The Centum group finance director adds a bank directorship to a board portfolio that already includes the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
Risper Alaro has been appointed a non-executive director of Ecobank Kenya following approval by the Central Bank of Kenya.
She continues as group finance director of Centum Investment Company, a role she has held since March 2022.
Risper has more than 25 years of leadership experience in finance and business transformation. Her career at Centum began in January 2013 when she joined as group finance and operations director.
She went on to establish Centum Business Solutions and served as its inaugural managing director until January 2018.
Her board experience runs alongside her executive work. She has sat on the board of the Nairobi Securities Exchange since June 2018 and on that of Kenya Climate Ventures since July 2019.
She previously served on the boards of Bank of Kigali and Population Services Kenya, and was a member of the ACCA Kenya advisory board between 2015 and 2017.
Risper is also a professional certified coach and a certified mentor coach. She set up Risper Alaro Consulting in February 2018 to offer executive coaching.
She holds an MBA from United States International University Africa and a Bachelor's degree in business management from Moi University.
She is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and a certified public accountant in Kenya.
Risper is also a fellow of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Africa Leadership Fellowship.
