Barbara has been in the insurance industry for 18 years and is passionate to see insurance play a role in increasing financial resilience across the continent. She co-founded AB Entheos in 2014, an organization that designs and implements insurance solutions for nature. AB Entheos has implemented various insurance initiatives across 14 countries in Africa and Asia. The company has pioneered insurance for Human-Wildlife Conflict covering over 8 million people in Kenya and Zambia through WILD Cover. The company has also developed ResilientME!, a financial literacy game that has been played by over 400,000 people across 6 countries in Africa.

Barbara is a Henry Arnold Fellow with the Mulago Foundation, receiving support to scale and replicate AB Entheos’ Human-Wildlife Conflict Insurance solution across Africa. She is also a member of the IUCN Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence Specialist Group. 

Barbara is an Oxford Graduate, graduating with a Postgraduate Degree in Global Business from Said Business School in 2024. She has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Actuarial Science from the University of Calgary in Canada minoring in Statistics and Economics and has a Diploma in Actuarial Techniques. She serves on various boards including Britam Insurance, St. Andrew’s School Turi and The Mara Elephant Project.