Rose Adem is a Funds management and Finance operations specialist. She is Certified Public Accountant and currently pursuing PHD in finance at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. Rose holds an MBA in strategic management and an undergraduate degree in Finance and Accounting and has over 15 years’ experience managing finance and administrative portfolios in the development sector. Rose is passionate about institutional strengthening and development and more specifically on the localization agenda of organizations for better implementation of delivery mechanisms and to achieve value for money. Rose serves as the Director Finance and Operations at Lwala Community Alliance since 2018, Previously she was the CFO and led the Finance and Grants portfolio at the International Community of Women Living with HIV global secretariate in Nairobi (ICW- Global). Prior to that She worked as the Finance and Administration Manager at The HJF Medical Research International, Kisumu program.