Poelo Mkpayah is a seasoned finance executive with over 20 years of experience across financial services and multinational investment groups. She currently serves as Group Head of Finance at LAHL.

Ms. Mkpayah has been with the Letshego Group for over 10 years, during which she has held a number of senior finance roles at both LAHL and subsidiary levels.

Prior to this appointment, Ms. Mkpayah served as Regional Chief Financial Officer for Letshego’s West Africa operations, based in Accra, Ghana. In this role, she spearheaded capital-raising initiatives across listed bond markets, development finance institutions and commercial banks, while also providing financial governance oversight for a diverse portfolio including fintech and mobile lending platforms. She was recognised as Chief Financial Officer of the Year 2024 in Ghana for the Non-Bank Financial Institution sector and was nominated to the Finance & Audit Committee of the Ghana Association of Savings and Loans.

Ms. Mkpayah’s earlier career spans senior roles at Botswana Development Corporation and Ernst & Young, with broad exposure to audit, investment oversight and governance. She holds a Bachelor of Accounting from the University of Botswana, is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and completed the Senior Leadership Development Programme at Gordon Institute of Business Science in 2024. She is a member of the Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants.