Mr. Alphan Njeru retired from full-time employment with PricewaterhouseCoopers {PwC} Limited on 30 June 2015, having worked there since graduating from the University. For 36 years, he worked in several divisions within PwC, starting in the Audit and Assurance Division, then moving to Support services, and his last division being the Consulting/Advisory business. He has over the years held senior positions in the firm, among these being Partner heading the PwC Support Services, Company Secretary, and Business Leader for Advisory.

While still in employment, Alphan was active in the development and social activities of his community as Chairman of Mayori Secondary School, a public School in Embu for the last 10 years, and the Vice-Chair of the University Council of the Embu University College, a constituent college of the University of Nairobi.

Currently, Mr. Alphan sits on a number of Boards of several organizations in both the public and private sectors. Some of these companies include; Amatra (Pty) a company based in South Africa involved in the wine business, Alpha Gas Applications [East Africa] limited, a company involved in the specialized cutting gases business in Kenya, Sidai Kenya limited, a company which trades in agri-business and veterinary products with special focus on pastoralists communities in Kenya. He is also the Chairman of the Board of directors of Resolution Insurance Kenya Limited.

Ms. Jacqueline Muka holds a Master of Science degree in Management from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting major) degree from the University of Nairobi. She is a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (CPAK) and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK). She is also a member of the Institute of Directors (Kenya).

Jacqueline is an independent consultant, working primarily in institutional management, financial management and governance. She previously served as Financial Controller and thereafter as Finance Director at The Nairobi Hospital. Prior to that she was the CEO at the Institute of Directors (Kenya). Before that, Ms. Muka was at the Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS) where, over a span of 17 years, she held various positions and built extensive leadership experience. At CAFS she rose from Budget Controller, to Finance Officer, Senior Finance Officer and Head of Finance and Administration, Deputy Director and finally to the position of (Executive) Director where she oversaw strategic planning and general management of the Centre. Jacqueline started out her professional career as an auditor with Deloitte.

Ms. Muka currently sits on the Board of the Institute of Directors (Kenya) as well as the Board of African Corporate Governance Network.

Mr. Orji was educated at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria where he was a J. F. Kennedy Scholar, having emerged national first place winner of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Essay Contest, organized by the US Government. He graduated with BSc Hons. and was awarded the Sir James Robertson Prize and Medal for Outstanding Performance in Economics. He also obtained MSc Accounting and Finance from London School of Economics and attended Harvard Business School (Program for Management Development).

Mr. Orji has over 33 years’ experience, primarily in banking and finance, human capital development, consulting and advisory services. He began his banking career at International Merchant Bank Limited, Nigeria (the affiliate of First National Bank of Chicago). He then moved to Diamond Bank Limited where he was General Manager and Head of Divisions responsible for Corporate Banking, Commercial and Consumer Banking, Treasury, Investment Banking, Energy Unit, Project Finance, Public Sector, Private Banking, Strategic Planning, Financial Control, Risk Management, and Systems/Technology. He contributed to major innovations in the Nigerian banking industry and was involved in national policy development as a pioneer member of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group and the Technical Committee of Nigeria’s Vision 2010 project.

Mr. Orji is currently Chairman/CEO of Centennial Capital Limited and Director of several companies

Ebele Ogbue is the General Manager, UBA Energy Bank at United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc. His responsibilities are to acquire, deepen and expand the relationship the Bank has with multinational & regional corporates, international and institutional organisations in Africa. He is also responsible for supporting the growth of the wholesale banking business, which includes among other responsibilities, developing and driving the intra and inter-regional trade business of the bank across the various trade corridors in Africa.

He was the Chief Executive Officer at UBA Capital (Europe) Limited, UBA Liberia Ltd for two years and UBA in Sierra Leone. He was also a senior member of the team that set up UBA (formerly Standard Trust Bank) in Ghana in 2004, where he was the Chief Credit Officer for three years from 2004 to 2007.

Ebele has worked for other international banks, such as Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank in Nigeria and Ghana, and has a wealth of experience working in the financial services industry in West Africa. He practiced as an Auditor with Price Waterhouse before starting his banking career. He holds a first degree in Accounting from the University of Lagos, and an MBA from the CASS Business School.

Mrs. Susan Omanga holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management with a Minor in Advertising from Rocky Mountain College in Billings Montana, USA. She is a member of the International Advertising Association (IAA), the Marketing Society of Kenya (MSK), and the Public Relations Society of Kenya (PRSK).

Susan is the CEO and founder of Exclamation Marketing Limited. She has previously served as the Head of Marketing in East Africa at Standard Chartered Bank and Barclays Bank. She also held previous senior marketing positions at Colgate Palmolive E.A Limited, and Boots (K). Her board experience includes serving as a non-executive Director in the Group Board of KCB where she was also Chairperson of KCB Foundation for 4 years, Director S & L Mortgages for 2 years and Director KCB Uganda for 4 years. Ms. Omanga holds various Board positions in a number of organizations such as UAP- Old Mutual Group, Longhorn Publishers, Kenya Tea Packers Limited (KETEPA), Pink Progress and Acumen Fund.

Moses Obonyo holds a Master of Laws (LLM) from Strathmore University, an Executive MBA from United States International University/Columbia University, a Post Graduate Diploma from the Kenya School of Law, and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Nairobi. He is a member of the Institute of Certified Secretaries.

He is currently the Managing Partner of Buyuka Obonyo Advocates. He serves as Chairman of Old Mutual Life Assurance Company Limited, an Independent Director in the UAP Old Mutual Group in East Africa, Ghana Reinsurance (Kenya) Limited, and UAP Insurance Tanzania Limited. He is the immediate Chairman of the Tax Appeals Tribunal, Coast Provincial General Hospital, and served as Director of the Insurance Regulatory Authority of Kenya (IRA) among others.

Moses is passionate about governance. His value offer is sharing knowledge on governance, risk strategies, international finance law, and regulation.

George Otieno holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Lagos and is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute, London.

He currently serves on several boards as a Non-Executive Director among them Capex Life Assurance Kenya, WAICA Re Kenya, and CITI TRUST Holdings in Nigeria. He served as CEO of the African Trade Insurance Agency from 2010 to 2019. Between 1988 and 2010 he held various positions with Africa Re such as Regional Director West Africa, Director of Operations both in Lagos, Regional Director East & Southern Africa in Nairobi, and Reinsurance Manager at Pan Africa Insurance from 1981 to 1984. He is currently the Chairman of Afrisure Risk Limited a risk management consultancy firm.

George is passionate about the insurance sector particularly on trade, investment, and political risks.