KEPSA - Key Persons


Amb. Dennis Awori

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Aphlyne Agina

Job Titles:
  • Head of Operations
  • Operations Manager
Operations Manager at KEPSA. Holds an MBA in Human Resource Management and Strategic Management from Daystar University. She is a member of IHRM and ABE. Close

Arun Devani

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Bill Lay

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Carole Kariuki - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Secretary
  • CEO, Kenya Private Sector Alliance ( KEPSA )
Carole Kariuki holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Sociology from the University of Nairobi and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA. She has also pursued several professional courses on Stakeholder Management, Leadership and Private Sector Development among others. Carole before joining KEPSA did work briefly for Barclays Bank of Kenya, Nairobi Chapel and Sagamore Institute for Public Policy Research, Indianapolis - Indiana, where she acted as a liaison between Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) and the Institute before formally joining KEPSA. She worked for several years at KEPSA before being appointed KEPSA CEO. Ms. Kariuki is credited for transforming KEPSA from a little-known Business Organisation to one of the most influential Organisations in Kenya and Globally. KEPSA is the Apex body of the private sector in Kenya, galvanizing the private sector through public-private dialogue and influencing the economic and development agenda.

Dr. Bimal Kantaria

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Agriculture Sector Network ( ASNET ) .
  • Food Security & Climate Change / Director
• Managing Director at Elgon Kenya Limited, one of the largest companies in East Africa employing over 600 people. The company can trace back its origins since 1898. The company currently has partners in Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia and Zambia and is the largest agriculture inputs company in East Africa.

Dr. David Langat

Job Titles:
  • Local Investment Director

Dr. Kanyenje Gakombe

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Kenya Healthcare Federation

Dr. Manu Chandaria

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Dr. Vimal Shah

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
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Ebenezer Amadi

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager, Sustainable Inclusive Business

Felicity Biriri

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Gloria Ndekei

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chairperson

Harrison Ng

Job Titles:
  • Harrison Ngatia Head of Projects

Harrison Ngatia

Job Titles:
  • Harrison Ngatia Head of Projects
  • Head of SME Development
Harrison Ngatia Head of Projects Harrison Ng'atia holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree accounting option from the Catholic University of East Africa (CUEA), a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (CPAK) and Certified Information System Auditor (CISA). He is a member of Institute of Certified Accountant (ICPAK) and possess over twelve (12) years of experience as an Auditor (both internal and external) with specialty in internal controls development and risk management. Currently, the Internal Auditor at Kenya Private Sector Alliance. His major focus is to create and add value to an organization through monitoring value for money; effective, efficient and economic use of resources by ensuring continuous improvement of business processes.

Hilda Muchunku

Job Titles:
  • Finance Manager
Hilda is a Finance & Accounting professional with over 15 years' progressive corporate experience in four different sectors with profit and non- profit organizations and the public sector. She is a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya CPA (K) and a member of ICPAK since 2009. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a Masters degree in Business Administration focusing on Finance. Before joining KEPSA, she worked with various organizations including USIU, Deacons East Africa PLC and Water for People- an international NGO. She has vast experience working across cultures and countries among them Rwanda, Uganda, Malawi, USA and India and appreciates the dynamics of working with multi-culturally diverse teams. She is a seasoned professional, who is passionate about organizational resource planning, financial reporting and management at a strategic level. Close

James N. Mwangi

Job Titles:
  • Energy & Professional Services

Joe B. Wanjui

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Lucy Karume

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Mr. Jaswinder (Jas) Bedi - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • FOUNDATION TRUSTEE

Mr. John Gachora

Job Titles:
  • Group Managing Director for NCBA Group PLC
  • Macroeconomic Environment & Finance Services Director

Mr. Ken Luusa

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of KPDA
  • Lands & Infrastructure / Director

Mr. Macharia Muthondu

Job Titles:
  • 2nd National Vice President of the Federation of Kenya Employers
  • Labour & Tourism / Director

Mr. Orlando Lyomu

Job Titles:
  • Communication & Public Relations Director
  • Group CEO, Standard Group PLC

Mr. Rajan Shah

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Kenya Association of Manufacturers

Mr. Richard Harney

Job Titles:
  • Investments & Legal Director
  • Senior Partner of Bowmans Kenya
• Co-founded the Nairobi office as Coulson Harney LLP in 2008 and served as managing partner of the firm until 2021.

Ms Flora Mutahi

Job Titles:
  • Immediate past Chair
  • Founder and CEO, Melvins Tea

Ms. Brenda Mbathi

Job Titles:
  • President of American Chamber of Commerce ( AMCHAM ) Kenya

Ms. Maren Diale-Schellschmidt - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer

Ms. Mary Ngechu

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director of Line Plast Group of Companies

Ms. Mutheu Kasanga

Job Titles:
  • Director

Pascalina Kagunda

Job Titles:
  • Head of Membership, Marketing and Communication

Patrick Obath - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Sam Mwale

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Timothy Odongo

Job Titles:
  • Investments Manager
Timothy Odongo holds an MBA in marketing strategy, a professional chattered marketing postgraduate diploma (CIM - London) and an advanced diploma in business administration (ABE - London). Close

Victor Ogalo

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Chief Executive Officer - Competitiveness and Operations
  • Economist
Victor Ogalo is an Economist and Policy Entrepreneur with over 15 years of professional work experience, currently serving as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, in charge of Competitiveness and Operations at KEPSA. Prior to that, Ogalo was Head of Policy Research Analysis & Public-Private Dialogues at the KEPSA from 2017 to 2021. In these roles, he has led thought leadership development on public policy, legislative and regulatory issues affecting businesses in Kenya and within East Africa. He was instrumental in the planning and organization of Presidential Roundtable, Speaker's Roundtable, Ministerial Stakeholder Forums and the EAC Regional Forums targeting reforms to improve the local and regional business environment, competitiveness, and national development agenda. Ogalo began his career in the Ministry of Planning and National Development before joining CUTS International as Trade and Development Officer and Regional Coordinator for the EAC-EU Economic Partnership Agreements between 2006 and 2012. Ogalo has been privileged to serve and undertake assignments with institutions such as the African Union, COMESA, Commonwealth Secretariat (ComSec), DFID, EAC, European Commission, EU, DFID, DANIDA, FAO, GIZ, TMEA, UNDP, UNECA, World Bank, WTO. He has served in the National Investment Policy Taskforce that developed Kenya's National Investment Policy between 2015 2017. Currently, he is a member of the e-Government Procurement Steering Committee, Inter-Agency Committee on Contribution of Research, Science, Technology and Innovation to National Development and the Kenya Industry and Entrepreneurship Project (KIEP) Steering Committee.