Speakers

Linet is a finance and development professional currently working as a Regional and Technical Lead at UNDP’s Insurance and Risk Finance Facility based out of Pretoria. Her role includes work on climate and disaster risk finance and insurance in Africa...
Mesfin Abebe started his insurance industry career in Ethiopia when he joined Ethiopia Insurance Corporation (EIC) as Fire and Engineering Surveyor.  He served in various capacities in the same Corporation up to the rank of Deputy CEO before Joining Africa...
Executive Chairman Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) Dr. Mohamed Farid Saleh was appointed as Chairman of the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) since August 2022 to date for decree 353/2022 and 326/2023. Dr. Mohamed Farid is also a Board Member at the...
Kenneth S. Matomola is the Chief Executive Officer of the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA).   Previously he held various positions in NAMFISA (Acting CEO, Assistant CEO: Supervision, General Manager: Investment Institutions, General Manager: Research, Policy & Statistics), at First...
Souvik hails from India and has spent over 37 years in the insurance industry across Asia and Africa. He started his career with New India Assurance Co., India’s largest non-life insurer, and held important positions in India and Japan, before...
Mrs. Dorsaf Sassi is the Regional Director of Continental Reinsurance Tunisia. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance and a Master’s degree in Total Quality Management (TQM) from the Institut Supérieur de Gestion, Tunis. With nearly three decades of senior-level...
Fikru is a Certified Insurance and reinsurance professional working in the insurance industry. Fikru has received CTP (Certified Takaful Practitioner), ARA (Associate Reinsurance Administrator), ACS (Associate Customer Service), FLMI (Fellow, Life Office Management), and an Executive Diploma in Islamic Banking...
Dr. Webster Twaambo, Jr. is the Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of Finsbury Reinsurance Limited, an international reinsurance company licenced by the Pensions and Insurance Authority (PIA) in Zambia. Webster is a distinguished leader with an inspiring track record...
Dr. Corneille KAREKEZI is the Group MD / CEO of the African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re), the largest pan-African reinsurance company in the African and the Middle East markets with US$ 1.106 billion of premium income in 2023 and the...