Deloitte East Africa also announced its first female CEO, Anne Muraya
Anne assumed her position as CEO on 1 June 2022.
Anne is the first female CEO for Deloitte East Africa, and will oversee Deloitte’s offices in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, and other East Africa locations the firm serves, including but not limited to Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Somalia.
Prior to her role, Anne was also the first female East Africa Audit Leader and Managing Director for Responsible Business and Public Policy for Africa.
Anne started her career as an auditor at Deloitte in 1994, after completing her B.Ed in Science (Mathematics and Chemistry) at Kenyatta University.
She was appointed to the partnership in 2009 and built a wealth of audit and accounting experience within the banking and financial services, manufacturing, agriculture and retail industries.
During her time as partner, she has previously been the National Professional Practice Director for the East Africa practice, leading technical consultations on audit methodology and IFRS.
She was appointed as East Africa Audit Leader in 2017, in charge of 12 audit partners and over 200 staff across the region, overseeing audit quality; talent management; client service and profitability of the Audit & Assurance business.
She is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) where she sits on the Professional Standards Committee, and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU).
In December 2020, Anne was inducted into the college of Fellows of ICPAK in recognition of services rendered to the profession.
In 2021, she was appointed the Africa Managing Partner for Responsible Business and Public Policy, and has also been a member of the Deloitte Global Advisory Council, selected as one of 30 partners globally to act as a sounding board for the Deloitte Global CEO.
In accepting the position, Anne says, “It is an honour to be appointed to this role. I am excited about working with our teams to serve our clients and continue to contribute to the growth in the profession, and the whole reporting ecosystem. It is also important to me that we work with our people and our clients to impact the communities we live in by being part of the solution in matters of climate change and social and economic inequality.”
Deloitte East Africa’s first female CEO Anne Muraya assumes office
Anne Muraya was also the first female East Africa Audit Leader and Managing Director for Responsible Business and Public Policy for Africa
