Job Title: CFO
Company: Centum Investment Company
Risper Alaro is the group finance director at Centum Investment Company, a position she has held since March 2022.
She has more than 20 years of leadership experience in finance and business transformation in the investment sector.
Risper first joined Centum in January 2013 as group finance and operations director. She later served as managing director of Centum Business Solutions, a subsidiary of Centum Investment, from 2015 until January 2018.
She is a non-executive director of the Nairobi Securities Exchange and of Kenya Climate Ventures. She also served on the board of Bank of Kigali for six years until February 2025.
Risper is a professional certified coach and a certified mentor coach. She has run her own executive coaching practice, Risper Alaro Consulting, since February 2018.
She holds a MBA from the United States International University Africa and a BA in business management from Moi University. Risper is a fellow of ACCA, a certified public accountant and a fellow of the Desmond Tutu African Leadership Institute.
Work
Mar 2022 - Present: group finance director, Centum Investment Company
Jul 2019 - Present: non-executive director, Kenya Climate Ventures
Feb 2019 - Feb 2025: non-executive director, Bank of Kigali
Jun 2018 - Present: non-executive director, Nairobi Securities Exchange
Feb 2018 - Present: certified executive coach, Risper Alaro Consulting
2015 - Jan 2018: managing director, Centum Business Solutions
2015 - 2017: member, ACCA Kenya advisory board
Jan 2013 - Jan 2016: group finance and operations director, Centum Investment Company
Education
2016: certificate, Women in Executive Leadership League (WELL), Strathmore Business School
2015: certificate in executive leadership coaching, CDI-Africa
2000 - 2001: master of business administration, United States International University Africa
1994 - 1998: bachelor of arts, business management, Moi University
Centum Investment Company
Centum Investment Company is a Nairobi-based investment company listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
