Speaker

Linet is a (Re)Insurance specialist with longstanding experience in the African insurance market and now lead’s UNDP’s Insurance and Risk Finance Facility’s work across Africa, based out of Pretoria. Previously, she was the Secretary General at the Organisation of Eastern and Southern Africa Insurers responsible for crafting and implementing the organisation’s strategy on a sustainable Sub-Saharan Insurance Market. Prior to that she was the Director, Business Development - East & Central Africa at Afro-Asian Insurance Services, a Lloyd’s of London Reinsurance Broker where she was serving as the Head of the Nairobi Liaison office. She has previous working experiences in technical underwriting, actuarial valuations, policy administration and business development. Linet has a Bsc. In Actuarial Science, an MBA from Strathmore Business/IESE School and attended her Senior Executive Program at Harvard Business School.