Profiles of the Managerial staff of
West Africa Regional Office

Abdel Nasser Abdel Aziz Mahmoud - Acting Deputy Director, Operations

Mr. Abdel Nasser A. Mahmoud holds a Bachelors degree in Commerce and a Post Graduate Diploma in General Insurance. He is also an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII), London. He has over 18 years experience spanning Egypt Re as Treaty & Facultative Manager and Africa Re as Senior Underwriter before his recent promotion to the level of Assistant Director, Underwriting & Marketing.

Mr. Mahmoud has attended many local and foreign courses in Insurance and Reinsurance and has a good grasp of the job.

Moussa Bakayoko – Assistant Director, Finance & Accounts

Moussa Bakayoko is a graduate of Economics and a Masters Degree holder in Accounting and Finance from the University of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

He started his career about 2 decades ago as an Audit Trainee with Uniconseil and later moved on to La Protection Ivoirienne as Chief Accountant. He also worked with Unipaci and Chronopost International as Admin & Accounting Manager and Admin & Financial Manager respectively. He joined Africa Re as Financial Controller before his recent appointment as Assistant Director, Finance & Accounts.

Funmi O. Omokhodion (Mrs) –Acting Assistant Director, U/W & Marketing
Funmi Omokhodion is a Linguistics graduate trained from the University of Ilorin, and holds Masters Degree in Business Admin (MBA Insurance). She is also an Associate member of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), London.

Her career life, which spans over two decades, began with Africa Re where she rose to the present position of Senior Underwriter, with effect from July 1, 2008. She has attended several courses within and outside the country.


Francis Ooko Opondoh – Life Reinsurance Underwriter

Francis Opondoh holds a B. Sc in Mathematics/Statistics and Masters in Actuarial Science from Nairobi University, Kenya. He is also an Associate Member of The Actuarial Society of Kenya (TASK), Student Member, Faculty of Actuaries and the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), London.

He has 17 years post 1st degree working experience in both general insurance and life assurance and has worked with Nairobi University as Admin Assistant and later Assistant Life Manager with Kenya Re, before joining Africa Re as Life Underwriter.

Temitope Akinowa (Mrs) – Assistant Oil Underwriter

Temitope Akinowa holds Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA Marketing) and is also an Associate Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN).

Her career started with Cornerstone Insurance where she spent 8 years as Underwriter/Marketer and later became the Head of the Oil & Gas Unit until her recent appointment as Assistant Oil Underwriter with the Corporation.