Dr. James Mworia

Group Chief Executive Officer - Centum PLC

Dr. Mworia is a representative of Centum Investment Company Plc on the Board of Two Rivers Development Limited. He is the Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Centum Investment Company Plc, a position he has held since October 2008. Dr. Mworia serves on several boards, including Sidian Bank Limited and Almasi Beverages Limited, where he serves as Chairman, Nairobi Bottlers Limited, Isuzu East Africa Limited, and Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. He also serves as a Director of Centum Exotics Limited, Investpool Holdings Limited, Centum Development Company Limited, and Two Rivers Lifestyle Centre Limited. In 2016, he was appointed Chancellor of Machakos University.

Dr. Mworia holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Nairobi and a Doctorate in Business (Honoris Causa) from Machakos University. He is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, a CFA Charterholder, a Chartered Global Management Accountant, a Fellow of the Kenyan Institute of Management, and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK).

Mr. James Ruitha

Chairman

Mr. James Ruitha was appointed Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board in February 2020. He is the Managing Director of Advent Valuers Limited, Kenya’s leading real estate service company. He is also a non-executive director at Vipingo Development Limited.

Mr. Ruitha has served as the Managing Director of the National Housing Corporation, the parastatal mandated to build decent, affordable houses in Kenya. He has also served in various managerial capacities, such as Chief Operating Officer of PDM Valuers and Surveyors and Director in charge of Valuation and Consultancy Services at NW Realite Limited.

Mr. Ruitha holds a Bachelor of Arts in Land Economics from the University of Nairobi. He is a registered and licensed valuer and estate agent and a member of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya.

Mr. Kenneth Mbae

Managing Director

Mr. Mbae was appointed Managing Director of Vipingo Development Ltd. in August 2017 and is responsible for the establishment of the region’s new economic hub at Vipingo.

Kenneth joined Centum in 2010 as an intern in the real estate team and has grown to his current position though delivery of various projects including leading the setup of Pearl Marina (UG), establishing the estate and mall management business within Two Rivers Development, setting up Vipingo Development from value creations all the way to breaking ground. He also served as the Acting Deputy Managing Director of Athena Properties.

Kenneth has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from Kenyatta University and is a Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni having completed the Advanced Management Development Program. He is also a member of the Project Management Institute and Institute of Directors (Kenya).

Mr. Andrew Musangi

Non-Executive Director

Mukite is a seasoned legal practitioner focused mainly on corporate and commercial law. His practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, debt recovery and restructuring, securities, insurance litigation, employment and labour law, commercial arbitration, intellectual property (with emphasis on anti-counterfeit matters), public procurement, public-private partnerships, conveyancing, and company law.

Mukite has extensive corporate experience, having served as a strategic adviser to several corporate clients, both local and multinational. He is the chairman of the board of directors at GenAfrica Asset Managers (formerly a Centum Group company), which has assets under management of more than USD 3 billion. He also serves as the chairman of the Public Procurement Regulatory Board. He has extensive experience in property and land matters and has represented various high-profile clients with extensive land holdings in the region.

Andrew Mukite Musangi obtained his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the University of Hull (UK) in 1993 and was admitted to the bar in Kenya in 1995.

Dr. Laila Macharia

Non-Executive Director

Dr. Macharia was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Centum in October 2013 and currently serves as the Chairperson of the Nomination and Governance Committee, in addition to being a member of the Risk and Investment Committees. Dr. Macharia is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor backing upcoming entrepreneurs in media, education, data analytics, and financial technology.

She is also a Non-Executive Director at Absa Bank. Prior to this, she worked as Chief Executive Officer of Scion Real, a consultancy firm in project finance, and at Kaplan & Stratton, a top-tier Kenyan law firm, on transactions in Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda. She also served as a Senior Regional Advisor at USAID East Africa and worked at the helm of the Africa Initiative at the Global Fund for Women in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Dr. Macharia holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Planning & Public Policy from the University of Oregon, a JD and LL.M from Cornell University, and a doctorate from Stanford University, all in the United States.

Norah Buyaki Ratemo

Non-Executive Director

Ms. Ratemo is the representative for Kenya Development Corporation Limited (KDC) in the Board of Centum Investment Company Plc. effective January 2023.

Ms. Ratemo serves as the Ag. Director General of Kenya Development Corporation (KDC) and a Board Member with over 13 years’ experience in Credit Risk Management. She previously worked at Eco Bank Kenya as a Credit Analyst, and before then, she was engaged as Assistant Manager in Securities and Documentation with Sidian Bank. She also serves on the board of Kenya Wines Agencies.

Ms. Ratemo holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and a Bachelor of Commerce degree (Accounting option). She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA-K), a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) and Association of Women Accountants in Kenya.

Dr. Moses Ikiara

Non-Executive Director

Dr. Moses Ikiara is the current Managing Director of Kenya Investment Authority (KenInvest), and he also serves as a Non-Executive Director of Centum Investment Company Plc. He is the immediate former Executive Director of Kenya Institute of Policy Research (KIPRA).

He holds a PhD in Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, a master’s degree in Economics and a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture.

Mr. Frank Ireri

Non-Executive Director

Mr. Frank Ireri, EBS, is the current immediate former Managing Director of HF Group (formerly Housing Finance Company of Kenya). He served as Group Managing Director, and Executive Director of Housing Finance Ltd. from July 2006 to December 2018.

Mr. Ireri holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Nairobi, and a CPA certification. After graduating in 1985 from the University of Nairobi with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, he joined Deloitte and trained as an Auditor for 2 years. He then moved to Arthur Andersen, where he worked for 3 years. From Arthur Andersen, Mr. Frank Ireri moved on to Citi Bank where he stayed for 10 years working in operations and IT.

Mr. Ireri then joined and left the Commercial Bank of Africa as a General Manager in 1999. Between 2001 and 2002, he was Chairman of the Kenya Institute of Bankers. In 2002, he left Commercial Bank of Africa and joined Barclays Kenya. There, he remained for 4 years and served in various capacities, first as an IT Director, then as Regional Service Delivery Director and finally Africa Operations Director covering Kenya, Botswana, Zambia, Mauritius, Seychelles and Egypt. In 2006, he left Barclays for Housing Finance.

Currently, Mr. Frank Ireri also serves as a member of various boards including iBuild Global Inc, Flame Tree Group and Habitat for Humanity.