When the renowned global institution, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), appointed Nancy Asiko Onyango to take up the role of director of the fund’s office of Internal Audit and Inspection, it was no-longer business as usual. Taking over from Clare Brady who left the fund last year, she will be in charge of the office, which conducts independent examinations of the body’s internal control and governance processes.
According to the managing director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, Ms Onyango brings to the fund more than 25 years of experience in the field of internal audit, strategic risk management, corporate governance, and IT risk management. Additionally, the new director holds a doctorate degree in business administration from Nairobi’s United States International University as well as entrepreneurship, operations, economics, negotiation skills from the Colombia Business School. Apart from being a Certified Public Accountant, she is also an Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) Kenya Chapter Board Member.
Prior to being appointed at the IMF, she worked in different sectors including the financial sector, and with several governments, development agencies, and non-governmental organizations. She has been a member of the board of directors at KCB Bank Group and a board member at Cytonn Investments. Before this she served as Earnest and Young’s EMEIA Advisory Centre Governance, Risk and Compliance Leader for Africa as well as head of risk assurance services in East Africa at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Kenya. Full of knowledge, experience and expertise in the related fields, Ms Onyango is expected to flourish in her new position at the IMF.
