Job Title: group CFO
Company: AAR Insurance Group
Hosea Kiprop is the group CFO of AAR Insurance Group.
He began his career as an assistant accountant at Cellular Service Logistics in 2004. In 2005, he joined Xllent Technologies as an accountant and served in the role until 2006, when he became a credit officer at Transnational Bank. He transitioned to AAR Group Care as a financial accountant in 2007 and was later appointed as a management accountant in 2009.
In 2011, Hosea served briefly as financial controller at AAR Health Services Uganda, then joined Kenya Airways as senior management accountant for reporting and budgeting. He was named regional financial controller at AAR Insurance Holdings in 2013 and rose through the ranks to become general manager of finance in 2018, principal officer in 2022, and group CFO in 2023.
Hosea holds a BA in Economics from the University of Nairobi and an MBA from Kenyatta University. He is a certified public accountant (CPA), certified public secretary (CPS) and a fellow of the Life Management Institute.
Work experience
January 2023 - Present: group CFO, AAR Insurance Group
September 2022 - May 2023: principal officer, AAR Insurance Kenya
September 2018 - September 2022: general manager, finance, AAR Insurance Kenya
September 2013 - July 2018: regional financial controller, AAR Insurance Holdings
August 2011 - September 2013: senior management accountant, reporting and budgeting, Kenya Airways
January 2011 - March 2011: financial controller, AAR Health Services Uganda
January 2009 - August 2011: management accountant, AAR Health Care
March 2007 - December 2008: financial accountant, AAR Group Care
July 2006 - February 2007: credit officer, Transitional Bank
October 2005 - September 2006: accountant, Xilent Technologies
September 2004 - September 2005: assistant accountant, Cellular Service Logistics (CSL)
Education
2009 - 2012: MBA, Kenyatta University
2000 - 2004: Bachelor of Arts in Economics, University of Nairobi
1998 - 2003: Certified Public Accountant, Strathmore University
AAR Insurance Group
AAR began its operations as a rescue and emergency services company in 1984. AAR Health Services transformed into AAR Insurance in 2012 after it was licensed by the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA).
