Job Title: CFO
Company: Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital
Edwin Onchari is the chief financial officer at Gertrude's Children's Hospital, a role he took up in September 2026 after almost eight years as chief operating officer. He first joined the hospital in August 2017 as chief financial officer.
Before joining Gertrude's, Edwin worked as head of finance at Shelys Pharmaceutical and as chief accountant at Beta Health Care International , where he served in 2011.
He began his career at Deloitte East Africa, where he worked as an audit senior and associate between September 2005 and January 2011.
Edwin holds an MBA from Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University and a BA in economics from the University of Nairobi. He is a certified public accountant.
Work
Sep 2026 - Present: chief financial officer, Gertrude's Children's Hospital
Oct 2018 - Aug 2026: chief operating officer, Gertrude's Children's Hospital
Aug 2017 - Sep 2018: chief financial officer, Gertrude's Children's Hospital
Head of finance, Shelys Pharmaceutical
Feb 2011 - Sep 2011: chief accountant, Beta Health Care International
Sep 2005 - Jan 2011: audit senior and associate, Deloitte East Africa
Education
2014 - 2017: MBA, Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University
2001 - 2005: BA, economics, University of Nairobi
Gertrude's Children's Hospital
Gertrude's Children's Hospital is a paediatric healthcare institution based in Nairobi. It runs a hub-and-spoke network made up of its main hospital, specialist clinics and satellite clinics and medical centres serving children and families across Kenya.
