Flora Makule appointed to the board of Maendeleo Bank

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The Reliance Insurance CFO adds a board directorship to her executive responsibilities, bringing over 17 years of banking and insurance experience to the Tanzanian lender.

Flora Makule has been appointed as a board member of Maendeleo Bank.

She continues in her role as head of finance at Reliance Insurance Company Tanzania, a position she has held since May 2019.

Flora began her career at Ernst & Young Tanzania as an audit trainee in July 2007 before joining Akiba Commercial Bank, where she spent nearly a decade progressing from finance officer through senior supervisor and financial analyst to manager of management accounting. 

She joined Reliance Insurance in May 2018 as finance manager, also serving as chief risk officer, before being promoted to head of finance in May 2019. 

Flora holds a Master's degree in international business and has completed executive programmes at Strathmore Business School and IESE Business School. She is a board member of the Tanzania Association of Women Certified Accountants.

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