Job Title: head of finance
Company: Ampersand Energy
Collins Otieno is the head of finance at Ampersand Energy.
He began his career as a payables intern at Bamburi Cement in 2009. In 2010, he joined the Fellowship of Christian Unions (FOCUS Kenya) as campus staff before moving to KPMG Kenya as an audit associate in 2011.
Collins then joined Davis & Shirtliff in 2014 as an internal auditor and was promoted to senior internal auditor in 2017. In 2019, he became manager of group internal audit at the same company.He transitioned to startup Pula as finance manager, a role he held until his appointment to a similar role at Bboxx in 2022.
He holds a BCom and an MBA in finance and accounting from the University of Nairobi.
Work experience
Sep 2024 - Present: finance manager, Ampersand Energy
Apr 2022 - Aug 2024: finance manager, Bboxx
Jul 2020 - Mar 2022: finance manager, PULA
Jan 2019 - Jul 2020: manager, group internal audit, Davis & Shirtliff
Jan 2017 - Dec 2018: senior internal auditor, Davis & Shirtliff
Aug 2014 - Dec 2016: internal auditor, Davis & Shirtliff
Aug 2011 - Jul 2014: audit associate, KPMG Kenya
Aug 2010 - Jul 2011: campus staff, Fellowship of Christian Unions FOCUS Kenya
Feb 2009 - Apr 2009: payables intern, Bamburi Cement
Education
2016 - 2017: MBA, Accounting and Finance, University of Nairobi
2006 - 2010: BCom, Accounting, University of Nairobi
Ampersand Energy
Ampersand is an electric transport energy company that serves a commercial e-motorcycle fleet and battery swapping network at scale. It has a presence in Rwanda and Kenya.
