Karen Serem Waithaka works as an Investment Associate for TBL Mirror Fund. TBL is a private equity fund based in Kenya focused on making investments in ICT, Healthcare and FMCG.
She is also an Investment Associate for the Safaricom Spark Venture Fund, which TBL manages. The Spark Fund is a corporate venture fund established by Safaricom looking to make investments in the mobile technology space in Kenya.
Karen started off her career in Sydney, Australia where she worked for a multi-fund asset manager, Russell Investments. Her role at Russell involved solvency determination of pension funds, investment consulting, risk quantification of internal insurance models among other roles. Upon her return to Kenya, Karen worked as an analyst within the Deals & Transactions department at pwc prior to joining the Pensions Regulator, Retirement Benefits Authority as an in-house Actuarial Officer.
She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Actuarial Science and a Master of Finance focusing on Funds Management.