Dorothy Maseke

Dorothy is currently the Group Head of Risk and Compliance at ICEA LION Group. The Group, with interests in Life Assurance, Health and Property insurance, Life Assurance, Asset Management is one of the largest financial services Groups in East Africa.

Dorothy started her career at KPMG within the Risk Consulting department, later moving to the financial services sector where she has been for the last 10 years. She holds senior leadership roles in a number of industry forums including the Founding Chair of the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) East Africa Regional Group. Dorothy is a Committee member of the IRM UK Special Interests Group as well as a Task member of the UNEP FI Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Insurer Pilot Group. Dorothy is also a member of the Governance and Nomination Board Committee of World Vision Kenya. Dorothy is a Fellow of the Swedish Institute Management Programme (SIMP), a global programme on Leadership and Sustainability for Young African leaders. She has most recently been named one of the Top 40 Under 40 women in Kenya (2019). Dorothy was the Risk Manager of Year at the 2017 & 2018 Think Business Insurance Industry Awards as well as a Finalist at the Thompson Reuters Innovation Awards 2018.