15 years’ leadership and management in financial analysis, investments, risk management, risk modeling, regulation, compliance, innovation, due diligence, fundraising, change management, project management and growth in early stage companies and emerging markets. Experience in design, delivery and implementation of technology projects.An action-oriented and motivated performer with documented contributions leading to improved risk adjusted financial performance, heightened productivity and enhanced risk management.Reviewed capital term sheets, debt issues and financing agreements for financial institutions resulting in inclusion of over $ 500 million tier I and tier II capital from investors including Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA Bank), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) and CDC to support expansion and lending for Financial Institutions.Examined 15 mergers, acquisitions, restructuring transactions and consolidation efforts of financial institutions.Supervised audits of 6 financial institutions including Standard Chartered Bank and Barclays Bank, to evaluate compliance with Proceeds of Crime, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism laws and relevant regulations. Oversaw project management and risk management during the migration of MPESA ecosystem applications and data from external servers to in-country servers on behalf of financial sector regulators. Accelerated the timeframe for regulatory compliance review of prudential returns from 2 weeks to 2 days by developing a spreadsheet-based tool. The tool was adopted by over 40 bank examiners.Transformed Kenya’s real-time payments digital infrastructure by facilitating a real-time payments system that was adopted by over 6 million retail users. Initiated the design and implementation of an enterprise data warehouse that revolutionalized data processing and reporting for 12 departments and automated data acquisition from 140 banks, credit reference bureaus, money remittance providers and foreign exchange bureaus.Arranged partnerships, competitions and sponsorships focused on blockchain and innovation, resulting in incorporation of the Afro-Asia Fintech Festival as a global satellite event of Singapore's FinTech Festival attended by over 14,000 participants.2 times Award winner; Graduate Student Service Award and Outstanding International Graduate Student.Thriving in environments that encourage teamwork and sharing of ideas with key values as integrity and loyalty.