Job Title: group CEO
Company: APA Apollo Group
Risper Genga Ohaga is the CEO of APA Apollo Group.
She took on the role after serving as the chief financial officer of East African Breweries (EABL), starting February 2020.
She is an experienced finance professional who holds non executive director roles at I&M Bank and APA Insurance as well.
Prior to joining EABL, Risper was the chief finance officer for Barclays Bank Zambia. She joined Barclays in 2008 as a regional director for internal audit, before moving on to director for Africa in November 2011, after which she took on the role of managing director for Africa RBB. This time at Barclays was preceded by a nine-year stint at KPMG.
Risper holds a BCom in accounting from the University of Nairobi and became a certified public accountant in 1993.
Work
July 2026 - Present: group CEO APA Apollo Group
February 2020 - June 2026: group CFO and executive director, EABL
February 2023 - Present: non-executive director, I&M Bank
January 2022 - Present: non-executive director, APA Insurance
November 2015 - February 2020: CFO, Barclays Bank Zambia
January 2014 - November 2015: MD, Barclays Internal Audit, Africa RBB
November 2011 - December 2013: director for Africa, Barclays Internal Audit
December 2008 - October 2011: regional director, Barclays Internal Audit
September 1999 - November 2008: senior manager, KPMG
Education
1996 - 1999: BCom, University of Nairobi
1993 - 1995: certified public accountant
APA Apollo Group
APA Apollo Group is a Kenya-based financial services group whose subsidiaries include APA Insurance, APA Life, APA Uganda, Apollo Asset Management, Gordon Court, and Reliance Insurance in Tanzania. APA Insurance is the group’s flagship entity and Kenya’s second-largest general insurer by gross premium income.
