Ashok Shah

Ashok is a seasoned executive with nearly 50 years of experience within the Insurance Industry both in East Africa and England and is a past Chairman of the Association of Kenya Insurers. Currently he is the Group Chief Executive of Apollo Investments Limited, which owns APA Insurance, APA Life, APA Uganda, Apollo Asset Management amongst others. During his career Ashok has held numerous directorships including at the Kenyan Central Depository & Settlement Corporation, Island Life Assurance Mauritius, Reliance Insurance Company Tanzania, Barclays and ABSA Bank. In 2010 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award for services to the Insurance industry. In 2019 APA Insurance received the European Microfinance Award for Strengthening Resilience to climate change from Ashok’s push for covering small holder farmers and pastoralists and building sand dams in the semi-arid parts of Kenya. He is a Chartered Insurer with ACII and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) as well as an Associate of the Insurance Institute of Kenya (AIIK).