Director-General

Mr. Francis Wang'ombe Kariuki has vast experience in competition enforcement and is the first Director-General of the Competition Authority of Kenya and serving his second term. His main interests are in competition regulation and Economics of institutions' development. He is a distinguished authority in the Competition Enforcement World for his advocacy efforts and other initiatives geared towards modernizing various competition regimes. Mr. Kariuki holds a Master's of Science Degree in Economic Regulation and Competition from City University, London; a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Business Studies from Kenyatta University; and various Certificates in Strategic Leadership and Corporate Governance.

Alternate To The Attorney-General

Ms. Elizabeth Ng'ang'a is a Parliamentary Counsel in the Office of the Attorney-General. She has undergone a range of drafting training and boasts of wide experience in legislative drafting. Over the years, Ms. Ng'ang'a has served on numerous committees and taskforces as a drafting expert, more recently being drafting financial legislation under the National Treasury. She is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Nairobi as well as a postgraduate Advanced Diploma in Legislative and financial Drafting from the University of West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.

Alternate to the Principal Secretary, State Department for Trade.

Joseah Rotich has experience in trade and economic policy spanning over 25 years. In addition, he has long-term experience in spearheading trade negotiations, among them the EAC-EU EPA Negotiations, COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite FTA as lead negotiator for the EAC Partner States, the African Continental Free Trade Area as key Kenyan negotiator, and chair of the Technical Working Group (TWG) on Rules of Origin since commencement of the negotiations.

He has also worked at the Kenya Embassy in Brussels as a Commercial Counsellor for 6 years (2002-2009) covering the EU, Belgium and Luxembourg, African, Caribbean and the Pacific Partner States (ACP) activities, and World Customs Organization (WCO). 

Mr. Rotich holds a Post Graduate Degree from Brussels University (ULB) on International Economic Law, and Diploma in Multilateral Diplomacy/Conferencing from United Nations Institute for Trade and Research (UNITAR), Bachelor of Arts (Economics) Hons, from Moi University, among several other training on trade policy including WTO, and Leadership.

Non-Executive Director

Dr. Abdirizak Nunow holds a PhD in Environmental and Behavioural Sciences from the University of Amsterdam, and a B.A. in Economics and Business studies and an M.Phil in Environmental Planning from Kenyatta University and Moi University respectively. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Moi University's School of Arts and Social Sciences where he teaches natural resources management in the department of geography. Dr. Nunow was a member of the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission (CKRC) that undertook the writing of a new constitution for the country. In addition, Dr. Nunow worked with the Inter-Parliamentary Union of IGAD (IPU-IGAD) Member States based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as the Director for Social and Environmental Affairs. More recently, he was a member of a Working Group appointed by the Budget and Appropriation Committee (BAC) of the National Assembly, to carry out Socio-Economic Audit of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Dr. Nunow has also wide experience in consultancies in social development, humanitarian disaster management, food security, strategic planning and environmental impact assessment and environmental audit, among other areas.

Alternate To The Cabinet Secretary The National Treasury

Mr. Mwenda is the Director-General Budget, Fiscal and Economic Affairs in The National Treasury. He also represents the Principal Secretary of the National Treasury as an Alternate Member in the Commission on Revenue Allocation and Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA). Mr Mwenda has excellent knowledge of public finance and budgeting as well as fiscal decentralisation at national, regional and international levels. Previously, he has made significant contribution in the formulation of finance and procurement related laws such as; the Public Finance Management Act, the Public Procurement & Asset Disposal Act and the Public Audit Act. He has also contributed in the design of Kenya’s current framework for management of intergovernmental fiscal transfers and coordinated the formulation of annual Division of Revenue Bills and County Allocation of Revenue Bills. Mr. Mwenda has served as the Chief Executive and member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Kenya. Also, has previously worked as a consultant for organisations such as the World Bank, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA-Rwanda), State University of New York (SUNY Kenya), Society for International Development (SID), among others. He holds a Master’s degree in Public and Economic Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK as well as a Masters of Business Administration (Finance) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics both from the University of Nairobi (UON).

Non-Executive Director

Ms. Munuve holds a Master’s Degree in Strategic Management, Post Graduate Diploma and a Certificate in Leadership Development from the University of Nairobi, Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) UK, and the University of Witwatersrand South Africa, respectively.

Ms. Munuve is an experienced business executive with over 20 years local and International work experience gained in corporations such as Esso (K) Ltd, ExxonMobil, Kenya Shell Ltd & Vivo Energy.

At these organizations, she has been involved in maximizing business opportunities, improving customer service and contract management, change management, new business development, among others. She has Board experience in various organizations in the Public and the Private sectors.

Non-Executive Director

Dr. Wanyama is a strategy and governance expert with over 20 years’ commercial and consulting experience. Dr. Wanyama has a PHD Finance, MBA Finance, Bachelor of Commerce (Management), Diploma in Co-operative Management, International Diploma in Insurance, Credit Management Diploma and is a CPA (K). He is currently undertaking a Master of Laws degree at the University of East London.

Dr. Wanyama’s areas of expertise are strategy, leadership, governance, finance and accounting. His consultancy experience is across various sectors including banking, investments, agriculture, and insurance.

He has lectured in local universities on portfolio management, management and financial accounting among other subjects. Dr. Wanyama also has experience serving in Boards of various institutions in the Public and Private sector.

Non-Executive Director

Dr. Alome K. Achayo holds a PhD in Strategic Management from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), an MBA in Strategic Management & Marketing from the University of Nairobi and a BSc in Medical Microbiology from the JKUAT.

With a professional background in health sciences and strategy, Dr. Achayo has experience in driving strategy, policy crafting, change management, organizational restricting, marketing, branding, and portfolio development.  

She is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Oasis Health Specialist Hospital. Previously, she has held senior management positions in various institutions in the Public and Private sector, including St. John Ambulance Kenya, E & A Industries and the Agricultural Finance Corporation.