Job Title: group CFO
Company: Osprey Renewables
Fredrick Kahenya is the chief financial officer at Osprey Renewables, a position he has held since January 2024.
Prior to Osprey, he served briefly as CFO at Food For Education and before that as group CFO at Zambia Seed Company in 2021. He spent over five years as CFO for the Africa region at Bayer AG (formerly Monsanto), overseeing finance operations across Sub-Saharan Africa from Nairobi.
Before returning to Africa, Fredrick spent nearly eight years at Monsanto Company in St Louis, USA, progressing from US accounting services through senior financial analyst to decision analyst in marketing and product management. He earlier held senior accountant roles at Technisource and RehabCare Group in the United States.
He began his career as an accountant at Riara Enterprises in Nairobi in 1994.
Fredrick holds a BA in Economics from the University of Nairobi and an MBA in finance from Webster University. He is a certified public accountant (CPA-K)
Work
Jan 2024 – Present: chief financial officer, Osprey Renewables
Sept 2023 – Dec 2023: chief financial officer, Food For Education
May 2021 – Nov 2021: group chief financial officer, Zambia Seed Company
Jan 2015 – Jun 2020: CFO Africa region, Bayer AG (Monsanto)
Apr 2012 – Dec 2014: decision analyst, marketing and product management, Monsanto, USA
Dec 2008 – May 2012: senior financial analyst, US seeds and traits, Monsanto, USA
Feb 2007 – Dec 2008: US accounting services, controllership, Monsanto, USA
Aug 2004 – Feb 2007: senior accountant, Technisource, USA
Jan 2001 – Jun 2004: senior staff accountant, RehabCare Group, USA
Jun 1994 – Nov 2000: accountant, Riara Enterprises, Nairobi
Education
2005 – 2007: MBA (Finance), Webster University
1990 – 1993: BA (Economics), University of Nairobi
Osprey Renewables
Osprey Renewables is a renewable energy company operating in Africa, focused on the development and financing of clean energy projects across the continent.
