PHARES CHEGE
- Position: 1st Vice Chair Person IIA-Kenya
CPA Phares Chege is an astute Audit & Risk Management practitioner and trainer with over 18 years experience in Public and Private Sectors.
Academic Qualifications
- Masters of Business Administration in Accounting - University of Nairobi
- Bachelor of Arts in Economics - University of Nairobi.
Professional Qualifications
- Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (CPA-K),
- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA),
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA),
- Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC),
- Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE)
Phares has also attended Senior Leadership courses on governance and strategic leadership.
Work Experience
- Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) - Deputy Commissioner in Strategy, Innovation and Risk Management in charge of Corporate Data Office. He has also been a Deputy Commissioner in charge of Internal Audit Services in the same organisation.
- Siginon Group Limited as Head of Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance,
- Higher Education Loans Board as Head of Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance,
- KPMG East Africa as a Senior Advisor, Risk Consulting,
- KeNHA as an Internal Auditor,
- Office of the auditor General as a Financial and Information Systems Auditor.
Membership in professional bodies
- Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Kenya Chapter,
- Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK)
- ISACA Kenya Chapter.
Volunteering service to IIA Kenya chapter
- Member of IIA Kenya Training and Development Committee in 2020-2022.
- Member of Membership committee of the institute- 2014-2016
Other pro borno and volunteering roles
- Member of KCA University Audit & Risk Committee since 2017,
- Member of ICPAK Internal Audit Work Stream of Practitioner Development Committee 2017-2019,
- Chairman of ISACA Kenya Chapter Audit & Risk Committee 2014-2018
- Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Association of African Higher Education Financing Agencies 2014-2016