Photo Gallery: 10 September 2026, CFO East CFO of the Future Summit, Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel

Hariss International, one of Uganda's leading food and beverage manufacturers, brings a cross-functional leadership team into CFO East Africa as the company signs up as a corporate member.

Lawrence moves into the Kenya CFO role after a decade in Rwanda, where he served as chief accountant and later CFO of Britam's Rwanda business.

She has over eight years of advisory, audit and international tax experience across East Africa.

The fintech veteran brings two decades of finance leadership across payments, digital assets and online travel to the pan-African payments company.

In this interview with CFO East Africa, Stanbic Bank Kenya head of sustainability Priscilla Were reflects on navigating the shift towards mandatory IFRS S1 and S2 adoption and steering the bank through the evolving green finance landscape.

She moves to the insurance and asset management conglomerate after six years at the helm of EABL’s finance function.