi as Underwriter, Survey Engineer and Head of Fire, Accidents & Miscellaneous risks Department. In Belgium, he worked as a trainee Actuary at Aon Belgium in Life & Pensions Department and Actuary at AG Insurance Belgium.

Senior executive at Africa Re, his last position was the Regional Director of the Mauritius Regional Office from where he retired in March 2020. Previously, he served as Chief Actuary and Director of Central Operations & Special Risks at head office in Lagos, Nigeria.

Mr. Léonidas Baragunzwa holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s degree in Actuarial Science. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in Belgium (IA|BE).

Yared currently is the CEO of Nyala Insurance S.C, One of the leading Insurance Company in Ethiopia. During the course of the past 7 years Yared has stirred Nyala Insurance to the forefront of insurance business as it becomes the most profitable private Insurance Company in Ethiopia.

Yared has his 1st Degree from Addis Ababa University Ethiopia and Holds his MBA from university of Greenwich UK. He is also FLMI and ACS. Currently Yared is the chairman of the Association of Ethiopian Insurers working to harmonize the competitive environment and enhance underwriting standards of the Ethiopian Insurance market. He is member of the Board of directors of Ethiopian Insurance fund Administration Agency, and Federation of Afro-Asian Insurers and Reinsurers (FAIR).

Yared is a trailblazer in Ethiopian Insurance Industry known for his innovative business leadership skills and insurance expertise. Yared is the winner of African Insurance Awards, 2019 as CEO of the year.

Ms Elizabeth Amadiume has spent most of her 35 years in the industry as a professional reinsurer. Currently a Non-executive Director at African Reinsurance Corporation South Africa Ltd, she has worked for the greater part of her career in different Regional Offices of the Corporation, holding key positions including: Local Representative of the Africa Re contact office in Johannesburg, South Africa before its conversion to a Subsidiary Office (1999-2000), Regional Director at the Mauritius Regional Office in charge of Asia & Indian Ocean Islands (2004-2010), Director of Central Operations and Special Risks at the head office in Lagos, Nigeria (2010-2012) and Reinsurance Management Consultant to the Group (2012-2014). She joined IRB Brasil Re in the capacity of Management Consultant for African Business (2014-2015), after retiring from Africa Re.

Amadiume served as President of the Insurance Institute of Mauritius from April 2006 to March 2009. She was a member of the Mauritius Financial Services Consultative Council Technical Committee for Insurance (2007-2008), the General Insurance Technical Committee in Kenya (2004) and the Joint Insurance Industry Risk Evaluation Committee in Kenya (2004).

She was a visiting lecturer at Kenya’s College of Insurance for several years until 2004.

Amadiume holds a Master’s Degree in French and a Diploma of the Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute (FCII) in the UK. She also holds a Chartered Insurer title and is an alumnus of the Harvard Management and Leadership Online Programme.

She is widely travelled, has made several presentations on topical issues in the reinsurance sector and has attended numerous conferences and seminars on management and reinsurance.

Amadiume has contributed to the development of expertise in Africa through participation as a resource person in various training programmes. She continues to contribute to the development of the industry in Africa by providing training, engaging in consultancy and sitting on the boards of several companies.

Mr Sere Mady Kaba is an experienced director with a demonstrated history of working in Financial Sector. Mr Kaba is skilled in Internal Audit, Financial Management, Risk Management, Financial Rating and Business Strategy with a strong knowledge of Corporate Governance and Board Experience focused in Finance sectors.

Mr. Kaba was Corporate Secretary at African Reinsurance Corporation and served as its Director of Risk Management & Compliance. He also served as Director of Technical Inspection and Enterprise Risk Management and Deputy Director of Internal Audit at African Reinsurance Corporation.

Mr Kaba worked at the Central Bank of Guinea for twenty-two years where he held various leadership positions including that of Director of Banking Services, Director of Internal Audit and Director of Insurance.

He is currently a consultant advising companies on Governance, Internal Audit, Risk Management, Compliance, Financial Rating and Strategy.

He is an Inspector of Financial Services, a Certified Internal Auditor and Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). He holds a DES with a remarkable distinction in Accounting and Financial Management from the University of Conakry.

Mr Kaba has written several articles on Internal Audit, Corporate Governance and Enterprise Risk Management.

Patrick ANDRIAMBAHINY holds a Master in Economics, Finance and Accounting and a MBA in Insurance Risk Management. He has over 25 years of experience in these fields during which he has acquired a sound knowledge of the African (Re)insurance Industry.

After a strong international exposure with multinationals at senior positions such as Auditor at Arthur Andersen, CFO at a Suez Subsidiary and Deputy CEO at an Engie subsidiary, he was appointed as CEO of ARO, the Malagasy largest (Re)Insurance company, for 10 years.

He held various positions among others as President of CEAM (Malagasy Insurers association), Director of African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re), Director of Ny Havana Insurance , President of the local organizing committee of the 2015 FANAF Conference, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Investment and Venture Capital FIARO and Director of SIPEM Bank.

In 2019, Patrick has founded his own consulting firm providing Risk Management, Audit, Strategy and development, Corporate Governance and Rating process services to insurance companies. He is also currently a member of the Board of Directors of NCA Re Ivory Coast and SOLIDIS Guarantee and Insurance Madagascar as an independent Director.

Yetunde, the Director-General of Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) has about over 35years’ experience in the insurance industry. She scored many “firsts” like first female Director General and Chairperson of the African Insurance Organization (AIO), Life Committee. Awarded the honor of a Continental Female Trailblazer of the African Insurance Industry by AIO.

A University of Lagos graduate (Actuarial Science), Associate Chartered Insurance Institute, London, Fellow Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria and alumnus of the Advance Management Programme of the prestigious Lagos Business School.

She joined the Association from AXA Mansard Insurance Plc. as the Managing Director/ CEO, a Company propelled from being a fringe Non-Life player in the 97th position out of 104 to one of the top 5 Composite Companies.

Yetunde represents the industry on policy formulation/regulatory negotiations. Council member, Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria and College of Insurance and Financial Management.

Mrs Patty Karuaihe-Martin is the Managing Director of the Namibia National Reinsurance Corporation Ltd (NamibRe), a position she has held since 2014. Mrs Karuaihe-Martin has more than 27 years of work experience in the financial sector after having worked in various financial institutions which include PWC (Partner/Director within the Strategic Advisory, Risk and Corporate Governance as well as Tax Leader).

Mrs Karuaihe-Martin has also worked for public institutions such as the Ministry of Finance, Telecom Namibia, TransNamib and the University of Namibia.

Mrs Karuaihe-Martin’s work experience includes serving on Trustees and Boards of Public Enterprises as well as Insurance industry bodies. Currently, Mrs Karuaihe-Martin serves on the OESAI Board as the Chairperson, is an Executive Committee Members of the Africa Insurance Organisation (AIO) Committee, a Trustee on the Unam Foundation Board as well as Chairperson of the JP Karuaihe Trust Fund.

Mrs Karuaihe-Martin has extensive experience and expertise in areas of Insurance, Reinsurance, Taxation, Internal Audit, accounting and finance, Business strategy, project management, Valuations, Advisory Consulting, Risk, control and fraud and Corporate Governance.

Mrs Karuaihe-Martin’s other accolades includes two awards for 2017 Africa’s Most Influential Women in Business and Government awards in the Public Enterprises sector category and received a honouree award at the 2017 EMEA Women to Watch Awards for her transformational work at NamibRe. Mrs Karuaihe-Martin’s was also a finalist in Namibia Business awards.

Hajjat Sebyala aka MAAMA INSURANCE one of the Female Trailblazers of the African Insurance Industry, an Insurance Expert whose 38 year insurance journey covers all from Broking 1982-1991, Underwriting, Pan World Insurance Company, Principal Head, Senior Technical Manager 1992-2004; Project Manager Uganda Re, 2004-2007; Insurance Consultancy,2008 to date and Deputy Chairperson Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda, 2014 – March2020

President Women in Insurance in Uganda (WIN) the First Ugandan female Professional Insurer ( ACII UK), 1986, a Chartered Insurer and a Fellow of the Insurance Institute of Uganda, a 1982 BSC, Makerere University and Masters in Management Degree from UMI.

An Eminent Woman of Uganda 2016, Director Energizing Solutions Ltd, a consultancy firm offering insurance solutions amongst others; She input Africa Union Agenda 2063 and the AU gender Policy.

2016 Presidential Golden Jubilee Medal of Excellency , first female AIO Hall of Famer,2019; 2014 MUBS Meritorious Services Award, ITC Special Merit Award, a Judge at 2 Integrity Awards. She is a Corporate Governance specialist sitting on several Boards with Several Accolades ( www.hajjatsebyala.com)

Mrs Lamia Ben Mahmoud has a very wide experience in the insurance field

She has been the CEO of her country’s reinsurance company, Tunis Re, for more than ten years.

Prior to moving to Tunis Re, she was the General Manager of the insurance regulation at the Tunisia’s insurance regulatory body ( CGA).

Her professional life was closely envolved around the insurance department of the Tunisian Ministry of Finance for over Seventeen (17) years.

She was President of the intermediaries accreditation commission of insurance in the Ministry of Finance. She has also served as Government Commissioner in the Consultative Commission on Insurance.

She has equally served as member of the « Executive Committee of the Fédération Tunisienne des Sociétés d’Assurances (FTUSA) », President of the African Insurance Oraganisation (AIO) 2015/2016, member of Executive Comittee of the Arab War Risks Insurance Syndicate (AWRIS) and member of Executive Committee of the RVS Association of Monte Carlo.

She holds a Master’s degree in economics and a Post- graduate degree in insurance.

She has often been asked to serve a reflection and study commissions devoted to insurence and reinsurance.

Abdalla Ahmed Abdalla Eltoom

Qualifications:

1)BSc Economics, (honour) Khartoum University, 1975.

2)i: Reinsurance course.

As part of MSc Course Offered by

ii: Property insurance. College of Insurance , New York, USA

3)ACII Chartered Insurance Institute London, UK,1982.

Professional Designation: Chartered Insurer.

Short Term Courses:

1) Training programme with AIG (American International Group) New York, USA, for new recruits. 1976-1977.

2) The Victory International Insurance Training Programme. (Module 1-General Reinsurance) 9th-20th May 1983, The Victory Insurance Co. Ltd. Folkestone, UK.

3) Management of Insurance Companies Course conducted by Generali Insurance Company, Venice, Italy. (For 3 weeks).

Jobs:

1) Technical Assistant, National Reinsurance Company 1975-1977.

2) Deputy Head Department (Insurance and Claims) Sudan Shipping Line, 1977-1981.

3) Deputy General Manager Islamic Insurance Company, 1981-1989.

4) Chairman and managing Director National Reinsurance Company, 1989- November 2016.

5) Managing Director Juba Insurance Co, Jan.1st 2017- April.30th 2018.

6) General manager Islamic Insurance Company Sep.2018-to date.

Related Activities:

1) President of the Sudanese Insurance and Reinsurance Association (15 years).

2) Member of The Executive Committee of African Insurance Organization,(AIO) 1988-1991.

3) President of FAIR, 1995-1997.

4) Member of Executive Committee of FAIR, 1997-up to now.

5) First Vice President of the Sudanese Insurance and reinsurance association (present).

Academic Jobs:

1) Part time lecturer Insurance subject, Khartoum Polytechnic.

2) Part time lecturer Insurance subject for postgraduates Neelain University.

Past and present Board Memberships:

1) Member, Sheikhan Insurance Company.

2) Member, Insurance Supervisory Authority Representing

3) Member , Khartoum Stock Exchange Insurance

Companies

4) Member ,Faisal Islamic Bank (two terms 1999-2005).

5) Chairman of Islamic Company for Trade and Service 1999-2005.

6) National Agency for Insurance and Finance of Exports (NAIFE).

7) Alfaisal Financial Transactions Co.

MR. RAYMOND HUGH SAMUEL MACAULEY

BA Gen. Dip. Ins. WAII, AIS, MBA, CPCU, ACIArb, FWAII

MANAGING DIRECTOR – AUREOL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

Mr Macauley began his career with the Aureol Insurance Company in 1990. Prior to his employment in 1990 he graduated with a Bachelors Degree from the faculty of Arts, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone. He holds a Diploma in Insurance from the West African Insurance Institute (WAII), Banjul, The Gambia, Diploma in Insurance Services (IIA), Masters in Business Administration, UK. He is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) from the American Institute for Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters.

He served as member of the Academic Board of the West African Insurance Institute, currently a visiting lecturer in Risk Management and has recently been appointed to serve as Member of the Governing Council and was awarded a Fellow of the West African Insurance Institute (FWAII). He is also the current President of the West African Insurance Companies Association (WAICA)

In the Sierra Leone Insurance Market he has been coordinating the Insurance Foundation Course organized by the West African Insurance Institute, (WAII), and also the coordinator of Chartered Insurance Institute London examinations. He is currently the President of the Sierra Leone Insurance Association (SLIA).

Mr Raymond Macauley is an extremely motivated and detail-oriented individual who is focused on results.