Dr. Abiba Zakariah holds a Doctorate in Management from the Swiss Management Centre, Geneva, Switzerland, and a Master’s degree in Marketing from the University of Ghana, Legon. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute of the United Kingdom (FCII-UK) and the Chartered Insurance Institute Ghana (CIIG), a member of the Institute of Risk Management Professionals Ghana, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG). Additionally, she holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree.
Dr. Zakariah has over 30 years of working experience and has served on numerous boards and committees within the marketing and insurance industries. These include the Agricultural Insurance Pool Steering and Technical Committees, the “No Premium, No Cover” Committee, and the Reinsurance Committee. She previously chaired the Ghana Oil and Gas Insurance Board and served on the boards of Ghana Reinsurance, Hollard Insurance Ghana, Priority Insurance Company, Unique Life, CDH Group of Companies Ltd, and the Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool, among others. Her leadership extended beyond Ghana, as she was appointed Chairperson of the Sierra Leone Insurance Industry Development Plan and contributed to various international committees.
Dr. Zakariah has held several high-ranking positions, including serving as the Group Chief Operations Officer of TG Holding Ltd. She began her career as an Insurance Marketing Officer at the then-State Insurance Corporation, now SIC Insurance PLC. She later joined Ghana Reinsurance Company Ltd, where she rose to the position of Managing Director. Subsequently, she became the Group Chief Operating Officer of WAICA Reinsurance Company before her appointment by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, as the Acting Commissioner of Insurance.
In 2015, Dr. Zakariah founded the Chartered Insurance Ladies Association of Ghana (CILAG) and served as its first President. She has also made significant contributions to academia, working as a visiting lecturer at the West African Insurance Institute (WAII) and serving as a resource person at institutions such as the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the Ghana Insurance College (GIC). Additionally, she chaired the boards of SAHA Global and NSIA Ghana Company.
Dr. Zakariah has received numerous awards, including the Youth in Insurance Profession (YIP) Award in 2024. She was named one of the Professional Insurance Ladies Association’s (PILA) Top 50 Women in Insurance in Africa (2022) and received the Business Insurance Women to Watch Award in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) in 2019. She is also a recipient of the Northern Youth for Peace and Development Award in Ghana (2017). In her spare time, Dr. Zakariah enjoys reading, writing, and preaching the word of God as an ordained Pastor of the Assemblies of God Church, Ghana.
