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JOURNEY

Twenty years.
Two continents.
One direction.

From Deloitte London to the boardrooms of Continental Africa. Every role earned. Every market entered on purpose.

Yeside Kazeem
2025
SURREY · UNITED KINGDOM

East Surrey College

Governor
  • Member of the Finance & Resource Committee.
2025
ABUJA · NIGERIA

NCGC

Independent Non-Executive Director
  • Chair of the Audit Committee at the Federal Government-backed institution financing Nigeria's small and mid-size businesses.
2024
LONDON · PAN-AFRICAN

African Actuarial Development Academy

Co-Founder
  • Co-founded the pan-African body developing the next generation of actuaries in English and French.
  • Technical Lead for Nigeria's inaugural Mortality Table; Chair of the NAS/NAICOM Discount Rate Committee.
2023
LAGOS · NIGERIA

Tangerine Life Insurance

Independent Non-Executive Director
  • Chair of the Enterprise Risk Management and Technical Committee.
  • Oversaw CEO recruitment and established performance frameworks for the C-Suite.
2022
GLOBAL · CONTINENTAL AFRICA

International Actuarial Association

Vice Chair, Africa Subcommittee
  • Representing Africa's actuarial societies at the highest international forum.
  • On the IAA Strategic Planning Committee — setting the profession's agenda on AI, climate risk, and cyber.
Yeside Kazeem
2022
LAGOS · NIGERIA

Nigerian Actuarial Society

President
  • Secured IAA Full Member Status for Nigeria — a historic first.
  • Led the GAIN initiative with UNDP and Milliman, building actuarial capacity across Nigeria's insurance sector.
2022
LAGOS · NIGERIA

Insythes Limited

Managing Director, Consulting
  • Built go-to-market strategy for KCB's pan-African insurance platform, unlocking c.$1m in annual GWP.
2020
DOUALA · CAMEROON

Prudential Beneficial General

Managing Director
  • Led the company to 40% revenue growth — 2nd fastest growing non-life insurer in the market.
  • Ranked first in people culture across all Group peer entities.
2019
DOUALA · CAMEROON

Prudential Beneficial Group

Group CRO & Chief Actuary
  • Built the group risk architecture across Cameroon, Togo, and Côte d'Ivoire.
  • Revamped reinsurance arrangements, cutting premium paid by 30%.
2016
NAIROBI · KENYA

Prudential Africa

Senior Business Development Manager
  • Designed and deployed the Enterprise Risk Framework across eight African markets.
  • Secured regulatory approval for Prudential Zenith Nigeria.
2014
LAGOS · NIGERIA

Old Mutual Nigeria

Actuarial Executive & Chief Risk Officer
  • Built a pricing model that doubled revenue.
  • Released 20% of reserves through a bottom-up operational review.
2004
LONDON · UNITED KINGDOM

Deloitte UK

Manager, Actuarial
  • Led actuarial engagements across pensions, life assurance, and investment for UK clients over a decade.
  • Led buy-side due diligence for the acquisitions of Prudential Ghana and Prudential Kenya.
Still building.
London to Continental Africa.
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