Dr. James Njuguna Mwangi is a Kenyan accountant, career banker, businessman and entrepreneur.
He is the current Group managing director and Group chief executive officer of Equity Group Holdings Limited, the banking conglomerate with the largest customer base on the African continent.
As of October 2014, James Mwangi was estimated to have a net worth of an upwards of Ksh17 billion.
Dr. Chris Kirubi is a leading Kenyan entrepreneur with investments in the Media, Manufacturing, Property Management, Insurance and Investment Sectors of our economy.
He is an alumnus of INSEAD Institute in France, Handles University in Sweden and Harvard Business School, USA.
In acknowledgment of his contributions to the field of entrepreneurship, he was conferred with an Honorary Philosophical Doctorate in Entrepreneurship by the SMA University, Switzerland.
Sylvia Mulinge is the Chief Customer Officer for Safaricom Plc
During her tenure, the company has introduced numerous projects to support underserved members of society including the MPesa Foundation, Safaricom Foundation, Ghetto Classics and Blaze Be Your Own Boss project for the youth.
In June 2019, Mulinge was inducted as the fourth member of the UN women initiative, Unstereotype Alliance, chaired by Phumzile Mlambo – Ngcuka, the UN Women Executive Director.
Tabitha Karanja is the CEO of Keroche Breweries the first large brewery in Kenya owned by a non-multinational company.
She is among the few women who are trailblazing their way in high positions in largely men-oriented industries like the liquor industry.
In 2016, she was recognised for her fighting spirit and entrepreneurial mind and awarded the Entrepreneurial Excellence in Africa Award in the Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize in Accra, Ghana.
Vimal Shah is the founder and former CEO of Bidco that manufactures edible oils. He founded the company alongside his father and brother in 1985.
In 2019, the company expanded into the food and beverage category as a move that positions the company to become the leading manufacturer of consumer goods in East Africa.
It boasts of a portfolio of over 40 brands with over 25,000 employees.
Bharat is the founding shareholder of the WPP-Scangroup and current CEO of the WPP-Scangroup PLC.
He has working experience in advertising and communications spanning over thirty six years.
He holds a Diploma in Advertising and Marketing from the Communications and Marketing Foundation – UK.
He is a former chairman of the Advertising Practitioners Association (APA) and is a member of the Advertising Standards Board.
David Ndii is Managing Director of Africa Economics. He rose to the national limelight after he caused a stir by posting a controversial document titled “petition for self- determination,” credited to be behind the secession calls.
David Ndii co-founded the Institute of Economic Affairs, Kenya’s first independent policy think tank. He advised the NARC administration on the Economic Recovery Strategy (ERS) credited with the post-2003 recovery of the Kenyan economy.
Edward Ouko was the Auditor-General of the Republic of Kenya who was appointed on August 27, 2011. He was also an auditor-general at the African Development Bank (AfDB).
Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) chairperson, Jane Kiringai, was elected chairperson of the forum of Chairpersons of Constitutional Commissions and Independent Offices at the seventh annual congress held in Meru from the 10th to 12th of October, 2018.
She started her career journey as an economist at the National Treasury in the early 90s. Kiringai also served as a senior economist at the World Bank Kenya.
Mukhisa Kitui, of Kenya, became UNCTAD's seventh Secretary-General on 1 September 2013. After serving an initial four-year term, he was reappointed by the General Assembly in July 2017 for an additional term that began on 1 September that year.
He was elected to the Kenyan Parliament in 1992, and was twice re-elected.
From 2008 to 2012, Dr. Kituyi was a member of a team of experts advising the presidents of the nations of the East African Community on how to establish more effective regional economic links.