Lorraine Kageni Maina

Chief Executive Officer

2023 - Current

Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) PNGME, Venture Partner Lateral Capital

2021 - 2024

As Pngme’s new Chief Strategy Officer, I am thrilled to share our Series A raise of $15 million led by Octopus Ventures! We are growing our financial data infrastructure and machine learning-as-a-service platform and building a strong team ready to succeed in our mission of financial inclusion. I look forward to further building and driving our strategic initiatives as we enter this new phase of growth! Learn more about our Series A raise here: https://blog.pngme.com/2021/08/we-raised-15m-in-series-a-funding-to-power-the-future-of-financial-services-in-africa/

Sales Consultant

2020 - 2021

Mobile Finance Marketplace for Finance Institutions and MSMEs. Closing the $5.2 trillion finance gap affecting 200 million MSMEs globally. www.pngme.com

Sales Consultant

2019 - 2019

Leading the building of the Commercial Team with a focus on positioning Africa's talking into the Africa Enterprise Space. People hire and On-Boarding, Unlocking Opportunities with Key introductions across the Markets in Africa.

Enterprise Channel Manager (West, East & Central Africa)

2018 - 2019

Leadership and Understanding Enterprise Technology

Sales Lead (Kenya & Ghana)

2012 - 2018

Commercial Strategy and Building Teams.

Marketing & Operations Lead (Eastern & Southern Africa excluding South Africa)

2009 - 2012

Building efficiencies through technology and processes.

Head of Retail Products (Liabilities and Assets)

2005 - 2009

Product Development & Cross Functional Collaboration.

Tea Buyer & Tea Taster (Lipton Tea)

2002 - 2005

Tea Taster, Tea Trader, Understanding of Supply Chain Management at Unilever