Dr. Anne Kimari.

Faculty

Dr. Anne Kimari

Founder and Principal Consultant, Finebridge Associates

Mentor

A committed and dedicated professional with twenty-seven years’ experience in SME banking, mobile money services and fintech, finance, strategic management, tax, risk, audit and microfinance, with corporate governance and board experience alongside it.

She is the founder and principal consultant of Finebridge Associates Limited, providing finance and business advisory consultancy. She sits on the boards of HFCB Group PLC, World Vision Kenya, Juhudi Kilimo (Microfinance) Ltd, Beacon of Hope and the Kenya Community Development Fund, and was previously an adjunct lecturer at KCA University in finance and risk management.

She holds a Doctorate and an MBA in Finance from United States International University – Africa and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from the University of Nairobi. She is a Certified Public Accountant, a member of ICPAK and a Fellow of ACCA, and holds an Executive Certificate in SME Banking from Frankfurt School, Germany, and a Microfinance Trainer of Trainers certificate from the Asian Development Bank. She began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and has since held senior finance and corporate roles in microfinance banking and, most recently, mobile money services at MTN Fintech South Sudan.

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