Job Title: CFO
Company: L'Oréal East Africa
Linda Mfuchi Were is the chief financial officer of L’Oréal East Africa.
She began her career at L’Oréal East Africa as a master data officer in 2014, before transitioning into finance as a junior financial controller the following year. She progressed through the ranks, serving as senior financial controller for five years, before moving to the L’Oréal regional office in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2022 as corporate finance controller. In February 2025, she returned to Nairobi as chief financial officer of L’Oréal East Africa, becoming the first Black woman to hold the position.
Linda studied international business administration with a focus in finance at the United States International University (USIU) in Nairobi.
Work
Feb 2025 – present: chief financial officer, L’Oréal East Africa
Jul 2022 – Jan 2025: corporate finance controller, L’Oréal SSA regional office, Johannesburg
Aug 2017 – Jun 2022: senior financial controller, L’Oréal East Africa
Nov 2015 – Jul 2017: junior financial controller, L’Oréal East Africa
Mar 2014 – Oct 2015: master data officer, L’Oréal East Africa
Jan 2013 – Jun 2013: intern, US Embassy Nairobi – Foreign Commercial Service
Education
2008 – 2013: BBA, International Business Administration (Finance), USIU
L’Oréal East Africa
L’Oréal is a French multinational cosmetics and beauty company, and the largest in the world by revenue. Its East Africa operations, headquartered in Nairobi, oversee the distribution and marketing of its portfolio of consumer, professional and luxury beauty brands across the region.
