Job Title: director of finance and strategy
Company: AA kenya
Nahashon Gathai is the director of finance and strategy at AA Kenya, a position he has held since January 2024.
Prior to that, he served as chief operating officer and director of finance and strategy at Sajsoft Solutions, a Kenyan telecoms and software company, from November 2022 to March 2024, and held a similar role at Quantum Technology in Addis Ababa for a period in 2022.
Earlier in his career, Nahashon spent close to four years at Collection Africa, progressing from finance manager to group head of finance and later acting CEO. Before that, he served as group finance director at Swivel Group, overseeing nine business units across Africa from 2015 to 2017.
He began his career as an audit senior at Ernst & Young in Kenya, where he worked from 2012 to 2015.
Nahashon holds a BCom in accounting and finance from Kenyatta University and is pursuing an MBA at the same institution. He is a certified public accountant (CPA-K) and a certified information systems auditor (CISA).
Work
Jan 2024 – Present: director, finance and strategy, AA Kenya
Nov 2022 – Mar 2024: COO and director, finance and strategy, Sajsoft Solutions
Mar 2022 – Oct 2022: director, finance and strategy and COO, Quantum Technology, Ethiopia
Jul 2020 – Jan 2022: COO and acting CEO, Collection Africa
Jul 2018 – Jun 2020: group head of finance, Collection Africa
Jun 2015 – Jun 2017: group finance director, Swivel Group
Feb 2012 – Jun 2015: audit senior, Ernst & Young
Education
2019 – 2024: MBA (Finance), Kenyatta University
2008 – 2012: BCom (Accounting and Finance), Kenyatta University
2010: CISA, ISACA
AA Kenya
AA Kenya, formerly the Automobile Association of Kenya, is a motoring services organisation that provides roadside assistance, vehicle inspection, driver training, and travel services. Following its demutualisation, the organisation transitioned to a public limited company structure.
