Mr. Peter Nginga Kiguta was appointed as the Board Chairman in May 2018. He holds an MA, Economics Policy (1985), Boston University, Massachusetts, USA and BA, Economics – Upper 2nd Class (1981), University of Nairobi, Kenya.

He was employed by the government of Kenya on 20th November 1981 as Economist I, where due to his good performance, he was promoted through five ranks in a span of 14 years (Economist II; Senior Economist; Principal Economist; Deputy Chief Economist) to the level of Chief Economist in 1995.

He was a Lecturer in Economics, Boston University, Boston – Massachusetts, USA, between January and September 1985, where he taught under graduate students in Macro and Micro economics and problems of African Economic Development.

He has authored various academic papers in economics for presentation in conferences and policy dialoguing, and also contributed papers as input in publications by World Bank. He has also published papers in respected trade journals.

He first joined the East African Community as the Macroeconomist on 28th September 1996. He was appointed on merit as the first Director General (Customs & Trade) of the East African Community on 7th December 2004, where he retired on 31st December 2016 upon reaching mandatory retirement age, having worked as the Director General for 12 years. As a Director General, customs and trade, he had the overall responsibility of ensuring that the EAC Customs union takes off and functions effectively. He led a cross functional, multinational team of customs and trade experts with an annual budget of around US$9 million.

Mr. Mwangi is the Director General of the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), a position he has held since 2012. The Director General KNBS is in charge of designing strategies to enhance data quality across the National Statistical System, and provision of official statistics for evidence-based decision making in the country.

He is also the chair of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC), the apex decision making body for international statistical activities, including; setting statistical standards; concepts and methods; and their implementation at national and international level. He was appointed to serve in this position for a period of two years during the 49^th session of the UNSC meeting held in New York in 2017, after serving as a Vice Chair.

Mr. Zachary Mwangi holds a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Economic Policy Management from Makerere University, Uganda, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Economics, First Class Honors, from the University of Nairobi.

He has professional qualifications and exposure acquired locally and internationally in the following areas: Statistical Development; Macroeconomic analysis and modelling, Regional Integration; Project Management; Public Expenditure Management; Risk Management; among others.

As part of his day-to-day assignment, Mr. Mwangi has spearheaded the implementation of several surveys and censuses. He also coordinates preparation of various publications, including: annual Economic Survey reports: annual Statistical Abstract reports: quarterly Gross Domestic Product and Balance of Payments reports; and other socio-economic reports.

Katherine Chiteri Muoki is a long serving career Civil Servant who has risen through the ranks to the position of Director of Economic Planning responsible for Infrastructure, Science, Technology and Innovations. She has also held the position of Director of Gender for an intermittent period. She holds a Bachelor of Education Degree (Economic & Business Studies), 1^st Class Honours from Kenyatta University and a Masters of Arts (Economics) Degree from the University of Nairobi.

Mrs. Muoki has technical expertise in a number of areas that include; Economic Policy Formulation, Development Planning and Analysis; Strategic Planning; Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation and Impact Analysis; Speech Writing; Participatory Poverty Assessment; Qualitative and Quantitative Statistics Analysis; Human Development Analysis; Research Techniques; Public Finance Management including Budgeting; and Capacity Building.

Among the key activities that she has initiated and/ or coordinated and provided leadership include the drafting of the Poverty Reduction Paper, the Economic Recovery Paper for Wealth Creation, the Vision 2030 and the three Medium Term Plans for the implementation of the Vision 2030. Further she was a member of the think tank that initiated the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) Budgeting Framework. She has co-convened various MTEF budget Sector Working Groups for several years. Further she has initiated development of other key policy documents such as the National Gender Policy, the Status of Women Report, and Kenya National Human Development Reports among others. She has also provided leadership in Participatory Poverty Analysis Studies.

Over the years, Mrs. Muoki has served on several boards. These include, the pioneer boards of the National Commission for Gender and Development; Women Enterprise Fund Advisory Board; Uwezo Fund Oversight Board; Anti-Female Genital Mutilation Board and Affirmative Action Social Development Fund Board. She has also sat on the National Commission for Science and Technology and the Lake Basin Development Authority Board.

Mrs. Muoki is the recipient of two (2) State Awards; Head of State Commendation (HSC) in 2013 and Order of the Grand Warrior (OGW) in 2016

Alternate to the Principal Secretary, National Treasury, Mr. Muriu is a Chief Economist and Head of the Central Planning and Project Monitoring Unit of the National Treasury. He is a Career Civil Servant with over 20 years’ experience having risen through the ranks to the current position.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Nairobi and Masters Degree in International Development Studies from the Graduate Institute of Policy Studies in Tokyo, Japan. He has also attended numerous short training courses both locally and abroad. Over the years, Mr. Muriu has worked in many Ministries and served in numerous Committees and Taskforces of the Government of Kenya.

Dr. Josephine Kibaru-Mbae is the Director General of National Council for Population and Development. Prior to joining NCPD in February 2014, Dr. Kibaru-Mbae had been the Director General at the East, Central & Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC; Former Commonwealth Regional Health Secretariat) since 2010.  ECSA-HC is an Intergovernmental Organization whose aim is to foster regional cooperation and collaboration in health. It comprises of 10 active members; Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Dr. Kibaru-Mbae is a Medical Doctor, specialized in Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Public Health. She has about 30 years’ experience in the public health sector, with about 20 of these years in Leadership and Management positions at different levels of the health sector in the Republic of Kenya. She started at the District level and rose through the ranks to the level of Senior Deputy Director of Medical Services in charge of Family Health Services, Ministry of Health; Kenya. Dr. Kibaru-Mbae has represented the government in various national and international fora such as the WHA, ICPD etc. During her tenure at the Division of Reproductive Health, in collaboration with other stakeholders, she successfully lobbied for the first ever budget-line for Family Planning in Kenya in 2005.

Dr. Kibaru-Mbae has excellent networking experience working with policy makers and programme experts such as Ministers, Ambassadors, Principal Secretaries, Directors, population and health professionals, representatives of collaborating partners and donors and the media.

Kenneth N. Mburu is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, having been admitted to the Bar 19 years ago, and a Certified Public Secretary. He holds Degrees in Commerce and Law respectively, and a Post-graduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law. He graduated from the University of Nairobi in 2005 with a Master of Laws Degree in the thematic specialisation of Finance and Financial Services Law.

Mr. Mburu has served as Dean of the Faculty of Law at the School of Professional Studies ,and as Associate Dean of Law at Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). He has presented papers on Professional Ethics to his peers at the Law Society of Kenya’s Continuous Legal Education seminars. He currently lecturers and supervises research students at the said CUEA, his passion being in the subjects of Law and Development, Land Law, Commercial Law, Equity and Professional Ethics. Mr. Mburu brings a wealth of knowledge in Law and Corporate Governance to the Board of the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.

Dr. Mary K. Lonyangapuo is a holder of Bachelor of Arts in Education from Kenyatta University, a Masters Degree in Linguistics from Leeds University, UK and a PHD in Linguistics from Egerton University. She has over 15 years university teaching experience in the area of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics and has vast knowledge in humanities and social sciences

Her key research areas are in: Syntax, Sociolinguistics and Applied communication and has carried out various researches in linguistics and communicative aspects of language, has written a number of research papers in refereed journals and is a  Research Assistant with CASA.

She is a member of the Editorial Board, Jarida la Mwanga wa Lugha, an academic journal at Moi University.

She has served as the Head of Department, Linguistics and Foreign Languages, Moi University; Dean, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Moi University and served as a Council Member, Kenyatta University.

She sits on various School Boards and is currently a Senior lecturer, Department of Linguistics and Foreign Languages, Moi University, where she is also the Patron of I Choose Peace Consortium

Richard has considerable experience in the field of Biotechnology, and brings to the Board extensive expertise in research and biostatics. His active research focuses on using modern biotechnologies including genetic engineering to improve local staple food crops such as maize, sweetpotato, cassava and sorghum against diseases, drought, aflatoxin, and Striga. He holds a patent on a stress-inducible promoter with the World Intellectual Property Organization and Chairs the Kenya University Biotechnology Consortium; a professional body that brings together experts in Biotechnology from public and private universities to promote safe use and application of modern biotechnology in Kenya. In 2017, Richard was among the 52 African Scientists celebrated by the South African Department of Science and Technology for their outstanding contributions in advancing research in the continent.

Richard has won several research grants, supervised several graduate students and published widely in the discipline. Currently he serves as a Senior Lecturer and Head of Plant Transformation Laboratory in the department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology at Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. Richard holds a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology from University of Cape Town, an MSc (Biotechnology) and BSc (Biochemistry) both from Kenyatta University, Kenya. In addition, Richard has a postdoctoral training, in drug discovery from Pfizer, UK.

He also holds an Executive Master’s of Science in Management and Organizational Development from United States International University, Africa; a Graduate Diploma in Forensic Sciences from Blackford Institute, UK and a Certificate in Science communication from University of Cape Town. He is currently an Honorary Visiting Fellow of the University of Leicester.

Dr. Caxton Munyoki holds a PhD in Business Administration, a Master’s in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Commerce in Business Administration, all from the University of Nairobi.

Dr. Munyoki has 20 years’ experience in the private sector and seven years’ experience in the Public sector. He has been a Chief Executive Officer in Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, Allan Holdings, Kenital Solar, Kenya Bunduki, and Tracker Group of Companies. He also served as a Deputy Chief Executive Officer in TARDA and Kenya Broadcasting Corporation. Dr Munyoki has worked with Bata Shoe company limited as a Marketing Manager.

He has several publications under his name, among them; ‘The Role of Competitive Strategies on Performance of Kenya State Corporations” – by Dr. Caxton Munyoki (International Journal for Innovation Education and Research – IJIER) November 2015’ and “The Joint Influence of Organizational Autonomy, Positioning and Competitive Strategies on Performance of Kenyan State Corporations” – by Dr. Caxton Munyoki (International Journal of Humanities and Social Science) Vol. 5, No. 10(1); October 2015.

He is a member of the Marketing Society of Kenya.