Mr Mota’s appointment follows the departure of the company’s former CEO on 31 May 2024. Mrs Margaret Dawes, Chairperson of Sanlam Angola Seguros’ Board of Directors, has been acting as the interim CEO to ensure business continuity.

“We are delighted to welcome Mr Mota to Sanlam Angola Seguros. His vast experience and proven track record as a strong leader in the Angolan insurance market makes him ideally suited to lead Sanlam Angola Seguros towards further profitable growth and its vision of consistently being one of the leading insurance companies in Angola,” says Mrs Delphine Traoré, chief executive: General Insurance at SanlamAllianz.

“At the same time, we thank Mrs Dawes for her valuable leadership and direction during the transition period leading up to Mr Mota’s appointment,” adds Mrs Traoré.

Mr Mota has 28 years’ management experience in the insurance and banking sector, 13 of which as the CEO of insurance company Fidelidade Angola.

From 1996 to 2010, he held several senior positions at Companhia de Seguros Fidelidade in Portugal.

In 2011, he established Universal Seguros, an insurance company in Angola, which rebranded to Fidelidade Angola in 2017.

Mr Mota holds a BSc degree in Business Administration and a Masters degree in Business Management from the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa.

He is currently busy with his Masters degree in Marketing through the University of São Paulo in Brazil.

Delphine Traoré, Regional CEO of Allianz Africa, was recognized as CEO of the Year on June 5, 2023, in Abidjan, by the largest private sector meeting on the continent, the Africa CEO Forum.

In the presence of an assembly of almost 2,000 eminent personalities including Governments’ members, high-level actors from the private and public sectors as well as civil society from Africa and the world, Delphine’s merits are thus highlighted, not only as a recognition of her action, but also as a plea for the challenges facing the continent and which require for her continued commitment.

Indeed, in the insurance industry sector, Delphine is recognized for her commitment to improve the governance and successfully negotiated a major deal with Sanlam, making her group the largest non-banking financial services company in Africa.

On the social side, over the years, Delphine has never ceased to make a concrete commitment in advocating many social causes in Africa, whether for farmers’ prosperity, education of social entrepreneurs and girls, gender equality, inclusion, impact of climate change on the population…

The challenges are certainly numerous, but for Delphine, the opportunities are just as numerous!

“I would like to thank the Africa CEO forum and Jeune Afrique for this honor. I accept this award on behalf of our teams at Allianz, our partner Sanlam who together with us have been working tirelessly for long hours this past year to bring to life an insurance company that will transform the financial landscape in Africa!  We have been supported by team of advisors and lawyers that are the best at their craft. This award is for all of us women. All we need is opportunity. We are seen we must just keep at it.”, stated Delphine Traoré”, stated Delphine Traoré.

On March 6 and 7, 2023, the United Nations invited prominent figures, including Delphine Traoré, Allianz Africa’s Regional CEO, to participate in promoting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Least developed countries (LDC), in Qatar, Doha.

Despite their vast potential, these countries are impacted by numerous factors, including the impact of climate change. Although opportunities abound in Africa, which is home of most of these countries, it is crucial to identify solutions to achieve these SDGs by 2030.

In her opening remarks, Delphine Traoré, alongside Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC UN) and other high-level speakers, emphasized several strengths of Africa, which possesses around 60% of the world’s arable land, has the potential to nourish its population as well as the rest of the world if adequate measures are implemented to assist actors in the rural areas.

This necessitates the involvement of governments, supported by businesses, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international financial institutions, to confront major challenges, such as those arising from climate risks.

In a comparatively more vulnerable continent, these risks are increasingly having catastrophic consequences.

The African continent is highly vulnerable to natural disasters resulting from climate change, with estimated economic costs ranging from 7 and 15 billion dollars annually since 2020.

By 2030, this could amount to 7% of African GDP, or 50 billion dollars per year, a significant loss for a population that produce only 3,8% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Faced with alarming data and the risks they predict, Delphine Traoré advocates for more private sector involvement.

With regard to the commitment of the insurance industry, Allianz has taken initiatives to support governments and development institutions, in making insurance more accessible to populations: the InsuResilience project is a concrete example.

Launched in partnership with the Ghanaian Government, the Insurance Development Fund, UNDP, and other development organizations, it aims to address the risk of major floods in the country, by enhancing the country’s ability to respond to natural disasters.

The project’s main objective is to support 118,000 vulnerable urban households in Greater Accra.

“33 of the 46 Least developed countries are in Africa. But we don’t always see them in the decision making which ultimately impacts them. They are missing from the conversation. Do we know what they need? What is happening on the ground? Adaptation is a daily challenge and the Allianz Africa partnership with the UNDP is a great example of collaboration bringing to the table the countries in Africa impacted by climate change. The UNDP is on the ground, working closely with government then pulling in the private sector and other institutions for climate adaptation in the Least developed countries. This is how we should all work together when it comes to climate adaptation in the countries most affected”, said Delphine Traoré.