Delphine Traoré is the Regional CEO of Allianz Africa since November 1st, 2021. She joined the Board of management of Allianz Africa as Regional Chief Operations Officer (COO) in February 2017. She is responsible for the development of Allianz’s business on the African continent. She previously held the position of CEO of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) Africa, and remains a non-executive member of the Board of management of AGCS Africa. In addition, she is a board member of the African Risk Capacity LTD (ARC) and Société Générale Côte d’Ivoire.
From June 2019 to September 2021, Delphine was the President of the African Insurance Organization (AIO), of which she was Vice-President since May 2018. In 2019, she is presented in Forbes Africa magazine’s portraits of women economic leaders. In 2018, Jeune Afrique magazine also ranked her among the 50 most influential women in Africa. From 2015 to 2017, she was the President of the Insurance Institute of South Africa. She won in 2015, the Woman Leadership Award from the Africa Leadership Awards. And appears twice in 2014 and 2015, in the top economic leaders of tomorrow study by the Choiseul 100 Africa.
Delphine joined Allianz Group in 2005 with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) Canada. She held the positions of Liability Underwriter and Head of Market Management where she was responsible for identifying potential markets, client and broker target segments to support business development across Canada.
Native of Burkina Faso, Delphine is a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) from the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters.
She graduated Cum Laude Bachelor of Science in Business and Accounting from University of Pittsburgh, in the United States of America (USA) in 1996. After graduating, she joined Ohio Casualty Group of Insurance initially as a Senior Commercial Multi-Lines Insurance Underwriter and Marketing Representative and later as Regional Underwriting Manager.
She also holds a Master of Science in Insurance Management from Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts (MA), USA.
