Our leadership team is dedicated to providing innovative and customer-centric solutions in the insurance industry. With years of experience, our leaders bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to guide our company toward excellence.

General Insurance

Life Assurance

Asset Management

James Ndegwa

Board Chairman

James is the Chairman of First Chartered Securities Group, a private investment holding group with interests in financial services, logistics, property and agriculture, among others. James holds an MA (Hons) degree from Oxford University, U.K.

James has over 30 years experience in the insurance sector, starting out at Hogg Robinson Insurance Brokers in 1986, where he rose through the ranks to become a Senior Manager.

In 1993, he joined Lion of Kenya Insurance Company as the Technical Manager, rising to Assistant General Manager, Deputy Managing Director and finally as th...

Emmanuel Mwaka Lubwa

Chief Executive Officer

Philip Lopokoiyit

Non-Independent Director

Einstein Kihanda

Director

Patricia Onyango

Independent Director

Emmanuel Mwaka Lubwa

Chief Executive Ofiicer

Emmanuel holds an Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Business from the ACCA and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Development Economics from Makerere University. He is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA U.K.), the Institute of Certified Public Accountants Uganda (ICPAU), and the Insurance Institute of Uganda (IIU).

Emmanuel has over ten years of experience in the finance, audit, and insurance sectors, having steadily risen through the ranks at the organisations he worked for in the past. He joined ICEA Life Assurance Company Limited in 2013. His previous employers included AH Consultin...

Owen Kato

General Manager

Cindy Hannah Kukunda - CFA

Portfolio Manager

Philip Lopokoiyit

Group Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Philip Lopokoiyit is the CEO of ICEA LION Group, based in Nairobi, Kenya. He was previously the CEO of ICEA LION General Insurance company having joined the Group in September 2021. He has a wealth of experience in Finance, Risk Management and Corporate Governance, having worked for over 20 years in various senior management capacities in multinational companies.

Philip holds a BCom from the University of Nairobi and is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya. He also holds other accounting qualifications being a member of the Chartered Management Accountants and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. He holds an MBA degree from Warwick Business School, UK. Philip is currently the Chair of the Nairobi Declaration o...