Dennis Aluanga

Mr Aluanga, a Kenyan national, has 29 years of relevant professional experience. Prior to joining Helios in July 2011, he was the COO (East Africa) of Industrial Promotion Services (IPS), the Manufacturing and Infrastructure arm of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development. IPS has investments in several portfolio companies in food and agro processing, packaging, pharmaceutical, textiles, steel and leather processing industries as well as power generation and telecoms across East Africa. He also served in the roles of COO, CFO, Group Strategy Manager and Group Audit Manager at Nation Media Group (NMG). NMG’s operations in the region spread across newspapers, television, radio, magazines and digital media. Mr Aluanga serves on the Boards of Directors of Acorn Holdings and Telkom Kenya; as well as on the Board of Nation Media Group. He received an MBA from Edinburgh University, UK, and he is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Mr Aluanga speaks Kiswahili.