INSURERS OPEN UP: Yewondwosen Eteffa, CEO of Ethiopian Reinsurance (Ethio Re)

Jan 5 , 2020.

Yewondwosen Eteffa, married and a father of one, graduated from Addis Abeba University with a bachelor of arts in business management. He has the professional designation of DIP CII from the Chartered Insurance Institute in the United Kingdom. He has been in the insurance industry for more than 35 years working in different capacities at the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) and as CEO of Ethiopian Insurance Corporation (EIC) for seven years. He served NBE for 22 years as manager of the Insurance Supervision Department before joining EIC. Yewondwosen became the CEO at Ethiopian Reinsurance four years ago.

What is your biggest fear?

I only know the word "fear", but not the emotion

What was the brand of your first ever mobile phone?

Nokia M95

Which animal do you hate the most?

Which social media do you use most frequently?

I don’t use any of them

What bill surprised you the most? What was it for and what was the cost?

A 100,000 Br tax bill I paid for a rental house

How long do you spend on your phone?

Less than an hour a day

Which foreign meal/food did you not like after tasting it?

Where do you want to go on earth before you die?

What is your biggest regret?

I don’t have any

If you got a chance to have dinner with a prominent person, with whom would you choose to have that supper?

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD). I would like to meet and ask him about his private life.

PUBLISHED ON Jan 05,2020 [ VOL 20 , NO 1028]