Christine Sesay nominated for 2025 CFO Awards

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Christine also serves as the vice president of partnerships at Kepler.

Kepler CFO Christine Sesay has been nominated for the 2025 CFO Awards for East Africa. She joins the list of finance executives competing for the illustrious ‘Oscars of Finance’, which will be held in Nairobi on 27 November.

She started her career as an accounts assistant at CAG manufacturing in June 2003. In November 2006,Christine joined Houlihan Cushnahan, where she worked as a real estate accountant and assistant financial controller until February 2008. She then transitioned to the position of financial controller in March 2008, serving in that position for nearly three years. 

In February 2011, Christine was appointed assistant country accountant at Concern Worldwide. She worked at the humanitarian organisation for two years, having taken up the role of general systems manager in July 2012. 

Christine then joined GOAL Global as assistant country director for systems in September 2013. She then transitioned to the Clinton Health Access Initiative, where she rose from deputy country director to acting country director within three years.

In 2017, she co-founded Freetown Business School. She was appointed as the vice president of operations and administration at Kepler in March 2019, later taking on the role of CFO and vice president of partnerships in September 2021. She also serves concurrently as the CEO of Work Ready Africa.

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