Kenya

Festus W. King’ori is the Alternate to the Principal Secretary/National Treasury. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Nairobi and is finalizing an MBA from JKUAT. He also holds a post graduate certificate in Investment Appraisal and Management from Harvard University, among others. Festus W. King’ori has also undergone extensive training… read more »

Esther Koimett is a holder of a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Master of Business Administration degree, both from the University of Nairobi. Esther Koimett has held various senior positions in Government and the Parastatal sector, including being the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Tourism. She is currently the Director General Public Investment and Portfolio… read more »

Jason Kap-Kirwok, Kap in short, is the Senior Regional Director and Head of the EAC-TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) Partnership Programme based in Arusha, Tanzania. In this position, he is a member of the senior management team of TMEA. Prior to this appointment, Kap was the Kenya Country Director for TMEA. Kap joined TradeMark East Africa… read more »

Caroline Armstrong’s career has spanned 19 years, two continents and four financial institutions, both multi-national and local. Caroline Armstrong started her career as a management trainee with ABN AMRO Bank and has worked hard to rise through the ranks to become a senior executive in the banking industry. During her career she has had the… read more »

Martin Oduor-Otieno career started out in Accounting and Banking but has over the recent past shifted to Leadership and Governance. He is currently an independent Business Advisor and Accredited Executive Coach, and runs a Consulting Firm, The Leadership Group Limited. Prior to this, he worked with Deloitte East Africa as Partner, Financial Services Industry from… read more »

Carol Musyoka has over 10 years of financial leadership experience working in Kenya and the United States. Her executive management and board experience includes her role as the Corporate Director, Barclays Bank of Kenya as well as the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of K-Rep Bank, Kenya’s first micro finance institution. Carol Musyoka has… read more »

Major Gichangi joined the Kenya Air Force as a pilot in 1975, and rose through the ranks serving in all its flying operations hierarchy command positions. Major Gichangi retired from the military in 2006 as the Chief of Strategic Plans and Policy at the Defence Headquarters, on being appointed the Director General of The National… read more »

Jozef Veenstra, is a Chartered Accountant. After completing his studies in Business Economics at the University of Groningen in 1991 he worked with KPMG as an auditor. He joined KLM in 1996. He has served in various financial positions for KLM in the Netherlands. During the last four years, he was Vice President Finance and… read more »

Professor Paul Mwangi Maringa is the Principal Secretary for the State Department of Transport in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development of the Republic of Kenya. The role of the Ministry is to deliver Kenya’s ambitious plans to have a world class transport and logistics system for the country that will… read more »

Dr Kamau Thugge is the first Principal Secretary, National Treasury. Prior to his appointment as Principal Secretary, he worked as a Senior Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Finance from the year 2010. He has also worked at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in various capacities for over 21 years. Dr Kamau Thugge was the… read more »

Michael Joseph serves as a non-executive Director on the Boards of Vodacom Group South Africa, Vodacom Tanzania, Vodacom Mozambique and Safaricom Limited. Michael is currently employed by Vodafone Group Services Limited as the Director of Mobile Money and is responsible for leading the strategic growth and development of successful M-Pesa proposition across the Vodafone footprint…. read more »

Vincent Coste International senior executive with extensive experience in delivering profitable growth and improving performance in the Aviation Industry. Vincent Coste  has worked across 7 countries in different continents. I have effectively led large teams of people in both commercial and general management positions in large multinational groups (Air France-KLM, Qatar Airways and now Kenya… read more »

Jan de Vegt became the airline’s Chief Operating Officer on 1st August 2016. Jan joined Kenya Airways from Cobalt Ground Solutions in the UK where he was the Managing Director. Jan de Vegthas been at Senior Managerial level for the last 22 years. Janstarted with KLM in 1978 in accounting, from there he moved to… read more »

Sebastian Mikosz, is a manager, with over 20 years of professional experience in executive management both in the private and public sector. Sebastian Mikosz also held various non-executive roles as Supervisory Board member in Kenya. For the last 15 months Sebastian was the CEO of eSky.pl, the leading Central European Online Travel Agent, specialized in… read more »

Ms. Ashwini Bhandari was appointed to the Board on September 12th, 2017. Ashwini is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. She is ranked as a leading lawyer by IFLR1000 and Legal 500. She is a partner at the Corporate & Commercial Department… read more »