Koketso Kekana joins Microsoft South Africa as CFO

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Koketso Kekana has joined Microsoft South Africa as chief financial officer, bringing experience across retail finance, commercial strategy and revenue management.

Koketso Kekana has joined Microsoft South Africa as chief financial officer.

Before joining Microsoft, she served as head of retail finance and strategy at Amazon. Prior to that, she held several commercial finance positions at Diageo, including commercial finance manager for South Africa and commercial finance manager for Emerging Markets and Indian Ocean.

Koketso previously spent almost four years as revenue manager at Sanofi and five years as a financial analyst at Procter & Gamble.

Announcing her appointment on LinkedIn, she said she was grateful for the experiences, opportunities and people who had supported her career journey.

“I’m stepping into this role with a lot of excitement, curiosity and gratitude and I feel incredibly fortunate to be joining such a talented team at such an exciting time for Microsoft and for our industry,” she said.

She added that she looked forward to the opportunities ahead, describing the appointment as a new beginning and an opportunity for continued growth.

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