Nancy Onyango

Onyango was born in Kenya, attending local schools for her pre-university education. In 1984, she was admitted to the University of Nairobi (UoN), graduating in 1987 with a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree in Accounting and Finance. She continued with her studies at UoN, graduating in 1989 with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. In 2013, she enrolled in the United States International University Africa, graduating in 2016 with a Doctor of Business Administration (DrBA) degree. As part of her doctoral studies, she took courses at Columbia Business School in New York City.

From 1995 to 1998, Onyango worked as a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, at their location in Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom. She was promoted to senior manager, and worked there until 2002. In 2005, she was appointed partner at PwC, leading the consulting unit at PwC East Africa, based in Nairobi, Kenya, specializing in technology, governance risk and compliance. She worked in that capacity until June 2012. In July 2012, she was named the head of the then newly created Risk Assurance Services Unit at PwC East Africa, working there until 2014.

In January 2015, she was appointed partner at Ernst & Young, as head of governance, risk & compliance for the African continent, until August 2016. In December 2017, she was appointed to lead the Internal Audit unit at the IMF, effective February 2018.

Onyango is a married mother of three sons.