Job Title: chief business and finance officer
Company: PATH
Ben Aliwa is the chief business and finance officer at PATH.
He has spent over five years at PATH, having joined in January 2018 as deputy director of operations and research affairs. He progressed through several roles, including deputy chief operating officer, interim chief operations officer, and Kenya country director, before being appointed director of global risk and compliance in June 2021. He served as interim chief of business, finance, and operations from December 2022 before taking up his current role.
Prior to PATH, Ben spent close to five years at Save the Children International, where he served as regional programme manager for Southern Africa and later as director of the regional and multi-country programme unit for East and Southern Africa. He has also held roles at The Global Fund, UNDP, and Skillshare International, where he managed programmes across Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, and Swaziland.
He began his career as a project assistant at Icross in Nairobi in 2002.
Ben holds an MBA in international business from the University of Cumbria and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Nairobi.
Work
Mar 2023 – Present: chief business and finance officer, PATH
Dec 2022 – Mar 2023: interim chief of business, finance and operations, PATH
Jun 2021 – Dec 2022: director, global risk and compliance, PATH
Oct 2020 – Dec 2020: director, East Africa Hub & Kenya country director, PATH
Dec 2019 – Oct 2020: interim chief operations officer & Kenya country director, PATH
Jul 2018 – Dec 2019: deputy chief operating officer, PATH
Jan 2018 – Jun 2018: deputy director, operations and research affairs, PATH
Nov 2015 – Dec 2017: director, regional and multi-country programme unit (East and Southern Africa), Save the Children International
May 2013 – Dec 2017: regional programme manager, Southern Africa, Save the Children International
Aug 2012 – May 2013: associate specialist, operational risk (consultant), The Global Fund
Jan 2011 – Jul 2012: programme director, Africa projects, Skillshare International
Jul 2010 – Dec 2010: consultant, programme specialist, UNDP
Oct 2009 – Jun 2010: programme manager, partner resourcing (global), Skillshare International
Dec 2008 – Oct 2009: regional programme officer, Southern Africa, Skillshare International
Dec 2006 – Dec 2008: regional project officer, Skillshare International
Feb 2004 – Dec 2006: senior programme manager, Botswana Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS
May 2002 – Sept 2003: project assistant, Icross, Nairobi
Education
MBA (International Business), University of Cumbria
BSc, University of Nairobi
PATH
PATH is a global nonprofit health organisation headquartered in Seattle, USA. It works across more than 70 countries to advance health equity through innovation in vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service delivery innovations.
