Job Title: director of finance
Company: Oracle
Dorothy ‘Dolly’ Sagwe-Onyoni is the director of finance (technology) for Sub Saharan and South Africa at Oracle
She has nearly three decades of experience in finance, having begun her career as an accounts intern at Procter & Gamble before rising up the ranks to finance manager. She was then tapped to set up Hewlett Packard’s (HP) operations in Kenya, serving as the multinational’s first head of finance and operations for Sub Saharan Africa.
Dorothy also helped establish General Electric’s presence in Kenya in June 2012 before joining Oracle as acting country leader in 2016. She also leads Oracle Women’s Leadership (Kenya Chapter) and serves as a board member at Kentegra Biotechnology Holdings.
Work experience
May 2017 - Present: director of finance (technology) Sub Saharan & South Africa, Oracle
Jan 2019 - Present: lead - Oracle Women's Leadership (OWL) Kenya Chapter, Oracle
Jan 2021 - Present: board member, Kentegra Biotechnology Holdings LLC
Jan 2024 - Apr 2024: co-founder & financial wellness coach, Prosper Path Africa
Jan 2010 - 2023: founder, LifeSMART
Oct 2016 - Mar 2017: ag. country leader - East Africa Hub, Oracle
Feb 2014 - Jan 2017: director, business finance - East Africa Hub, Oracle
Jun 2012 - Dec 2013: assistant operational controller - Sub Sahara Africa, General Electric
Nov 2010 - Mar 2012: lead - MEMA Sales Finance and OpEx, Enterprise Business, Hewlett-Packard
Aug 2005 - Oct 2010: head, finance and operations - Sub Sahara Africa, Hewlett-Packard
2002 - 2005: manager - corporate accounts, tax and treasury, Procter & Gamble
1998 - 2002: finance manager - customer business development - East Africa, Procter & Gamble
Education
2019 - 2019: Executive Education, Women Board Members Of Tomorrow, UCLA Anderson School of Management
2019 - 2019: Certificate, Social Impact Strategy, University of Pennsylvania
1995 - 1998: International Business Administration, Finance Option, United States International University - Africa
Oracle
Oracle is an American multinational technology company that sells database software and cloud computing. Its main innovations are a suite of enterprise software products, such as enterprise resource planning, human capital management, customer relationship management, enterprise performance management, and supply chain management.
