Anne Muraya is the CEO of Deloitte East Africa. She oversees the firm’s operations in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and other locations where it operates, including Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Somalia. She also represents the region in the Africa Executive Committee which is responsible for setting the strategic direction and focus areas of the Africa business and overseeing the implementation of the strategy.
Before this role, Anne was the East Africa Audit Leader and Managing Director for Responsible Business and Public Policy for Africa. During this period, she was a Deloitte Africa Audit & Assurance Executive Committee member. As the East Africa Audit Leader, she was in charge of 12 audit partners and over 200 staff across the region while managing audit quality, talent management, client service and profitability of the Audit and Assurance business.
Anne rose to partnership in 2009, having built a wealth of experience serving clients in the banking and financial services, manufacturing, agriculture and retail industries. As a partner, she was also the National Professional Practice Director for the East Africa practice, leading technical consultations on audit methodology and IFRS.
Anne has also served on the Deloitte Global Advisory Council, where she was chosen as one of 30 partners worldwide to serve as a sounding board for the Deloitte Global CEO. Anne was a member of the Professional Standards Committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK). In 2020, Anne was inducted into the college of Fellows of ICPAK in recognition of services rendered to the profession.
Aside from 28 years of Audit and Accounting experience, she holds a Bachelor of Education degree (B.Ed. in Science) in Mathematics and Chemistry and is a member of the Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) and Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU).