Kikelomo Fischer
Kike Fischer is an innovative and visionary leader with over 14 years of experience in financial services across African and European markets. She is currently the Director of Sales, Retail, and Partnership at Leadway Assurance, where she has driven significant revenue growth, expanded market reach, and built high-value partnerships through strategic execution and performance-driven leadership. […]
Elias Omondi
Elias has over 12 years of experience in developing policies and regulations in the financial sector. He leads the development and implementation of programs that work to improve the enabling environment for risk markets in Africa to drive systemic change in the market for insurance and other risk management instruments at FSD Africa. Previously, Elias […]
Ato Kwamena Mensah
Ato Kwamena Mensah is the CEO and founder of LbH, Ghana’s first digital BNPL platform for agricultural finance. He empowers smallholder farmers with flexible, bank-free credit to purchase essential inputs, machinery, and climate interventions. Under his leadership, LbH has onboarded over 60,000 farmers, built an integrated digital system for seamless credit management, and maintained a […]
Tendai Matika
Tendai Matika is Head of Africa, Responsible Investment Ecosystems at the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). The PRI is a UN-supported organization, with more than 5,300 signatories who collectively represent over US $128 trillion in AUM. Tendai is responsible for enhancing responsible investment awareness and practices across Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as for the coordination […]
Phyllis Adwoa Fraikue
Phyllis Adwoa Fraikue is a seasoned public sector expert with 26 years of experience at Ghana’s Ministry of Finance. As Director of the Climate Financing Division, she leads efforts to integrate climate finance into national strategies, advance Ghana’s climate change agenda, and secure Green Climate Fund (GCF) resources. Her leadership has been instrumental in facilitating […]
Bernard Katambala
Bernard Katambala is currently ZEP-RE’s Chief Underwriting Officer and has been with the company since 2015. Bernard is also responsible for engineering centre of competence in the company. Bernard is currently a board member of Uganda Reinsurance Company. Prior to joining the ZEP RE, he was the Regional Manager, East Africa with Munich Reinsurance Company, […]
Mary Njuguna
Mary has over 19 years’ experience in capital markets development, regulation and legal practice. She is passionate about supporting transformative capital market initiatives that promote economic development in Africa. Mary currently manages several projects on policy and regulatory reform, demonstration transaction support and product development. She also coordinates FSD Africa’s support for the establishment […]
Kunle Ahmed
Kunle Ahmed is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AXA Mansard Insurance Plc and the current Chairman of the Nigeria Insurers Association (NIA). His experience spans over three decades leading strategic roles and business functions across the aviation, energy, logistics, manufacturing, oil and gas, public sector, and financial services sectors. A distinguished graduate of […]
Christine Arandi
Christine leads the ESG and sustainability agenda at Britam Group, driving strategic alignment with global standards and best practices. Recently recognized as the “Sustainability Voice 2024–2025” at the Kenya ESG Awards, she is committed to driving impactful change. She led the development of Britam’s inaugural Sustainability Strategy (2023 – 2025), Sustainability Report, and launched the […]
Liza Chelimo Maru
Liza Heads the Innovation at Britam Micro. She is passionate about promoting inclusive insurance by creating relevant products for those uninsured and underinsured. She is a well-rounded actuarial professional with a decade experience in the Kenyan Insurance industry . At Britam, she has collaborated with Telcos, Fintechs, Insuretech, and Development agencies to develop impactful insurance […]
