Dr Hillary Maina Wachinga appointed Kenya RE Managing Director

The board of directors of the Kenya Reinsurance Corporation has appointed Dr Hillary Maina Wachinga as the listed reinsurer’s Managing Director. The appointment comes after a rigorous recruitment process by the Board.

Prior to his appointment, Dr Wachinga was in charge of Risk & Compliance operations at Kenya Re Group which gave him a deep understanding of different cultures, business and regulatory environments in Africa, Middle East and Asia.

He has been involved in the successful implementation of core business IT systems as well as automation of Internal Audit, Risk Management and Compliance Management functions. He has conducted Board Trainings through ICPAK and is a current part-time lecturer at Strathmore Business School.

Dr Wachinga holds a doctorate in Business Administration, Masters in Business Administration and undergraduate BSC degree in Computer Science – all from University of Nairobi. He is also a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (CPA-K), Certified Information Systems Manager (CISM), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Enterprise Risk Manager (CERM) and Certified Compliance Analyst (CCA). In addition, he has certificates in insurance proficiency (COP) from College of Insurance, project management from Strathmore University and corporate governance from Centre of Corporate Governance.

Dr Hillary Maina Wachinga is a multiskilled strategic thinker with over 17 years of proven work experience in risk management, compliance and auditing – 16 of which have been at management level.

The Corporation is confident that Dr Wachinga will carry on its commitment to offer world-class reinsurance services to all our partners while keeping focus on the Corporation’s mission to provide sustainable risk and financial solutions to its clients.

Kenya Reinsurance Corporation takes this opportunity to assure you, our valued partner, of our commitment to offering excellent services for the mutual benefit of our organizations.

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