VIDEO | Jubilee Insurance CDO: I Act as the Bridge Between Business and Technology

(Middle East and Africa) Billy Odera, Chief Data Officer of Jubilee Insurance, speaks with Ben Blanquera, VP – Evangelist, and Senior Architect of Rackspace Technology, in a video interview about his role as the first CDO of the organization and his approach to enabling digital transformation to unlock business value.

Odera describes himself as someone who uses data to solve problems. He is also the first CDO at Jubilee Insurance, one of East Africa’s largest insurance companies, with offices in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and Mauritius. He says that Jubilee’s mission is to be the most innovative digital insurer in the region.

In his current role, Odera looks after data engineering, data science, analytics, and data governance at the group level. He explains that telcos and banks have primarily led digital transformation in the region. Insurance companies have been lagging, and traditional insurance providers compete with InsureTech startups, banks, and even telcos offering insurance.

Speaking further about his role, Odera mentions that it acts as the bridge between business and technology and sets the pace of evolution.

Elaborating on his office’s approach to creating value for Jubilee, he highlights the following key pillars:

1. Driving the organization’s cultural transformation and enabling a strategic approach to data management.
2. Ensuring a single version of the truth, standardizing processes, and improving data quality.
3. Unleashing data governance and complying with the Data Protection Act.
4. Driving consistency in data usage and creating reusable assets.

CDO Magazine appreciates Billy Odera for sharing his insights and data success stories with our global community.