Ismaeel Adams

Ismaeel Adams serves as the Regional Head of Africa at QBE Re since June 2024 and has been a Fellow at the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation since January 2012. Prior experience includes holding various positions at Swiss Re from February 2016 to June 2024, including Vice President - Regional Manager Southern Africa and Deputy Regional Manager Southern Africa, where responsibilities encompassed client management in Southern Africa and Takaful client management in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ismaeel began with Swiss Re as an Actuarial Graduate in the Client Markets team and later worked as a Head Tutor for STA1006S at the University of Cape Town Department of Statistical Sciences in 2014. An actuarial vacation work student at KPMG South Africa in June 2014, Ismaeel earned a Bachelor of Business Science in Actuarial Science from the University of Cape Town between 2012 and 2015, following education at South African College High School from 2007 to 2011.