Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has appointed 2013 Tutu Fellow Dr Kelechi Ohiri as Director-General and CEO of the National Health Insurance Agency. Kelechi has previously served as a senior adviser to the Ministers of Health and Finance in Nigeria.
The National Health Insurance Scheme was legislatively revamped last year to operate as Public Private Partnership and directed at providing accessible, affordable and qualitative healthcare for all Nigerians.
More recently, Kelechi has held the position of managing partner at Flint Atlantic Capital Partners, an Africa-focused social impact Investment firm. A medical doctor, he also has worked as a primary care physician in various healthcare settings. His extensive experience in the healthcare sector spans clinical medicine, consultancy, and advisory roles in both the public and private sectors.
Previously, had worked as an engagement manager at McKinsey and Company, where his focus was on assisting healthcare clients in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, particularly in the areas of private equity, strategy, and organization design. He is the Co-Founder of the Healthcare Leadership Academy in Nigeria, and serves on the Board of the World Health Organization's Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research. He has also been the Managing Director for Strategy at the Global Alliance for Vaccines in Geneva, Switzerland.
You can read about the announcement in the local press.
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