FSD Africa
Dorothy Maseke is the Africa Lead for Nature Finance & TNFD at FSD Africa. Dorothy also holds the position of Head of the African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA) Secretariat. Dorothy has extensive experience in risk management and compliance, having held roles such as Group Head of Risk and Compliance at ICEA Lion Group and Internal Auditor at UAP Holdings. Dorothy is a Non-Executive Director at Safaricom Money Transfer Services Ltd, World Vision Kenya, and the Institute of Risk Management. Dorothy's educational background includes a Bsc. in Computer Science from the University of Nairobi, a Higher Diploma in Institute of Management Information Systems from Strathmore University, and various certifications in risk management, anti-money laundering, internal auditing, and sustainability.
FSD Africa
FSD Africa is a specialist development agency funded by the UK’s Department for International Development working to make finance work for Africa’s future. FSD Africa sees itself as a catalyst for change, working with partners to build financial markets that are robust, efficient and, above all, inclusive. It uses funding, research and technical expertise to identify market failures and strengthen the capacity of its partners to improve access to financial services and drive economic growth. FSD Africa is also a regional platform. It fosters collaboration, best practice transfer, economies of scale and coherence between development agencies, donors, financial institutions, practitioners and government entities with a role in financial market development in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, FSD Africa provides strategic and operational support to the FSD Network. FSD Africa believes strong and responsive financial markets will be central to Africa’s emerging growth story and the prosperity of its people.