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Mr. Guy LAWSON-BODY

Managing Director, Wafa Assurance Vie Côte d'Ivoire.

With 34 years of experience in Life Insurance and Financial Markets, Guy LAWSON-BODY is the Managing Director of Wafa Assurance Vie Côte d'Ivoire.

A specialist in Wealth Engineering from the Ecole Supérieure d'Assurances of Paris and a Certified Wealth Management Advisor (CGPC), Guy also holds a Management Badge from Skema Business School of Sofia Antipolis (France).

He began his career in the Paris region at Assurances Générales de France in 1990, where he held various middle and senior management positions before and after AGF's acquisition by Allianz in 2003.

In Africa, he held positions including Responsable of Business Development at the West African Regional Stock Exchange (BRVM) in Abidjan, and Director of Life Business Development for West and Central Africa within the Sanlam Group in Abidjan.

Before joining the Wafa Group in 2021, he was Deputy Managing Director of Sanlam Life Insurance Cameroon.

4:30pm-6:00pm

1 Sunday, 07th June 2026

Side Session: -Continental Insurance Market Implementation Framework

Advancing Insurance Market Integration under the AfCFTA This stakeholder workshop is part of a broader initiative led by AIO, supported by UNDP and Africa Re, to advance a continental insurance market framework under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The session brings together industry leaders and regulators to identify key barriers to cross-border expansion, explore priority areas for regulatory harmonisation, and strengthen the insurance sector’s engagement with AfCFTA processes. It will generate practical inputs to shape a more integrated, competitive, and resilient African insurance market. The session is closed door. Please reach out to david.mueller@undp.org  

Hambra Hall, Floor -2