Board of Directors
Justice (Rtd.)Erastus Githinji, EBS, CBS
Chairperson of the Board
Justice (Rtd.)Erastus Githinji, EBS, CBS
Chairperson of the Board
- Justice (Rtd.) Erastus Githinji, EBS, CBS was born in December 1949.
-Holds Bachelor of Laws (LLB Hons) from the university of Nairobi and a Diploma from Kenya school of Law.
- Is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
- Has over 40 years' experience in the application and interpretation of the law.
- Has served as a Magistrate in various ranks for over 10 years during which he was head of five magistrates' stations.
- Has served as a Puisne Judge of the High Court for over 15 years and as a Judge in the Court of Appeal for over 16 years. In the court of Appeal, he has served as Acting President of the Court, Head of the Civil Division and Presiding Judge Court of Appeal Mombasa (Malindi), Kisumu and Eldoret.
- Has been a member and later Chairperson of Judicial Code of Conduct and Ethics which developed the current code for the entire Judiciary; longstanding member of the Council of Legal Education and a Board Member of Judiciary Training Institute (now Academy.)
- Has attended various local and international courses for professional development and obtained certificates in Competition law for adjudicators, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR); Refugee law; Environmental law; Human Rights and Global Economy and others.
- He is a recipient of two National Honours:
1. Elder of the Order of Burning Spear (EBS) in 2012.
2. Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear (CBS) in 2019
Ms. Josephine Kanyi
Alternate to the CS, National Treasury
Ms. Josephine Kanyi
Alternate to the CS, National Treasury
Ms. Winnie Nyambok
Member, Board of Directors
Ms. Winnie Nyambok
Member, Board of Directors
Mr. Abubakar Hassan Abubakar
Principal Secretary, State Department for Investment Promotion
Mr. Abubakar Hassan Abubakar
Principal Secretary, State Department for Investment Promotion
Ms. Njeri Wachira, MBS
Alternate to Solicitor General
Ms. Njeri Wachira, MBS
Alternate to Solicitor General
She is a seasoned Advocate with extensive experience working in the field of Public International Law. She possesses experience as a Legal Advisor to the Government in negotiating, drafting, vetting and interpreting local and international treaties and agreements. She is responsible for handling all matters on Mutual Legal Assistance pursuant to the Mutual Legal Assistance Act of 2011 which appoints the Attorney-General as the Central Authority. She is also responsible for the coordination of the legal team, both external counsel and in-house counsel that represent the Republic of Kenya in all International Arbitration or Litigation matters. Njeri has been an Alternate Director to the Solicitor-General on various Boards of Directors including, the Business Registration Service, Capital Markets Authority, Constituencies Development Fund, National Environmental Management Authority, Kenya Ports Authority, Kenya Pipeline Company Ltd, Kenya Railways Corporation, South Nyanza Sugar Company, and the Betting Control and Licensing Board.
Njeri has also served as the Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs at Seven Seas Technologies Group which covered the Group Companies in Kenya, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Portugal.
She has also been assigned by the Commonwealth Secretariat to work for a period of two years as a Legal Expert with the East African Community Secretariat in Arusha, Tanzania where she was tasked with implementing the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community, by drafting Protocols to the Treaty and various legislation; as well as approximation of Partner States Municipal Laws relating to finance, investment, as well as commercial laws in the EAC context.
As part of her CSR, Njeri has served as a Board Member and Founding Director of Tomorrow's Child Initiative, an NGO registered in Kenya whose vision is to have a society where children and women have unfettered access to opportunities, which allow them to live in dignity because their rights are respected and upheld.
Njeri is married and is a mother of two children. She enjoys reading books, travelling and playing golf.
Mr. Kenneth Gathuma, HSC
Director General
Mr. Kenneth Gathuma, HSC
Director General
Mr. Brian Omwenga
Chairperson, Technical and Strategy Committee
Mr. Brian Omwenga
Chairperson, Technical and Strategy Committee
Mr. Faraj Mansur
Member, Board of Directors
Mr. Faraj Mansur
Member, Board of Directors
He is a builder of high-performance teams and a natural leader, mentor, and a motivator who thrives in environments requiring a high-level strategist and a big-picture thinker.
Faraj had an illustrious career in blue-chip tech companies like UUNET, then one of the largest Corporate Internet Service Provider and one of the early Tier 1 networks.
Since 2005 he has co-founded a number of award-winning technology companies under Techbiz Group. The firms are in System Integration, eCommerce (B2B & B2C), Business Technology Solutions & Fintech.