The Board of Botswana Life Insurance Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Bilkiss Moorad as the Chief Executive Officer of Botswana’s largest insurance company. The new Botswana Life CEO has been in the finance industry for over 25 years. An alumnus of the University of Botswana, Mrs. Moorad graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) and then went on to further obtain a professional qualification as a Chartered Accountant. She also pursued a number of advanced executive development programs with the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), Witwatersrand Business School (WBS) and Duke Corporate Education. This exposure informed her progressive leadership skills and business acumen.
In addition, Mrs. Moorad has also acquired a number of insurance qualifications. She is highly skilled in strategic management, business development and relationship and stakeholder management.
Bilkiss Moorad has participated in two successful start-ups namely Liberty Life Insurance and Barclays Life where she indisputably led both companies profitably, ensuring their successful contribution to financial markets. Both companies are still running successfully today. In addition to her experience in greenfield operations, Mrs. Moorad has also served as CEO of Zurich Insurance Botswana where she had insight into short-term insurance, thus giving her comprehensive leadership experience in the insurance industry within Botswana holistically. She is one of few CEOs who have gained achievements in both the Life and Short term insurance industries.
The new Botswana Life CEO is known for her youth mentoring programme in which she recruits young, Batswana graduates to groom and train for the finance industry. She has a record of producing leaders through nurturing hidden talents. Furthermore, she offers coaching and mentoring and is often invited as a guest speaker to many women leadership events. Her drive towards youth empowerment is in accordance with the Local Enterprise Authority’s (LEA) mandate of grooming the skill and spirit of entrepreneurship amongst the Batswana youth.
Bilkiss Moorad has also been a board member of the National Board for the Red Cross Society and the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST). She currently sits on two charity organizations, Y Care Charitable Trust and Agora Botswana, both of which strive to impact and empower the less fortunate within the community. In addition, Mrs. Moorad is chairperson of the audit and finance committee of the LEA Board.
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