Biography Microinsurance Conference

Prisca Soares, African Insurance Organisation, Cameroon

Nationality: Nigerian

Education
1972-1976 University of Ibadan, Nigeria:  BA (Hons) French & German
1989 Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute, London (ACII)

Work experience
1977-2006                     NICON Insurance Corporation, Nigeria
     
07/12/96 – 16/03/98     Deputy General Manager (Special Risks)
    
16/03/98 - 19/10/99      Deputy General Manager (Technical)
    
20/10/99 - 12/01/2000   Executive Director (Special Risks)
   
13/01/00 - 16/07/2000   Ag. MD/CEO/Executive Director (Special Risks)
     
17/07/2000 – 25/01/06  Managing Director/CEO
     
02/07/2007-date            Secretary General, African Insurance Organisation

Courses attended

• Managerial Psychology Skills -1988
• Reinsurance Seminar, Swiss Re, Zurich -1988
• Advanced Reinsurance Programme, Munich Re, Germany -1993
• Witts Business School, South Africa -2000
• Chief Executive Programme, Lagos Business School, Nigeria -2001
• Driving Organizational Performance – Producing Results: Harvard Business School, Washington DC - June 2002

Professional responsibilities

Executive Committee Member:

• African Insurance Organization (AIO), 2000-2006
• Federation of Asian and Afro-Asian Reinsurance Association -2000-2006
• Member, Governing Council, Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria -2000-2009
• Member, Governing Council West African Insurance Institute (WAII), 2000-2006
• Vice Chairman, Governing Council West African Insurance Institute -2004 -2006
• Chairman, ECOWAS Council of Bureaux of the Brown Card Insurance Scheme-  2004 –  2005

Board membership

Has served as Director and Chairman on boards of several companies in Nigeria.