Job Title: finance and strategy director
Company: Cooperative Bank of Kenya
Caroline Karimi is the finance and strategy director at Cooperative Bank of Kenya.
She has served in this role since June 2020. Caroline began her career in management accounting at Toyota East Africa in 2003. She then joined Safaricom as a business finance partner in April 2007. Five years later, she was appointed as finance manager at Unilever, a position she held for one year. Caroline then transitioned to Cooperative Bank of Kenya, where she has held several roles including head of cost and business change management, chief manager, business performance effectiveness and reporting, and most recently, finance and strategy director.
Caroline holds a BCom and an MBA in strategic management from the University of Nairobi. She is a certified public accountant (CPA).
Work experience
Jun 2020 - Present: Director - finance & strategy, Co-operative Bank of Kenya
Jan 2015 - Jun 2020: chief manager - business performance effectiveness & reporting, Co-operative Bank of Kenya
Dec 2012 - Dec 2014: head - cost & business change management, Co-operative Bank of Kenya
Jan 2012 - Dec 2012: finance manager, Unilever
Apr 2007 - Jan 2012: manager, finance business partner, Safaricom
Mar 2003 - Mar 2007: management accounting, Toyota East Africa
Education
2007 - 2010: MBA, Strategic Management, University of Nairobi
1998 - 2003: CPA, Accounts, Strathmore University
Bachelor of Commerce, University of Nairobi
Cooperative Bank of Kenya
Co-operative Bank of Kenya is a commercial bank licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya. The bank was registered as a cooperative society in 1966 before being granted a banking license in 1968. As of 2024, the bank has over 8.8 million direct customers.
