Board of Directors
Profiles
Dr. Wilfred Kiboro
Dr. Wilfred Kiboro
Dr. Wilfred Kiboro (77) holds a Bachelor of Science (Civil Engineering) from the University of Nairobi. He retired from NMG as the Group Chief Executive Officer on 31st October 2006 after working for the Company for thirteen years. He was appointed a non-executive director in December 2006 and was elected the Chairman of the Board in September 2009. Dr. Kiboro was awarded an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree by Kenyatta University in December 2015. He is a non-executive director and is a member of the Nominations and Governance Committee. Dr. Kiboro is the Chancellor of Riara University and the Chairman of Family Bank Limited and Wilfay Investments Limited, a family owned enterprise. He is also the Chairman of Green Blue Foundation Africa, whose mission is to restore degraded landscapes in Africa through partnerships and community participation to realize the desired goal of greening Africa.
Mr. Stephen Gitagama
Mr. Stephen Gitagama
Mr. Stephen Gitagama (55) holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from the University of Nairobi and is a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya. He is the Group Chief Executive Officer and was appointed to the Board in March 2008. He previously worked as a Finance Director with East African Breweries Limited. Mr. Gitagama is an executive director, and director of the Group’s Subsidiary Companies and a member of the Strategy and Investments, the Nominations and Governance and the Editorial Committees.
Mr. Dennis Aluanga
Mr. Dennis Aluanga
Mr. Dennis Aluanga (54) holds an MBA from the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) and is a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya. He was appointed to the board in March 2009. He is a Partner at Helios Investment Partners, an Africa focused private equity firm. He was previously the Chief Operating Officer at Industrial Promotion Services (East Africa) and has also worked at NMG as the Group Finance Director and the Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Aluanga is a non-executive director and is a member of the Nominations and Governance, Strategy and Investments and the Editorial Committees.
Dr. Yasmin Jetha
Dr. Yasmin Jetha
Dr. Yasmin Jetha (69) holds a Master’s degree in Management Science from Imperial College (London), and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Leicester in 2005, and was made an honorary Fellow of the University of Bedfordshire in 2011. She is currently a non-executive director of NatWest Group Plc and also Guardian Media Group in the United Kingdom. During her executive career, she was the Chief Information Officer at Bupa and prior to that Chief Operating Officer at the Financial Times. Dr. Jetha joined the board in September 2009 as an independent nonexecutive director and is the Chairperson of the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee, and a member of the Strategy and Investments Committee.
Mr. Francis Okomo Okello
Mr. Francis Okomo Okello
Mr. Francis Okomo Okello (72) holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. He is an Albert Parvin Fellow of Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (USA) as well as a Fellow of the Kenya Institute of Bankers (FKIB). He joined the Board in December 1995. Mr. Okello is an Independent non-executive director of Absa Group Limited (formerly Barclays Africa Group Limited), Absa Bank Limited (South Africa) and immediate former Chairman of Absa Bank Kenya PLC (formerly Barclays Bank of Kenya PLC). He is also the Chairman of TPS Eastern Africa PLC (Serena Group of hotels and lodges). He is a member of the Advisory Board of Strathmore Business School, Strathmore University- Nairobi and is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the Aga Khan University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences-East Africa. He is currently an executive director at Industrial Promotion Services (East Africa). Mr. Okello is a non- executive director and is Chairman of the Editorial Committee.