Job Title: finance director
Company: Mastercard Foundation
Winfred Waweru is the finance director, country programs at Mastercard Foundation, a position she has held since March 2023.
She joined Mastercard Foundation in August 2022 as director, program finance operations, a role in which she led controls self-assessment across the program finance function and supported process improvement in partnership with the strategy and planning teams.
Before joining the foundation, Winfred spent more than two years at Mastercard as director, finance business partner for Sub-Saharan Africa.
She previously spent close to five years at GE Healthcare, first as financial controller for East Africa and later as commercial controller for Africa.
Winfred began her career in real estate finance at GE, where she led financial planning for the company's real estate and IT infrastructure across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Winfred holds an MBA from the United States International University (USIU) and a BSc in actuarial science from the University of Nairobi. She is a certified public accountant (CPA-K).
Work
Mar 2023 - Present: finance director, country programs, Mastercard Foundation
Aug 2022 - Oct 2023: director, program finance operations, Mastercard Foundation
Apr 2020 - Jul 2022: director, finance business partner, Sub-Saharan Africa, Mastercard
Mar 2019 - Mar 2020: commercial controller, Africa, GE Healthcare
Aug 2015 - Feb 2019: financial controller, East Africa, GE Healthcare
Sep 2012 - Aug 2015: finance lead, real estate, Sub-Saharan Africa, GE
Sep 2009 - Aug 2012: senior associate, PwC
Jul 2008 - Aug 2009: chairperson and overall coordinator, Youth Agency for Development of Science, Technology and Innovations
Education
MBA, United States International University
BSc, actuarial science, University of Nairobi
Mastercard Foundation
Mastercard Foundation is a global foundation that works to advance learning and promote financial inclusion, with a strong focus on Africa. It works with partner organisations across the continent, including in Kenya, to support programs aimed at expanding access to education and economic opportunity for young people.
