A Gambian by birth and nationality, Mr. William B. Coker started his insurance career in 1980 with the Gambia National Insurance Corporation and rose through the ranks to become its first Deputy Managing Director/Deputy CEO in 1994 and later in 1998 was appointed its Managing Director/CEO. William held this position until 2005 after which he was appointed to his current position as Secretary General/CEO of the West Africa Insurance Companies Association (WAICA) – a sub regional body of insurance institutions in West Africa.

William is a Chartered Insurer after having attending the CII College of Insurance in Sevenoaks, Kent, U.K. and qualifying in 1992 as an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute of London, U.K. He attended the prestigious Maastricht School of Management Netherlands and earned a Postgraduate Diploma (with Distinction) in General and Strategic Management in 1995.

He has attended many conferences/seminars/workshops over the years, is currently also a part-time lecturer at the West African Insurance Institute, (WAII) in The Gambia and is a Fellow of that institute. Mr. Coker is also a part-time lecturer at the Ghana Insurance College in Accra, Ghana. Mr. Coker has served or is still serving on numerous Boards of Directors/Governing Councils and such bodies.