Job Title: CFO
Company: Jambo Jet
Ira Kaviti is the chief financial officer at Jambojet.
Prior to Jambojet, Ira served as group head of internal audit and chief audit executive at Centum Investment Company from February 2019 to November 2021. Before that, he spent close to nine years as head of internal audit at Liberty Kenya Holdings and Liberty Life Assurance Uganda.
Earlier in his career, Ira spent two years as a consultant in Bermuda, advising the Bermuda Monetary Authority, Fidelity, and the Office of the Auditor General. He previously held senior auditor roles at Ernst & Young in Bermuda and Deloitte in Nairobi.
Ira holds a BCom in accounting. from the University of Nairobi and is a certified public accountant.
Work
Apr 2022 – Present: chief financial officer, Jambojet
Feb 2019 – Nov 2021: group head of internal audit/chief audit executive, Centum Investment Company
Mar 2010 – Jan 2019: head of internal audit, Liberty Kenya Holdings & Liberty Life Assurance Uganda
Sept 2007 – Dec 2009: consultant (Bermuda Monetary Authority, Fidelity, Auditor General Bermuda), Frontier Financial Services
Nov 2005 – Jun 2007: senior auditor, Ernst & Young, Bermuda
Sept 2001 – Oct 2005: senior associate auditor, Deloitte, Nairobi
Education
2025: Senior Management Leadership Program, Nanyang Technological University & Strathmore Business School
1996 – 2000: BCom (Accounting), University of Nairobi
Jambojet
Jambojet is Kenya's low-cost airline, a subsidiary of Kenya Airways. Founded in 2014, the airline operates domestic and regional routes across East Africa.
