Allianz Africa has made a leadership announcement for its operational entity in Senegal.
Demba Sy, previously CEO of Allianz Insurance Company of Kenya Limited since 2015 until the portfolio of the company was recently successfully transferred to Jubilee Allianz General Insurance Limited, Kenya has been appointed CEO of Allianz Senegal, effective October 1, 2022, subject to necessary approvals.
He will succeed Amine El Kernighi, current CEO of Allianz Senegal who will join the Regional Office as Regional Head of Distribution, effective October 1, 2022. Amine remains a non-executive Member of the Board at Allianz Senegal, in which he has served since 2018.
Demba joined Allianz France in 2002 and occupied various managerial positions in the Technology and Organization departments prior to launching AllSecur France as COO in 2007. In 2014 he moved to Allianz Africa to set up Allianz in Kenya as a Greenfield operation, which he then ran as CEO and Director for 7 years.
“His solid experience in the insurance sector, coupled with his strong business administration & management knowledge, makes him the right fit to take over the leadership of our entity in Senegal”,
said Delphine Traoré, Regional CEO of Allianz Africa.
We would like to thank the outgoing CEO Amine E Kernighi for the strong foundation and positive transformation he has built in Senegal over the past few years.
About Allianz
The Allianz Group is one of the world’s leading insurers and asset managers with 126 million private and corporate customers in more than 70 countries. Allianz customers benefit from a broad range of personal and corporate insurance services, ranging from property, life and health insurance to assistance services to credit insurance and global business insurance.
Allianz is one of the world’s largest investors, managing around 809 billion euros on behalf of its insurance customers. Furthermore, our asset managers PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors manage 2.0 trillion euros of third-party assets.
Thanks to our systematic integration of ecological, social and governance criteria in our business processes and investment decisions, we hold the leading position for insurers in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, launched on 12.11.2021. In 2021, over 155,000 employees achieved total revenues of 148.5 billion euros and an operating profit of 13.4 billion euros for the group.
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About Allianz in Africa
Allianz has over a century of history in Africa, where it has built and is continually expanding its footprint. The Group continues to gain leadership in key markets across the continent.
Allianz is currently present in 13 countries and accompanies clients in 49 markets across the continent.
At the regional level, the Group generated a Gross Written Premium of 732 million euros in 2021 (excluding AGCS).
