Job Title: CFO, vice president of partnerships
Company: Kepler
Christine Sesay is the CFO and vice president of partnerships at Kepler.
She started her career as an accounts assistant at CAG Manufacturing in June 2003. In November 2006, Christine joined Houlihan Cushnahan, where she worked as a real estate accountant and assistant financial controller until February 2008. She then transitioned to the position of financial controller in March 2008, serving in that position for nearly three years.
In February 2011, Christine was appointed assistant country accountant at Concern Worldwide. She worked at the humanitarian organisation for two years, having taken up the role of general systems manager in July 2012.
Christine then joined GOAL Global as assistant country director for systems in September 2013. She then transitioned to the Clinton Health Access Initiative, where she rose from deputy country director to acting country director within three years. In 2017, she co-founded Freetown Business School. She was appointed as the vice president of operations and administration at Kepler in March 2019, later taking on the role of CFO and vice president of partnerships in September 2021. She also serves concurrently as the CEO of Work Ready Africa.
Work experience
Sep 2021 - Present: chief financial officer & vice-president of partnerships, Kepler
Mar 2019 - Present: chief executive officer, Work Ready Africa
Mar 2019 - Dec 2022: vice president of operations and administration, Kepler
2017 - Dec 2019: co-founder, Freetown Business School
Jun 2018 - Mar 2019: acting country director, Clinton Health Access Initiative
Mar 2016 - Jun 2018: deputy country director, Clinton Health Access Initiative
Sep 2013 - Mar 2016: assistant country director-systems, GOAL Global
Jul 2012 - Sep 2013: general systems manager, Concern Worldwide
Feb 2011 - Jun 2012: assistant country accountant/acting country accountant, Concern Worldwide
Mar 2008 - Jan 2011: financial controller, Houlihan Cushnahan
Nov 2006 - Feb 2008: real estate accountant & assistant financial controller, Houlihan Cushnahan
Jun 2003 - Nov 2006: accounts assistant, CAG Manufacturing
Education
2007 - 2009: MA in finance, National College of Ireland
2002 - 2004: BA (accounting and finance), Dublin City University
Kepler
Kepler is a non-profit launched in 2004 as Orphans of Rwanda. It supports talented and economically vulnerable Rwandan students to attend higher education institutions in Rwanda.
