It is said that leadership is a skill and Tom Gitogo, the Group Managing Director and the CEO of Britam Holdings Plc, has it in abundance.
Gitogo sits at the helm of a modern financial services company with operations in 7 African countries including Uganda, South Sudan, Mozambique, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Malawi.
He is an accomplished professional with skills ranging from General Management, Finance Operations and Talent Management, as well as Commercial and Business Strategy.
Anthony Githinji is the founder of Semiconductors Technologies Limited (STL) which is steering Kenya into the technological world.
Located in Nyeri, STL deals in nanotechnology products designed to power modern devices ranging from mobile phones to refrigerators.
Githinji is a visionary and has earned admiration after he partnered with Dedan Kimathi University to train students in STEM with the sole objective of scouting and growing the right workforce for his company.
Jane Karuku is a captain of industry and a business leader with over 20 years of experience in management across diverse sectors.
She is the current Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the East Africa Breweries Limited (EABL), a position she has held since 2021.
While discharging her duties, Dr. Karuku abides by her mantra "Grow people with energy", which she believes will inspire and help them to unleash their potential.
Nzambi Matee is the embodiment of creative and resilient individuals.
The 31-year entrepreneur is a mechanical engineer by profession, environmentalist, and a hardware designer.
Matee, a sustainability enthusiast, has earned admiration for building an enterprise, Gjenge Makers Limited, which turns plastic waste into bricks.
Through her business, she has not only managed to clean the environment but also created jobs as well.
Caleb Karuga is the textbook definition of resilience, epitomising the saying that whatever happens, life has to move on.
The journalist-turned-entrepreneur ventured into agribusiness in 2013 after he unexpectedly lost his TV job.
As a journalist, Karuga was earning less than Ksh100,000 per month but two years after venturing into poultry farming, he was making close to Ksh1 million.
Appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kenya Commercial Bank in 2022, Paul Russo has continued the trajectory of placing KCB as one of the most formidable financial institutions in the East African region.
Under his guidance, KCB has continued to expand its footprint in the East African market, offering innovative financial solutions to its customers.
Russo holds a Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) degree from Moi University and Strathmore University.
Rita Kavashe is the Managing Director of Isuzu East Africa Limited which is one of the largest vehicle assemblers in Eastern and Central Africa, a position she has held since July 2017.
She is widely credited with growing the company’s profits year on year and streamlining the company’s operations ever since she took over the reins.
Despite the current economic harsh climate, the company paid its shareholders a record Ksh1 billion worth of dividends in March.
Peter Ndegwa is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Safaricom, having taken over the position on 1st April 2020. He is the first Kenyan to serve as Safaricom’s CEO.
He has an academic background in accounting, with an MBA from the London Business School and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Nairobi.
Dr James Mwangi is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Equity Bank.
In June, Mwangi was feted the Top CEO of the Year award at the 2022 Think Business Banking Awards for his sterling leadership of the bank over the years.
The bank was also named the Best Bank in Kenya at the June awards.
Dr Gideon Muriuki is the Group Managing Director and the Chief Executive Officer of Co-operative Bank.
He has over 30 years of experience in the banking industry and has served as Co-op MD since 2021.
Under his leadership, the financial institution scooped the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) 2022 Sustainable Finance Catalyst Awards in October.