Kenya

Her remit now extends beyond FP&A and investor relations to cover financial controlling, reporting, tax, treasury, shared services, and credit collections.

Nahashon Gathai, director of finance and strategy at AA Kenya, has built a career by stepping into uncertainty. For the finance executive, the future belongs to those willing to learn continuously and welcome innovation.

Every finance leader eventually comes face to face with the need for automation. The harder question is which change actually earns a permanent place once the systems are in and the old habits are gone. CRDB Bank CFO Fredrick Nshekanabo, Heritage Insurance GM finance and administration Luke Magambo, and Vodacom Tanzania finance director Hilda Bujiku share the one process they automated that changed their work for good.

Post-harvest food loss drains billions of shillings from the agricultural economy every year. Newton Matope, CEO of Cold Solutions Kenya, explains how an unbroken cold chain brings predictability to the region's volatile logistics networks, and why he views regulatory hurdles as an invitation to design better infrastructure.

Naivas CFO Jonathan Ng'ang'a decided he wanted to be an accountant in the third grade. He shares the governance secrets behind the company's longevity in the supermarket sector and explains the value of trusting your team.

George Mutua, audit partner at RSM Eastern Africa, speaks about the shift from managing to leadership and the deadline every CFO should already be working towards.

Madison Group group CFO Dr Daniel Murage Kinyua is part of the second cohort of nominees for the CFO East Africa Awards, joining a distinguished group of finance leaders competing for the region's most coveted recognition in finance leadership.

In nearly a decade at Heritage Insurance, Luke Magambo has overhauled its financial architecture and led the company through the IFRS 17 transition. He speaks about his people-first philosophy and why he maintains absolute zero tolerance for unethical behaviour.

For the third year running, more than 150 finance leaders from across East Africa gathered in Nairobi for the CFO East Africa Sustainability Summit, coming to the consensus that ESG belongs in the CFO’s office.

British American Tobacco brings a cross-functional leadership team into CFO East Africa as it takes up a corporate membership.

The former CFO of Centum Real Estate steps into board leadership after more than 30 years in finance across FMCG, automotive and real estate.

KPMG East Africa tax partner and head of private enterprise Sandeep Main explains how tax compliance across East Africa has evolved from manual date stamps into a continuous flow of digital transactions. He unpacks why regional CFOs must now treat data governance as a strategic risk-management tool rather than a basic administrative process.

Global health nonprofit PATH brings its East Africa finance leadership into CFO East Africa, signing up as a corporate member of the community.

Linda Mfuchi Were has spent her entire career at one company, but she has never stood still. As L'Oréal East Africa's first black woman CFO, she is handling the shift from controller to strategic leader one lesson at a time.

Large projects often look great on paper but fail in the real world, leaving companies with massive, unrecoverable bills. ALN Kenya Group chief operations and financial officer Lameck Muriithi, recently named to the CFO 50 class of 2026, explains why he insists on securing customer commitments before spending company money.

She steps up from her role as head of financial decision support at the bank.

Cooperative Bank finance and strategy director Caroline Karimi, who has over two decades of financial leadership across the banking, telecoms, FMCG and automotive industries, is among the second cohort of nominees for the annual 'Oscars of Finance'.

A gruelling marathon experience taught Madison Group CFO Dr Daniel Murage the critical importance of pacing. The civil engineer turned 'value architect' now applies these lessons in endurance to his financial leadership, drawing on his history of steering massive digital growth to drive progress one step at a time.

Yusuf steps up following the resignation of Abdi Mohamed, who led the bank for three years.

A formative conversation with his father set Jambojet cfo Ira Kaviti on a path that changed how he thinks about purpose and leadership. He now applies the lessons he learned about trust during a stint in Bermuda to his work at the airline, where he is focused on keeping costs tight and making clear, practical decisions.