Rosemary Kantai

Ms. Rosemary Kantai is the CEO of Frontfin. She is a microfinance specialist with over 23 years hands on experience in the development field; nineteen of them in Micro-finance operations, Product Development, Management and Training. For four years she was involved in the provision of Business Development services at Undugu Society of Kenya and headed the Business Development team. She joined Kenya Women Finance Trust (KWFT) as a Credit Manager in 1991and set up the micro finance operations of the institution. She has worked 5 years as their Credit Manager, 5 years as Chief Programs Manager and the last 5 years as the General Manager – Operations.

In July 2006, Rosemary started offering consultancy services, specializing in Microfinance and Enterprise Development. Over time she has undertaken various consultancy assignments in Community Enterprise Development, Training, Business Development Services, Market Research, Project Design and Management with a bias to economic empowerment for the poor. In the recent past, Rosemary has been involved in Peace building and conflict resolution for the microfinance sector, consulting for the Association of Microfinance Institutions (AMFI).

Rosemary is a Faculty member of the School of African Microfinance handling the course on Delinquency Management for Microfinance Institutions.