Hall Of Fame
The initiative of instituting “FAIR Hall of Fame” has been presented and adopted to honour the eminent Professionals and Leaders of the Afro-Asian Insurance Industry, who have made outstanding contribution. The recognition will be made to those who have garnered the vision, the will, the knowledge, the skill, the loyalty, the patriotic sense, and the unquestioned ethics and who made outstanding contributions to the advancement of the Insurance Industry, locally and regionally.
Mr. Ezzat Abdel-Bary & Amb. Alfonso T. Yuchengo
Mr Ezzat Abdel-Bary in addition to Amb. Alfonso T. Yuchengo were the first joint recipient of the FAIR
Hall of Fame.
They have been honoured during the closing dinner of the FAIR 22nd Conference in Egypt 2011.
Mr Abdel-Raouf Kotb, FAIR President and Mr Hammam Badr, FAIR Secretary General presented to the
laureates medals of honour and certificates of recognition.
Mr Gazi Abu Nahl
Mr. Abu Nahl was honoured during the closing dinner of the FAIR 23rd Conference in China 2013.
Mr. Ghazi Abunahl started his career in insurance in Qatar in the 1960s. In 1979, with 20 solid years of experience under his belt, he set up Qatar General Insurance & Reinsurance Company as a domestic insurance company in Qatar and has been the General Manager ever since. The firm’s profitability rose steadily with Mr. Ghazi at the helm; paid up capital stands at 133 million US$. The Company is publicly quoted on the Qatari Stock Exchange and considered an excellent security in both Middle Eastern and international markets with a BBB+ rating from A.M. Best.
Ten years later, Mr. Ghazi again demonstrated his entrepreneurial flair when he established Trust International Insurance & Reinsurance Company BSC (c) Trust Re, in Bahrain as one of the then few reinsurance companies in the region with a paid up capital of 15 million US$. Today Trust Re earned its A- (Excellent) rating by A.M. Best with a stable outlook. Its business covers the MENA region, Asia, Africa as well as Turkey, Russia and the Central Eastern European markets.
Mr. Abdel-Raouf Kotb
Mr. Abdel-Raouf Kotb was honoured during the closing dinner of the FAIR 24th Conference in Egypt 2015.
Mr. Kotb began his career in 1960 with Egyptian Reinsurance Company, Egypt, and continued to work for Egypt Re till the end of 1972 holding leading positions in its management.
He joined Al Ahleia Insurance Company, Kuwait from 1973 till 1999 holding leading positions in its top management.
He supervised the affairs of the Hawk Insurance Company, United Kingdom “Al Ahleia Subsidiary British Insurance Company” from 1979 till 1999.
He was Vice Chairman and board member of Pharaonic Insurance Company, Egypt from 1999 till 2001.
He was Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Mohandes Insurance Company, Egypt from 2001 till 2003.
He was Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Egyptian Saudi Insurance House Co., the first Takaful Insurance Company in the Egyptian market from 2003 till June 2019.
He was Chairman of the Insurance Federation of Egypt from 2007 till 2017.
He was Council Member of Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University from 2011 till 2013, and has supervised masters and PHDs theses with insurance themes.
He was Chairman of the African Insurance Organisation “AIO” from May 2013 till May 2014.
He was Chairman of the Insurance Institute of Egypt from 2015 till 2019.
He was Chairman of the Federation of Afro-Asian Insurers and Reinsurers “FAIR” for two periods.
Mr. Atul Boda
Mr. Atul Boda was honoured during the closing dinner of the FAIR 25th Conference in Bahrain 2017
Mr. Atul Boda is a Bachelor of Commerce and Associate of Insurance Institute of India.
He is Group Chairman and is spearheading the J. B. Boda Group’s operations spanning across Africa, Asia and Europe & Caribbean Islands.
He has over 3 decades of insurance industry experience with reinsurance solutions as core area of his expertise.
Mr. Boda was on the Board of IBAI (an IRDA recognized apex body of Insurance / Reinsurance Brokers in India) and founder member of FBCS.
Mr. Yassir Albaharna
Mr. Yassir Albaharna was honoured during the closing dinner of the FAIR 26th Conference in Morocco 2019
Mr. Albaharna graduated in 1984 with a Bachelor degree in Engineering (Mechanical) from McGill University in Montreal and then in 1986 obtained dual Masters in Engineering (Manufacturing) and an M.B.A (High Honors) from Boston University. He was elected as “Fellow” and “Chartered Insurer” of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) in 1993.
Mr. Albaharna is currently the Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of Bahrain based Trust International Insurance and Reinsurance Company B.S.C. (c) “Trust Re”
He joined the reinsurance division of Arab Insurance Group (Arig) in 1987 and assumed various underwriting and managerial positions, culminating in becoming the CEO in 2006 until his departure in June 2018. Throughout, he has traveled extensively and represented Arig in numerous regional and international forums.
Mr. Albaharna’s former directorships include being the Chairman of Arig Capital (London), Chairman of Gulf Warranties (Bahrain), Chairman of FAIR Oil & Energy Insurance Syndicate (Bahrain), Chairman of Arig Insurance Management (DIFC), Chairman of the FAIR Non-Life Reinsurance Pool (Istanbul), Managing Director of Takaful Re (DIFC), Board member of Arima Insurance Software (Bahrain) and Board member of GlobeMed (Bahrain).
He was the Chairman of the Federation of Afro-Asian Insurers and Reinsurers (FAIR) during 2017-2019, Past President of the Association of Insurers and Reinsurers of Developing Countries (Manila), Member of the Honors Committee of the International Insurance Society (New York) and Board member of Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance.