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Outgoing EABL CFO Risper Ohaga Appointed APA Apollo Group CEO in Planned Transition The current East African Breweries Plc CFO will assume the Group CEO role at APA Apollo effective July 1, 2026, as veteran insurance executive Ashok Shah begins a structured transition.

Exiting EABL CFO Risper Ohaga (Left) has been appointed Group CEO of APA Apollo Group effective July 2026, as Ashok Shah (R) begins a planned leadership transition.

APA Apollo Group has announced a planned leadership transition that will see Risper Ohaga join the regional financial services group as Group Chief Executive Officer effective July 1, 2026, following the completion of her tenure as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director at East African Breweries Plc on June 30, 2026. In a statement issued on February 25, 2026, the Nairobi headquartered group said the appointment forms part of a structured succession plan that will mark the transition of long serving Group CEO Ashok Shah after an exceptional 50 year career in the insurance industry. The Board said it had…

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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the General Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.

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