Qhelile Ndlovu is a Senior Financial Sector Specialist at the World Bank Group in Washington, DC. She advises policymakers and regulators on insurance market development, disaster risk finance, and financial resilience, helping strengthen markets, expand financial protection, and integrate insurance into broader financial-sector and climate-resilience strategies. She has advised more than 20 governments across Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean and works closely with ministries of finance, supervisors, insurers, and regional institutions.
She currently co-leads a World Bank Group initiative to transform the Caribbean financial sector for resilience. Qhelile holds a BSc in Actuarial Science, summa cum laude, with Honors in Financial mathematics, cum laude from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and MSc degrees in African Studies and Statistics from the University of Oxford
Qhelile Ndlovu
Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program