Ali Idris is an independent finance and management consultant in the areas of accounting, project finance, project structuring, fund raising, financial advisory and management consulting.
With over 15 years post qualification experience in finance and business management, he started his career with PwC Kenya where he was involved in numerous audit and financial advisory assignments specializing in the financial services sector among others.
He later served as the Group Chief Finance Officer (CFO) at Hass Petroleum Group, Chief Finance Officer (CFO) of Dahabshil Bank (renamed East Africa Bank), a commercial bank based in the Republic of Djibouti & Somalia, Group Internal Auditor of Dahabshiil FZCO, a Dubai-based privately-held diversified holding company.
Ali is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in UK (FCCA) having qualified as an accountant in 2004 and has a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance from the University of Nairobi. He is also an alumnus of the Harvard University Kennedy School Executive Education Program.