ACB Consulting
Biographical Sketch: Renata DE LEERS
Quartier Kodjoviakopé, B.P. 3085, Lomé, Togo
1 rue Jean François Lépine, 75018 Paris, France
Tel: + 228 92 37 13 81 or + 33 6 30 09 16 95
www.acb-consulting-africa.com; Email: rdeleers@acbfora.com
Languages: Dutch (mother tongue), French, English, German and classical Arabic (basic)
Date of Birth:10 September 1957 – Nationality: Belgian
Married with Stéphane Hubert
Renata De Leers, Actuary, graduated in mathematics and actuarial science from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KULeuven) in Belgium. She is an Associate Member of the Institute of Actuaries in Belgium (IA|BE). She is a member of "Advice & Assistance" Committee and its subcommittee "Africa," the committee "Supranational Relations" and the Working Group on Microinsurance of the International Actuarial Association (IAA). Since June 2012, she is nominated Vice Chair of "Actuaries without Borders", a section of the IAA and (co)-manages on “supra” level AWB requests and projects since June 2013.
In 2013, she contributed actively to the organization of the third African actuarial congress in Lomé and managed the first AWB training in French for key people of social security institutions in Africa (also Lomé).
She has 30 years of experience in pension and life insurance. She has been employed by supranational and private sector primarily in emerging and developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Egypt and the Middle East.
She was a Principal Pensions Officer to the Staff Retirement Plan of the African Development Bank and the head of the Geneva office of the United Nations Joint Pension Fund in charge of Africa, the Middle East and Europe. She was also the Head of Actuarial Unit with the National Insurance Commission in Ghana where she contributed to actuarial capacity building in the Ghanaian industry.
She assists the actuarial program at the Institute Adonai in Cotonou (Benin) and in Lomé (Togo). Mrs. De Leers teaches micro-insurance at the International Institute of Insurance in Yaoundé (Cameroun) and the Institute Adonaï. She actively mentors many young professionals and writes actuarial examinations with accredited actuarial associations in examinations centers in the region.
Mrs. Renata de Leers is also the CEO of ACB (Actuarial Capacity Building) Consulting, which assists its clients in multidisciplinary projects in Africa such as creation of (micro) insurance firms, financial and actuarial audits of social security institutions and insurance companies, asset liability management, risk management policies and interim management.