Team 067

FINANCE OPERATIONS MANAGER

John Simiyu

John is the Finance Operations Manager at Axum, based in Nairobi. He oversees Axum’s finance and operations functions across Africa and the Middle East. This includes financial reporting and accounting which includes data entry, management accounts, tax compliance, and statutory audits. Before Axum, John was the Finance Operations Manager at Dalberg Advisors for eight years. John’s finance background includes his time as the CFO of Excelsior Group, where he managed the finances for three companies: Excelsior Firm LLC (Delaware, USA), Excelsior East Africa, and Wellness Group. He also helped establish specialty clinics in Nairobi, developed solid internal controls, and restructured the group for tax optimization. Before that, John was a Senior Auditor at KPMG East Africa. In this capacity, he led financial statements audits for multinational clients across various sectors such as shipping, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, hotel, tourism, and energy, adhering to IFRS, US GAAP, and Syscohada standards. Additionally, he was involved in due diligence for a KES 12B corporate bond, acquisition of Tier 2 Hospitals in Kenya, and preparation of transfer pricing documentation for multinational firms. John also contributed to the recruitment of high-level constitutional officeholders in Kenya. A former banker who has worked as a graduate clerk at Diamond Trust Bank, John holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Kenyatta University and is a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya.