Dr. Phocas Nyandwi has over 25 years of experience in the Insurance and Reinsurance Industry. He started his career in direct insurance in Burundi, where he worked for over 10 years in various managerial positions in Non-Life and Life Insurance. In 2008, he joined Kenya Reinsurance Corporation (Kenya Re) as a Non-Life underwriter in charge of Francophone markets. He joined Africa Re in 2010 in the Nairobi Regional Office where he worked for 9 years, before being appointed as Director Central Operations and Special Risks in Head Office (Lagos, Nigeria) in 2019. After 5 years in this position, he was recently appointed as Regional Director of the Nairobi Regional Office from 01 July 2024.

Dr NYANDWI holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics (Burundi), a Master's Degree in Business Administration (Tanzania), a Doctorate in Business Administration from the United States International University – Africa (Kenya), a Postgraduate Diploma in Insurance (Tunisia) and is a Certified Expert in micro-insurance (Germany).