Deloitte East Africa has announced, on February 14, Anne Muraya as the incoming Deloitte East Africa CEO effective 1 June 2022. Anne Muraya will be the first female CEO for Deloitte East Africa.
Anne Mutaya succeeds Joe Eshun, who has been appointed as the Deloitte Africa Managing Director for Businesses, where he will be overseeing Deloitte’s business functions at an Africa-wide level. Joe Eshun will be relocating to the Johannesburg office for his new position.
As CEO for Deloitte East Africa, Anne Mutaya 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. In accepting the position, Anne Muraya said, “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.”
First female East Africa Audit Leader
Prior to her incoming role, Anne Muraya was also the first female East Africa Audit Leader and Managing Director for Responsible Business and Public Policy for Africa.
Anne Muraya 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. 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.
Anne Muraya 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 Mutaya was inducted into the college of Fellows of ICPAK in recognition of services rendered to the profession.
Historic time for the Deloitte Africa firm
Anne Muraya takes on this new role at a historic time for the Deloitte Africa firm, joining Deloitte Africa CEO-elect, Ruwayda Redfearn, and Deloitte Africa Board Chair, Delia Ndlovu as senior female executives leading the Deloitte Africa business. Lwazi Bam, the outgoing Deloitte Africa CEO, said “These appointments are not only a continuation of our transformation journey, but a reflection of the firm’s commitment to living our Shared Values, particularly “Leading the Way” and “Fostering Inclusion”.
Outgoing Deloitte East Africa CEO Joe Eshun said, “We have spent the last four years setting the foundations for the growth of our business by focusing on client service excellence, shaping the right culture aligned with our Deloitte Shared Values and ensuring operational efficiency. I am excited to hand over the torch to Anne Muraya and we are confident that she will be a force in driving Deloitte forward in an exciting, but also challenging post-pandemic environment.”
