For AAR Insurance's senior finance team, the membership opens up year-round access to East Africa's leading finance community and a platform for professional growth.

Stivin brings over 13 years of experience in financial services, audit, and strategic finance to his new role.

Weetabix finance director Dr Sebastian Nthama, PhD reflects on how navigating a war zone in Ethiopia shaped his resilient approach to leadership. He also reveals why he returned to university to pursue a law degree after 32 years in finance.

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

While delivering the partner address at the CFO East Africa Leadership Summit, Stanbic Bank Kenya acting CEO Abraham Ongenge drew on lessons from his own career transitions to make the case for a new kind of leadership built on co-creation and humility.

WPP Scangroup CFO Sanjeev Panwar, I&M Bank Rwanda CFO Dederi Wimana and Rwanda Fertiliser Company CFO Patrick Marara make the case for people skills as the most essential tool in a finance leader’s arsenal.

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

Fourteen years into a career in impact finance, Charles Gachuhi is still keen on building systems that hold.

WPP Scangroup COO Miriam Kaggwa, who comes on board as a CFO Awards judge, warns that technical expertise is merely the baseline for modern finance professionals. She explains why the next generation of successful CFOs must evolve into multi-disciplinary leaders who can confidently translate complex numbers into a compelling commercial narrative

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.

The renowned business leader has spent decades working across banking, government and corporate boards. He has observed how the role of finance leaders continues to evolve. Delivering the keynote address on humanising financial leadership at the CFO East Africa leadership summit at Villa Rosa Kempinski in Nairobi, he reflected on how the expectations placed on chief financial officers have changed.

Stanbic Bank Uganda CFO Ronald Makata argues that while technology continues to transform finance, an organisation’s true competitive advantage lies in how leaders develop and empower their people.

The CFO East Africa Leadership Summit held at Villa Rosa Kempinski in Nairobi on 13 March, brought together the region’s finance leaders for an evening of candid reflection and shared insights.

He joins EABL from Diageo Ireland, where he serves as finance director, bringing over fifteen years of finance and leadership experience across Africa and Europe.

2026 CFO Awards judge Kinya Kimotho reveals why modern finance leaders must evolve from traditional bean counters to trusted business advisors.

Punil is keen to close the gap between what finance teams can do and the tools they are using to do it.

For CRDB Bank's senior finance team, the membership opens up year-round access to East Africa's leading finance community and a platform for professional growth.

Prashant came from a village in Odisha, India where nobody in his family had a university degree. Today he leads the finance function of one of Tanzania's largest group of companies with operations in logistics and container glass bottle manufacturers.

For Lake Turkana Wind Power CFO Alice Wathika, the most meaningful returns her organisation generates have nothing to do with the balance sheet. She explains how working at Africa’s largest wind farm has

What does it mean to lead with impact? For Deloitte Consulting Tanzania finance head Relief Mtenga, aBi Finance Uganda head of finance Sonia Adibaku, L’Oréal East Africa CFO Linda Mfuchi and Ishara Towers Rwanda CFO Lilian Budandi, the answer goes far beyond the balance sheet. Ahead of International Women’s Day, the four finance leaders from across the region reflect on what it truly means to make a difference.