Caroline Armstrong

Caroline Armstrong’s career has spanned 19 years, two continents and four financial institutions, both multi-national and local. Caroline Armstrong started her career as a management trainee with ABN AMRO Bank and has worked hard to rise through the ranks to become a senior executive in the banking industry. During her career she has had the benefit of managing a team of over 400 people and a team spanning five countries within the region. Her skills as both a leader and a strategic thinker able to translate broad concepts into specific actions enable her to perform her current role as the Director, Strategic Projects at the Housing Finance group of companies where she is responsible for the implementation of high impact projects that enable the achievement of business strategy.

Voted as one of Kenya’s Top 40 Women under 40 she serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Housing Finance Foundation board whose key project is the creation of an Army of 1 million Artisans, a Vision 2030 flagship project. She also served as the Vice-Chairperson on Kenya’s Mining Task Force that was responsible for reviewing all licences issued within the industry and determining their validity as well as providing recommendations for the country’s national mining policy. During her lengthy and broad career, which has also seen her work at Citibank N.A. and Barclays Bank, she has acquired certain critical skills that include strategic thinking, cross-functional leadership, people and talent management and growth, quality management and an ability to underpin this with a focus on governance and controls.