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Dr. Wasonga is an accomplished governance, risk and control professional with extensive leadership with invaluable experience and proven ability to provide oversight, aligning GRC with corporate strategy and advising Boards and Senior Management. Dr. Wasonga has worked in the financial services, public sector and professional services sectors where he has served at various capacities at senior management levels. He has further served as a member of the Public Sector Committee and Internal Audit Sub-Committee at the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya where he contributed immensely in the development of PFM regulations (Audit Committee Guidelines) and whistleblowing policy for accountants as well as the Chairman of the Institute of Certified Public Accountant of Kenya, Coast Branch. He has been an adjunct academia since 2007 at both private and public universities where he has taught both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. He is an accomplished and seasoned trainer in corporate governance, financial reporting, internal audit, ethics & integrity management, risk management, strategy formulation, IT & knowledgement and a practitioner and expert in environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting. He holds a Ph.D (Accounting), MBA (Finance) and a B.Com (Accounting) from the University of Nairobi. He is also a graduate of Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government (Executive Education program) (USA); University of Gothenburg & Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) and Galilee International Management Institute (Israel). Dr. Wasonga holds a certificate in Ethics & Integrity from The Hague Academy for Local Governance (Netherlands) and a Certified Ethics Officer from Ethics Institute of South Africa. He is a Licensed Lead Expert in Environmental Impact Assessment & Audit, a Chartered Public Finance Accountant (CPFA, UK) and holds a prestigious Advanced Management Program from Strathmore Business School administered jointly with Lagos (Nigeria) and IESE (Spain) Business Schools. Dr. Wasonga has won fellowships from the Royal Dutch and Swedish Governments. He is a practicing member of ICPAK, CIPFA, IIA, EIK & Ethics Institute of South Africa and received a Certificate of Commendation from the Institute in 2015 for contribution to the profession. Dr. Wasonga currently serves the accounting profession as a member of the Technical Advisory Group (Ethics, Audit & Assurance) at the Pan African Federation of Accountants, headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.