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Dr. Hassan Bashir has held key executive positions over the last 25 years in the insurance and technology sectors in the East Africa Region. Dr. Bashir was also involved in higher education and taught at the United States International University (USIU) Chandaria School of Business, in Nairobi Kenya since the year 2001. He is an entrepreneur with a deep interest in the linkages between research, enterprise value creation, social-economic development, and good governance. Dr. Bashir has founded a number of startups and scaled several successful enterprises in insurance, takaful, pharmaceutical, healthcare, and tech and innovation sectors. Dr. Bashir is currently the Founder and Executive Director of Agent for Inclusive Insurance Development (AIID). AIID (https://www.aiid.co.ke/) is focused on mitigating climate risk and preparing society to deal better and sustainably with the adverse effects of climate risk. Dr. Bashir holds BSc International Business (IBA) USIU San Diego and MBA (Marketing) from USIU-Africa, Nairobi, and a Doctoral of Business Administration (DBA) focused on leadership and corporate governance at USIU-Africa (Class of 2019). Thesis on: The Influence Corporate Governance on the Performance of Insurance Firms in Kenya. Over the last two decades, Dr. Bashir has served on the boards of prominent institutions among them: 1. A former member of Kenya’s Capital Markets Master Plan Steering Committee 2. Former Treasurer, Association of Insurance Brokers of Kenya (AIBK) 3. Former Chairman, General Insurance Council (AKI, Kenya) 4. Former Chairman, Association of Kenya Insurers (AKI) 5. Former Chairman, Development Committee of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) - Manchester, UK 6. A former member of the Alumni Association Board – USIU-Africa 7. A member of the SIMAD University Board of Trustees (Somalia) 8. Chairman, the Board of Directors of Mercy Corps, Kenya 9. Serves on the Boards of several private sector enterprises

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