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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. Njeri Wachira, MBS

Alternate to Solicitor General

Ms. Njeri Wachira, MBS

Alternate to Solicitor General

Ms. Njeri Wachira, MBS is currently the Deputy Solicitor General and Head, the International Law Division at the Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice.
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. Alex Muchira

Member, Board of Directors

Mr. Alex Muchira

Member, Board of Directors

Alex is a Partner in the Corporate & Commercial Department at CMS Daly Inamdar Advocates. He also heads the Company Secretarial & Immigration Departments. He is qualified as a Kenyan Advocate and is a practicing Certified Public Secretary. Alex’s experience spans over 10 years. He provides clients with specialist advice on matters relating Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Company Secretarial, Regulatory & Compliance and Immigration Law. He has substantial experience in Commercial, Corporate M&A, Foreign Direct Investments. Alex has been involved in various local and international transactions in the information communications & technology, insurance, consumer products, development funds and microfinance sectors. He also represents the secretarial division as a Certified Public Secretary for various prominent national and multinational companies. Memberships & Roles • Law Society of Kenya • Institute of Certified Public Secretaries (Kenya) • Institute of Directors (Kenya) Education 2009 – Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya 2010 – Kenya Institute of Management, DBA 2011 – University of Nairobi, LLB (Hons) 2012 – Kenya School of Law, Advocates Training Programme 2018 – United States International University (Africa), MBA

Mr. Abubakar Hassan Abubakar

Principal Secretary, State Department for Investment Promotion

Mr. Abubakar Hassan Abubakar

Principal Secretary, State Department for Investment Promotion

Abubakar Hassan is a holder of Masters in Financial Services Law (Project ongoing), Masters of Business Administration (Strategic Management) and Bachelor’s Degree in Law all from the University of Nairobi. He is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Public Secretary, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Investment & Financial Analysts and holds a Certification in the Management of Banking Risks. He is a member of the following professional bodies; Law Society of Kenya (LSK), Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya (ICPSK), and Institute of Certified, Investment and Financial Analysts (ICIFA). From his background in law, finance and investment, he has wide experience in facilitating and mobilization of capital, allocation of the said capital into productive areas of the economy and protection of the investors’ interests. Prior to appointment as Principal Secretary in December 2022, he was the Director Market Operations at Capital Market Authority. He was in charge of market oversight and investors’ confidence. Abubakar is committed to steer upwards investments (both Foreign and Domestic) into the Kenyan economy.

Mr. Faraj Mansur

Member, Board of Directors

Mr. Faraj Mansur

Member, Board of Directors

Mr. Faraj Mansur is a Serial Techpreneur with over 20 years experience in East African Tech Ecosystem.
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.

Mr. Wilfred Nyamu Mati

Member, Board of Directors

Mr. Wilfred Nyamu Mati

Member, Board of Directors

Born on 30th April 1969, Wilfred Nyamu Mati is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya having practiced for over 20 years where he is a senior partner in the firm of Nyamu & Nyamu Company Advocatess LLP.

He has specialized in Commercial, Constitutional, Civil Law and also public interest Litigation. Upon promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 introducing Devolution, Wilfred Nyamu Mati helped develop Jurisprudence in devolution law where he served as part of the legal team identified by the Council of Governors to shape the legal framework on the County Government system. Wilfred Nyamu Mati is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya (ICPSK).

He has served in various boards including the TIVET where he became the pioneer Chaiperson of the Board of Management at Tseikuru Technical Training Institute, in Kitui county for two 3-year term between 2016 to 2022.

In 2008, Wilfred Nyamu Mati served as Counsel to the Commission appointed by H.E President Mwai Kibaki to investigate the controversial sale of the Grant Regency Hotel, chaired by Hon. Chief Justice(retired) Madjid Cockar.

Prior to entering legal practice, Wilfred Nyamu Mati worked in the NGO Sector where he was engaged in advocacy on labour law reforms meant to improve workers conditions in Kenya and to enhance democracy in the labour sector. This paved way to the overhaul of labour regulations in Kenya in the year 2007. He is currently also Chairperson of the Centre for Human Rights Civil Education NGO working in the Lower Eastern counties of Kitui, Makueni, Machakos and Tharaka Nithi.

In 2013, Wilfred Nyamu Mati was appointed member of committee on the development of the rules of procedure for Standards Tribunal representing the Law Society of Kenya and in 2015, he served in the Committee on the drafting of Broadcasting Regulations meant to guide broadcasting carriers.

Wilfred Nyamu Mati is one of the pioneer lawyers engaged in negotiations of Public Private Initiated Projects in Kenya following the enactment of the Public Private Initiative Partnership, Act 2021, with focus on the High Grand Falls Multipurpose Dam, the 3rd largest Dam in Africa to be constructed on the Mutonga and Tana Rivers, envisioned to serve Kitui, Thara Nithi, Garissa and Tana River Counties. In 2004, Wilfred Nyamu Mati co-authored a publication entitled “The Monster called Corruption”, which has been widely used by Civil Society Organizations resource book in Trainings Of Trainers (TOT) on advocacy on the fight against corruption in Kenya.

Mr. Kenneth Gathuma, HSC

Director General

Mr. Kenneth Gathuma, HSC

Director General

Mr. Kenneth Gathuma, HSC is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya who has legal advisory skills developed through providing legal advice to government ministries and state-owned corporations for 12 years. Until his appointment as the Director-General in March 2020, Mr Gathuma was the Acting Director General of BRS and formerly served as Deputy Head of Government Transactions in the Office of the Attorney General & Department of Justice where large Government development projects were arranged and concluded. He holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Nairobi.

Ms. Josephine Kanyi

Alternate to the CS, National Treasury

Ms. Josephine Kanyi

Alternate to the CS, National Treasury

Born on 17th July 1966, Ms Josephine Waruguru Kanyi is a Senior Deputy Director in the National Treasury Budget Fiscal and Economic Affairs in the Department of Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations.
She holds a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Nairobi.
She served in the Ministry of Planning and National Development from 1991 to 1994, Ministry of Research and Technology (1994-1998) Ministry of Finance 1998-2010 as head of Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Business Regulation Reform Units. She served as Chief Economist in National Treasury from 2010-2016.
She has attended Courses on Fiscal Decentralization and Financial management and Tax Policy Analysis and Revenue forecasting at Harvard University USA & Macro Economic Diagnostics at the IMF Institute in the USA.
She also serves as a Board Member at:
1. Kenya Hotel Properties Ltd Company;
2. Kaimosi Friends University Council; and
3. National Government Constituencies Development Fund
She has previously served on the:
1. KIPPRA Board;
2. Kenya Vehicles Manufacturers Board; and
3. LATF Advisory Board.
She was first appointed as a Business Registration Service Board member on 10th May 2017.

Ms. Winnie Nyambok

Member, Board of Directors

Ms. Winnie Nyambok

Member, Board of Directors

Winnie Nyambok is an accomplished Economist with 14 years’ extensive experience within the public sector. Presently, she is actively involved in the dynamic landscape of business climate reforms at the State Department for Investment Promotion under Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry. In her previous roles, Ms. Nyambok was an Assistant Director at the Ministry of East African Community & Regional Development where she played a pivotal role in shaping several business reforms. Additionally, she served as a Senior Economist at the National Treasury providing valuable technical advisory on Financial and Sectoral affairs. Ms. Nyambok is pursuing her PhD in Economics at the University of Nairobi and holds a Master of Arts (Economics) and Bachelor of Arts in Economics; both from the University of Nairobi. She is passionate about economic modelling and analysis and is a member of the Economists Society of Kenya (ESK).

Ms. Emily Mworia

Member, Board of Directors

Ms. Emily Mworia

Member, Board of Directors

Emily Mworia is a strategic communications specialist with a wide experience in both private and public sectors having worked as a communications consultant, as well as an employee in senior positions for more than 15 years. Emily possess both local and international work experience and has a passion in building partnerships and networks for sustainable change. Emily holds a Global Executive Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the United States International University, Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication and Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Nairobi.

She is a member of the Kenya Association of Professional Fundraisers, Public Relations Society of Kenya, Child Protection Committee, Amref Kenya, Chairpreson transport Committee, Amref Kenya, Secretary, Fair-Acres Neighbourhood Association and the Chairperson of St. Luke’s Methodist Church- Karen from 2017 to 2023.

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