Sheila Kirika
Actuarial Manager, Old Mutual Africa
Sheila is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and currently works at Old Mutual Africa Regions as Actuarial Manager (General Insurance), in charge of 9 countries. She is passionate about seeing insurance being used as a vehicle to improve the dignity of lives.
At Old Mutual Africa regions, she is the Corporate Actuary supporting Group reporting on reserving, solvency and earnings at risk for all countries. She is also the Corporate Actuary for Non-EA countries in charge of Board, Group and Management reporting on Solvency, Reserving, Risk and Reinsurance. She has won two awards for IFRS17 implementation – the Africa Regions awards for Radical Leadership, as well as the CFO recognition award.
Her main specialization is General and Medical Insurance. She has vast experience in Consultancy, Industry as well as Education, having successfully led high-functioning teams. She has served in numerous Panels including the Health Financing Expert Panel in Kenya, which was responsible for the work behind the NHIF Amendment Act, 2022.
Sheila is a thought leader, having published three articles, and is an expert story-teller. She is especially gifted at telling the story behind numbers. She has been invited to speak in Conferences Diani, Zanzibar, Arusha, Nairobi, Kigali as well as numerous online webinars. She is also an influencer on LinkedIn, and regularly posts content on #winningatwork, #actuarylife and #diaspora life.