Musoni Chair of the Supervisory Board Jobs in Kenya

Musoni Chair of the Supervisory Board Jobs in Kenya

About the Company

Musoni is a rapidly growing fintech with a strong social mission. Our goal is to expand financial inclusion, reduce poverty and improve the lives of the unbanked. The Musoni System is a SaaS-based solution and gives financial organisations the tools they need to reduce their costs, improve their efficiency and to drive financial inclusion into the rural areas where the majority of the unbanked live.

Since 2013 Musoni has grown to serve over 65 organisations in more than 20 countries across Asia, Africa and Latin/South America. We enable our partners to serve over 1.5 million end clients with access to financial services.

Musoni is based in Houten, Netherlands and Nairobi, Kenya where we work with an international team of enthusiastic and motivated people. We serve our Asia region clients from a remote team in Myanmar.

About the job

The Supervisory Board is supervising the management and the general course of affairs of the company and is assisting the management by giving advice. As such, the Supervisory Board and especially the Chairperson, are in close contact with management to provide feedback on ongoing matters, to review strategy and key developments and advice on company stakeholder matters.

The Supervisory Board is composed of five members and is meeting four to six times a year. Generally, these meetings will be a combination of online and meeting in person. For the role of Chairperson, time spent on Supervisory Board meetings including reading and preparation time and regular interaction with management is estimated to be 12-15 days a year.

The position is initially for a period of 3 years and can be extended once for another 3 years. As a result of the company’s succession schedule, the Supervisory Board is looking for a new, independent Chairperson.

The role of the Chairperson is

to:

Chair meetings of the Supervisory Board, ensuring that all matters addressed at Supervisory Board meetings are discussed in an orderly, fair, open and inclusive manner

Ensure the integrity of the Supervisory Board’s processes and deliberations in a manner that ensures that the Supervisory Board delegates operational decisions to the executives while retaining its policy making role

Prepare the Supervisory Board meeting agenda in cooperation with the CEO and the company secretary while ensuring a balance between operating decisions, performance reporting and more forward-looking strategic issues

Annual performance reviews of the CEO

Between Supervisory Board meetings the Chairperson maintains an informal link between the Supervisory Board and the CEO, expects to be kept informed by the CEO on all important matters, and is available to the CEO to provide counsel and advice where appropriate.

About you

For our Supervisory Board we are looking for an eager and open candidate that is able to advise and guide the management of the Company. Our ideal candidate will have these qualifications:

Strong diplomatic, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills

Experience as a non-executive director. Experience as a Chairperson is considered a plus

Demonstrable understanding of technology business or tech-driven businesses

Availability to allocate sufficient time to fulfil the duties of Chairperson and Supervisory Board member

Demonstrable knowledge of emerging markets

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Musoni Chair of the Supervisory Board Jobs in Kenya

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