Cairo Regional Office

Mr. Abdelghani REHAL was appointed Managing Director of Africa Retakaful Company, Cairo, Egypt, effective 1 June 2026. He combines this responsibility with his current role within the Africa Re Group.

Prior to his appointment, he served as Assistant Director, Underwriting & Marketing at Africa Re’s Cairo Regional Office (North East Africa & Middle East) since October 2021, with responsibility for the Egyptian market. He joined Africa Re in March 2016 as Senior Manager, Underwriting & Marketing at the Casablanca Regional Office and was subsequently transferred to the Head Office in Lagos, Nigeria, in August 2019 as Senior Manager, Technical Inspection & Risk Prevention.

Mr. Rehal holds a Degree in Industrial Engineering from the National Polytechnic School of Algiers, Algeria, and a Postgraduate qualification in Finance and Insurance from IFID, Tunis, Tunisia. He began his career in 2001 as a Reinsurance Executive with SAA, Algeria, and went on to hold various underwriting, reinsurance, and management positions in both state-owned and multinational insurance companies in Algeria before joining Africa Re.

He also holds an International Diploma in Risk Management from the Institute of Risk Management (IRM), United Kingdom, and was elected a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), London, in May 2026.

Throughout his career, Mr. Rehal has participated in and contributed to numerous industry seminars, conferences, and professional development programmes, and has delivered lectures on insurance and reinsurance topics in Algeria and Egypt.