Barbara Chesire

Biography

Barbara has been in the insurance industry for 18 years and is a champion for inclusive insurance as a tool for poverty alleviation. An actuarial scientist by training, Barbara is passionate to see insurance play a role in increasing financial resilience across the continent. She co-founded AB Entheos in 2014, an insurance catalyst with projects across 12 countries in Africa. Barbara is a Henry Arnold Fellow with California based Mulago Foundation and is also a member of the IUCN Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence Specialist Group. She is pioneering insurance as a solution for biodiversity and nature risks globally, with a goal to see "Resilient communities thriving in nature".
She is an University of Oxford Graduate, graduating with a Postgraduate Degree in Global Business from Saïd Business School in 2024. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Actuarial Science from the University of Calgary in Canada minoring in Statistics and Economics. She also serves on various boards.