Still treating tax as just a compliance box to tick? 2026 CFO Awards judge and RSM Tanzania managing partner Lina Ratansi explains why the best finance leaders step out of their silos and use tax planning to build stakeholder trust.

Tracing his passion for commercial discipline back to his parents' business, BAT Uganda head of finance Andrew Muhangi has built a career spanning audit and corporate finance.

2026 CFO Awards judge Shereena Wilson, a software developer turned finance leader, unpacks the critical intersection of AI, blockchain and ESG.

The company's senior finance leadership now has direct access to East Africa's most influential network of financial minds, following the company's sign-up as a corporate member of CFO East Africa.

He will focus on operational and financial advisory, elevating client experience, and reinforcing the systems and processes that support the firm's growth.

Biyi Adeniran, director at ISSEC, has worked across engineering, IT, audit, compliance and operations, and across industries from oil and gas to healthcare. After over three decades, his conviction is that governance is a trust problem, and most organisations are solving the wrong one.

Crystal Ventures CFO Theogene Maniragaba reflects on the harsh feedback that reshaped his early career and why transparency matters more than appearing to know everything.

She brings over 15 years of finance leadership across East and Southern Africa to the London-listed mining company.

With over 65 percent of wealth transfers in the region remaining unplanned and a $15 trillion global shift to younger generations on the horizon, the traditional rules of legacy building are changing fast.

Geoffrey Njuguna, CFO of Interswitch East Africa, was the day's winner when an intimate group of 16 CFOs gathered at Nairobi's Muthaiga Golf Club for a round of golf in December 2025. He shares his thoughts on the parallels between finding the fairways and the CFO role.

Kenya Power's senior finance leadership now has a seat at the table of East Africa's most active community of financial minds, following the utility's sign-up as a corporate member of CFO East Africa.

Josephine Mbabazi’s path to leadership bypassed the traditional corporate ladder, forcing her to build financial systems from scratch and lead teams through the uncertainty of the Covid pandemic. As head of corporate services at Rwanda's Capital Market Authority, she uses her empathy and strategic mindset to shape national policy and advocate for sustainable economic growth.

Fiona Nuwamanya, co-founder of Africa Centre for Applied Digital Health, brings a uniquely entrepreneurial perspective to the 2026 CFO Awards panel, shaped by her time founding and scaling a healthcare startup.

Gabriel moves up from his role as head of finance and operations at the non-profit, which he has held since February 2025.

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.