Dr. Dan Chirchir, CPA, CFA

    Staff Designation
    Lecturer
    Academic Qualifications

    PhD (Finance)

    Master of Business Administration (Finance Option)

    Bachelor of commerce (Accounting option) First Class Honors 

    Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

    Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

    Dr. Dan Chirchir is a fulltime faculty member at the University of Nairobi. His areas of interest include Financial Analysis & Modeling, Financial Engineering, Derivatives, Real Estate Finance and Investments, Corporate Finance, Business Structuring, and Portfolio Management. Prior to joining the academia, Dan worked with KPMG Kenya within the Corporate Finance and Transaction Services Division. 

    He is a financial consultant with competence in Financial analysis and modelling; Business Structuring; Business valuation; Derivatives advisory; Mergers and Acquisitions expert; Capital Structure and Dividend Policy Advisory; Financial due diligence; Transaction advisory and deal structuring; Real Estate Finance and Investments; Public Private Partnership Advisory; Financial Management; Reporting for Complex Accounting Transactions including business combinations; IFRS reporting; IFRS Training; Financial Management Training; Corporate Finance Training; Modeling in Excel, Audit Training; CFA Trainer/Resource person.

    He has a Ph.D. in Finance and holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Accounting Option) First Class Honors, an MBA from University of Nairobi. Dr. Dan Chirchir is a CFA charter holder and CPA (K). He is a regular member of CFA Institute, CFA South Africa, CFA East Africa, and Practicing Member registered with the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) and Institute of Certified Investments and Financial Analysts (ICIFA). He has also been trained in Modeling, Mergers & Acquisition in South Africa, Advanced Financial Modelling facilitated by KPMG Singapore and a host of trainings in audit and IFRS reporting at KPMG.

    Membership Bodies
    1. Regular Member CFA Institute, USA 
    2. Regular Member CFA South Africa
    3. Regular Member CFA East Africa
    4. Member Practicing Institute of Institute of Certified Public Accountant of Kenya
    5. Member Practicing Institute of Certified Investment and Financial Analysts
    Research Interest Areas

    Portfolio Management, Derivatives, Real Estate, Financial Analysis & Modeling, Risk Modeling

    dchirchir@uonbi.ac.ke

    dchirchir@uonbi.ac.ke

    Faculty
    Business and Management Science
    Dept
    Finance and Accounting