Dorothy Maseke 2024 Speaker

Lead, Nature Finance & TNFD

FSD Africa

Biography

Dorothy is currently leading FSD Africa’s Nature Finance and Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures Programme. She is also driving the growth of the African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA) as the Head of Secretariat.

She has previously been the project lead for the implementation of the UNEP FI’s Principles of Sustainable Insurance (PSI) at ICEA LION Group where she was heading the Risk and Compliance department. Together with the UNEP PSI and FSD Africa, she was instrumental in the co-creation and launch of the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance – a statement of commitment by African insurance industry leaders to support the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals launched in April 2021. She has represented Africa in a number of Taskforces such as the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) insurer pilot group and the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF). She has recently been nominated to sit on the World Economic Forum Steering Committee on Natural Capital. A multiple awardee,

Dorothy was named one of the Top40Under40 Women in Kenya as well as one of the Top 50 Women in Insurance in Africa at the African Insurance Organisation (AIO) conference in 2022. In her free time, Dorothy enjoys planning weddings and events. She also runs a cooking club.