Position:  Senior Lecturer

Biography

Henry Tshuma holds a B. Sc. (Hons.) Insurance degree from Lagos University, Nigeria and MSc. Economics & Finance degree from Loughborough University of Technology, UK. He is also a Chartered Insurance Practitioner with the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) UK, as well as an Associate of the Insurance Institute of South Africa (AIISA). Henry has over 38 years local and International Insurance Industry experience, most of it at Senior Executive and Board levels. He is also an academic in the field of Insurance and Risk Management and was one of the founding members and Chairperson of the Department of Insurance and Actuarial Science at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), where he is currently a Senior Lecturer (on a post retirement contract).

Academic Qualifications

MSc. Economics and Finance, Loughborough University of Technology, B.Sc. (Hons) Insurance, Lagos University Nigeria, ACII, Chartered Insurance Institute UK, AIISA, Insurance Institute of SA, Chartered Insurance Practitioner, The Chartered Insurance Institute UK

Courses taught

Insurance and the Commercial Environment

Strategic Marketing of Insurance

Publications

Insurance Manpower Development in an Increasingly Competitive Economic Environment, IIZ Annual Conference, 1994.

Causes and Symptoms of Corporate Collapse, Zimatco Marketing, 1996.

Insurance Education and Training : At What Level Should We Start? IIZ Annual Conference, 1997.

“Impact of Capital Requirements on Banks in Zimbabwe”. Dissertation Research, M.Sc. Econs. & Finance, 1995.

Legal Aspects of Insurance-Zimbabwe.   Co-authored in 2001 with T. Nkomo & A. Mushai.

Community Service Engagement

Chairman: Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (ICZ) – Research Committee   2017 - 2019

Patron of JCs-Bulawayo Chapter                                                                   1999 - 2001

Education Officer & Council Member of Insurance Institute of Bulawayo  1996 - 2001

Member-Advisory Board of Young People in Business (YPIBF)                 1996 - 2001

Member-Academic Board of Insurance Institute of Zimbabwe (IIZ)            1996 - 1999

Examinations Moderator & Marker (IIZ)                                                      1996 – 1999