Job Title: CFO
Company: Liquid Intelligent Technologies
Shime Baligira was appointed as the CFO of Liquid Intelligent Technologies in January 2022.
She has over a decade of experience in financial reporting, budgeting, risk management, taxation, auditing and finance transformation, having worked across the telecommunication, fintech and banking industries.
She began her career as a senior accounts manager at Compliant Accountancy and Tax, thereafter joining RSwitch as finance manager in October 2012. In January 2015, she was appointed as treasury manager at Millicom (Tigo), rising through the ranks to financial controller in March 2016 and financial reporting head in January 2018. Her three year stint at the telco ended in December 2018, when she joined Kountable, assuming the role of regional finance director. Shime transitioned to the International Gorilla Conservation Programme in October 2020, serving as head of finance and administration until January 2022.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in applied accounting from Oxford Brookes University and an MBA in international business from Anglia Ruskin University. She is also a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
Work experience
January 2022 - Present: chief financial officer, Liquid Intelligent Technologies
October 2020 - January 2022: head of finance and administration, International Gorilla Conservation Programme
December 2018 - December 2021: regional finance director, Kountable
January 2018 - December 2018: financial reporting head, Millicom (Tigo)
March 2016 - February 2018: financial controller, Millicom (Tigo)
January 2015 - March 2016: treasury manager, Millicom (Tigo)
October 2012 - December 2014: finance manager, RSwitch
April 2010 - September 2012: senior accounts manager, Compliant Accountancy & Tax
Education
2010 - 2011: MBA, International Business, Anglia Ruskin University
2006 - 2009: Member of the ACCA, ACCA
2006 - 2009: BSc, Applied Accounting, Accounting and Finance, Oxford Brookes University
Liquid Intelligent Technologies
Liquid Intelligent Technologies is a digital infrastructure and internet service provider that operates across 13 countries in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. It is a subsidiary of Cassava Technologies and has an extensive fibre broadband network covering over 110,000 km.
