Safaricom Appoints Esther Waititu As Chief Financial Services Officer

By Soko Directory Team / Published February 1, 2023 | 12:00 pm

KEY POINTS

Esther brings on board over 15 years of experience in the financial services sector and joins us from KCB Bank Group, where she has been Director, Corporate Banking since 2021.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Esther worked at Standard Chartered Bank for 5 years, between 2006 and 2011 in Relationship Management and Product Management capacities, and at Commercial Bank of Africa (which merged with NIC Bank to form NCBA) where she began her banking career.

Safaricom has appointed Esther Masese Waititu as Chief Financial Services Officer effective 21^st February 2023.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, Esther will be responsible for providing strategic leadership and oversight to Safaricom’s Financial Services Business.

She will lead financial services tribes and teams, through the development of financial products, services, and solutions for consumers and enterprises.

Esther brings on board over 15 years of experience in the financial services sector and joins us from KCB Bank Group, where she has been Director, Corporate Banking since 2021.

Prior to joining KCB, Esther was at Stanbic for 10 years, having joined the bank in 2011 as a Regional Product Head – Transactional Products and Services, East Africa. In 2017, she was promoted to Executive, Strategy Development and Enablement in the Corporate and Investment Bank before taking up the role of Country Head, Client Coverage, at Stanbic Bank Zambia, in 2020.

She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of East Africa, Baraton, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Liverpool, UK. She is also an AoEC Accredited Executive Coach.

Safaricom has also appointed Boniface Mungania as the Director – Public Sector Digital Transformation effective 1^st April 2023.

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Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, Boniface will be responsible for developing partnerships within the Public Sector to drive digital transformation for the National and County Governments.

Zizwe Awuor Vundla has been appointed Director – Brand and Marketing effective 1^st February 2023.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, Zizwe will be responsible for providing strategic leadership, from a market and product perspective to the overall Safaricom Brand, which includes M-PESA, Safaricom Business, and the foundations.

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She will be the custodian of these brands, maintaining and evolving them by devising their overall strategy and architecture.

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