Job Title: CFO
Company: Jubilee Life Insurance Tanzania
Hillary Godson is the chief financial officer at Jubilee Life Insurance Tanzania , a position he has held since August 2025.
He joined Jubilee Life in December 2017 as a senior financial accountant and was promoted to chief accountant in November 2020. In that role he was responsible for the company's IFRS financial statements and for regulatory filings with the Tanzania Insurance Regulatory Authority and the Tanzania Revenue Authority.
He began his career in audit at PwC in Dar es Salaam, joining as an associate auditor in June 2015 and rising to senior audit associate in July 2017. His clients included CRDB Bank and Vodacom Tanzania.
Hillary holds a BCom in accounting from the University of Dar es Salaam and is a member of ACCA. He also holds a CISI qualification and completed the senior leadership development programme at Strathmore Business School in 2024.
Work
Aug 2025 - Present: chief financial officer, Jubilee Life Insurance Corporation of Tanzania
Nov 2020 - Aug 2025: chief accountant, Jubilee Life Insurance Corporation of Tanzania
Dec 2017 - Nov 2020: senior financial accountant, Jubilee Life Insurance Corporation of Tanzania
Jul 2017 - Dec 2017: senior audit associate, PwC
Jun 2015 - Dec 2017: associate auditor, PwC
Jul 2014 - Oct 2014: accounting intern, Vodacom Tanzania
Education
Jun 2024 - Dec 2024: senior leadership development program, Strathmore Business School
2016 - 2019: ACCA
Mar 2020: advanced diploma in accounting and business, ACCA
2012 - 2015: BCom, accounting, University of Dar es Salaam
Jubilee Life Insurance Tanzania
Jubilee Life Insurance Tanzania is based in Dar es Salaam and its core products are life insurance and deposit administration. Its parent company is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
