Dr. Laila Macharia

• Dr. Laila is the Founder and CEO of Scion Real Estate Limited, a property investment company based in Nairobi that provides financing for builders in Africa’s rapidly growing cities through its Africa Metro Property Facility.
• She is also the Vice Chairman, Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) and a member of Capital Markets Tribunal. 

Experience

• Dr. Laila has vast experience managing US$ portfolios and transactions in the USA and East Africa.  While at the New York office of Clifford Chance, a leading global law firm, she coordinated a US$9 billion multi-currency bond program.
• Prior to that, she headed the Africa Initiative at the Global Fund for Women in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• She has previously served as the Chairman, Kenya Property Developers Association