CURRICULUM VITAE
BIO-DATA
Full Name: Vincent Otuoma Kamasara
Date of Birth: 2nd November 1954
Nationality: Kenyan
Marital Status: Married
Number of Children: Four
Permanent address: P.O. Box 34869 (00100) Nairobi – Kenya
EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
1963 – 1969 - Attained primary school education at various schools culminating
into a CPE qualification
1970 - 1973 -Tonga Secondary School where EACE (Ordinary level) exams were
done with a 1St Division (12 points) results
1974 - 1975 -Kabarnet High School EAACE (3 principals and 1 subsidiary)
1976 – 1979 -University of Nairobi Faculty of Commerce B.Com -Upper Second
Class
1979 – 1981 - University of Nairobi Faculty of Commerce – MBA
1979 - 1980 - Undertook and completed CPA (KASNEB) examinations
1988 March-April - ESAMI Arusha -Training of Trainers Certificate
2001 - A one week training on the Teaching Portfolio Management at USIU
Nairobi
2006 -Attended two workshops one, on Management by FKE and another
on Management of Examinations for Chief Examiners organized by
UoN
EMPLOYMENT RECORD
June –December 1979 - Price Waterhouse - Audit Trainee
1981 -1982 - University of Nairobi – Graduate Assistant Department of Accounting
1982 – to date – University of Nairobi –Lecturer Department of Finance and
Accounting
RESPONSIBILITIES AND APPOINTMENTS
2004 – to date - Acting Chairman Department of Finance and Accounting UoN
2000 to date -Member of KASNEB Examinations Committee
2003 –to date -Hon Treasurer to the Christian Churches Educational Association
2003 - Member of Committee that evaluated the viability of building
the Nairobi University Graduate Business School facility
1999 -Chairman Subcommittee on Admission of none-degree
holders to the MBA program of the University of Nairobi
1998 – Member of Committee on UNES Strategic plans
1998 -2002 - Departmental Representative to the MBA Studies Committee
1997 -Member of the Committee that prepared the first financial
plans that brought UNES into being
1987 -1988
And 1997 to date - University of Nairobi Representative to the Registration of
Accountants Board
1994 - Financial Advisor to the Team that prepared the Kenyan
Public Universities Financial Plan presented to the World
Bank
1993 -1997 - Chairman Development Planning Committee –Department
of Accounting , University of Nairobi
1986 -1988 - Students Careers Advisor at Faculty of Commerce UoN
1984 -1988 - Chairman, Faculty Curriculum Development Committee
that among other responsibilities designed the Faculty’s 8-4-4
curriculum
SELECTED TECHNICAL ASSIGNMENTS
20004 - Resource Person in the Training of Red-Cross staff and associates
on Resource Mobilization and Project Monitoring
1997-199 - Housing Financial Consultant to the Housing Finance
Project for the Government of Seychelles through Shelter Afrique
1995-1996 - Financial Consultant in the Cost and Financing of Tertiary
Education in Kenya. This was a Ministry of Education project
sponsored by the World Bank and done through Victoria
Training Centre
1995 - Member of MDAHP team that carried out The Kenya Civil
Service Voluntary Early Retirement Program Baseline Survey
1994 - Financial Consultant in the Expansion of Mwea Rice Mills done for
the National Irrigation Board
1993 - Financial Consultant in the Internal Evaluation of National Council
of Churches of Kenya done through Promin Consultants
1991 - Financial Consultant to the Tractor Hire Services for Dry land
Rice Project done for Lake Basin Development Authority and
Financed by the African Development Bank
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
Survey of Management Accounting Practices in Kenya (With Others) – Nairobi Management Journal - 2003
Impact of Bank Failures on Economic Development – The Student Accountant -1986
Development of Stock Markets in LDCs – The Case of Kenya – Seminar paper presented at Glasgow University -1989
Has supervised over Ten MBA Research Projects
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS -
- Performance management in the Public Sector in Kenya
- Corporate Governance Practices and Factors influencing practice in Kenya
- Investors Psychological Framework in Investment Decisions
REFEREES
1 Prof J.HG Kimura
Dean Business School USIU
2 Prof P. O K’Obonyo
Deputy Principal
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
University of Nairobi
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