Cecilia Muyanga, CPA, CIA – Chief Operating Officer

Cecilia joined GenAfrica Asset Managers Limited in November 2020 as the Chief Operating Officer. She heads the Finance, Operations, and Administration and is the Chief Compliance Officer. She is an experienced professional with a career spanning over 15 years in Internal and External audit, Risk Management, Compliance & Investigations, SOX compliance, financial control, and Project Management from reputable brands like PwC, G4S Plc and Diageo Plc. Prior to joining GenAfrica, she worked as Business Performance implementation Manager (Africa and APAC) at Diageo, responsible for process implementation and governance for financial excellence. She also served as Finance and Operations Lead at Diageo Business Services, member of Operational Leadership team responsible for Market service performance review, operations and corporate financial control. She was also responsible for Governance, Ethics, Compliance, Business Continuity and Risk Management for the Diageo’s Africa Shared Service Centre in line with Diageo’s Enterprise Risk Management framework and Compliance Strategy. During her tenure at Diageo, she oversighted implementation of various Finance related projects from a governance, risk and compliance perspective and also Controls Assurance ensuring efficiencies and standardization of the various business processes.Cecilia previously worked as a Group Audit Manager – Africa at G4S plc in charge of the Internal audit Function for the Africa Region, having started her career at PwC Kenya where she rose from an Audit Associate to Audit and Assurance Manager with a wide pool of clients in the, manufacturing, Media, banking and other industries.She is a holder of Master of Business Administration (Finance) and Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) both from The University of Nairobi. A Certified Internal Auditor, a Certified Public Accountant (CPAK) and a member of ICPAK & The Institute of Internal Auditors- Kenya Chapter.