
Achumile majja
Regional Chief Officer :Commercial, Operations & Strategy, Prudential Insurance - Africa
Achumile 'Ace' Majija is currently the Regional Chief Executive/Chief Officer in charge of
Commercial Execution, Operations and Strategy across Africa for Prudential. Prudential in Africa
spans 10 businesses in 8 countries, offering life, health and short-term insurance as well as an
asset management business. Our Group Head office is based in Hong Kong, with listings in
London, New York, Singapore and Hong Kong. The Group has presence in 24 markets in both
Africa and Asia.
Prior to this, he was the Chief Executive for Strategic Initiatives and Market Growth for Prudential
Anglophone Markets, after serving as CEO for Prudential in Uganda. Prior to this, he was a Chief
Executive for Retail, Corporate and Strategy for the Francophone markets. Achumile has worked in
Ghana as Chief Commercial Officer, Chief of Staff in Poland; and also looked after Risk,
Compliance, Operations and Governance when Prudential established their Africa operations. He
has also worked for Old Mutual Investment Group (Manager Research in hedge funds and
alternative investments) and Sanlam Investment Management (Investment Operations and
Strategy) in South Africa. Since joining Prudential, he has worked in London, Poland, Kenya,
Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Uganda. He also serves on a number of boards, such as the Bank
of Kigali Group Plc and Computershare SA (Pty) Ltd and chairs the Audit and Risk Committee.
Ace has a Bcom in Economics and Finance (UPE), BCom Honours in Financial Analysis and
Portfolio Management (UCT) and an MBA degree (University of Leeds). He has interests in
leadership development, economics, politics, youth development and globalization. He is a
member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), was named a Young Global Shaper by the
World Economic Forum (WEF), Choiseul 100 Laureate, Rising Star for the SA Chamber of
Commerce in the UK, 200 Young Influential South Africans by the Mail and Guardian, 13 Young
African Economic and Business Leaders, Top 50 Most Young South Africans by Avance Media,
and a Leader of Tomorrow for the Crans Montana Forum.
He believes in giving back to the less fortunate, making a difference to change society and making
it a better place for all. He is passionate about financial inclusion, social entrepreneurship, youth
development and empowerment. He has a keen interest in economics and politics.
He is a past recipient of the Vodacom Scholarship, Baden-Wuerttemberg Scholarship to study in
Germany, and the Sir Abe Bailey Trust Scholarship for the UK , University Medal of Excellence for
Academics and Leadership (NMMU) and the Prestigious Chevening Scholarship from the British
Council.