Dr. Chris Kiptoo is the Principal Secretary, National Treasury. He was appointed Principal Secretary by President William Samoei Ruto on 1st December 2022. Dr. Kiptoo is the immediate former Principal Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forestry. Before that, he also served as a Principal Secretary at the State Department of Trade, Ministry of Industry, Trade & Cooperatives.

In his working career, Dr. Kiptoo has acquired a rich wealth of experience in economic policy analysis, mainly gained at the Central Bank of Kenya, Capital Market Authority and the International Monetary Fund, where he has served in various capacities. His expertise especially relates to the design and implementation of monetary policy; balance of payments and exchange rates; fiscal operations and policy; financial sector matters including capital markets; national accounts/real sector and macroeconomic accounting, and modelling and forecasting.

Additionally, Dr. Kiptoo has proven experience in environment and climate change policies, trade policy and regional integration, private sector development and advocacy, infrastructure development, institutional development of Government institutions and organisational management, all mainly gained at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, State Department of Trade as well as Trade Mark East Africa. Noteworthy, he also has four years of experience in economic policy coordination gained while working at the then Office of the Prime Minister.

Dr. Chris Kiptoo holds a Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PhD) in Finance (International Macroeconomics Finance specialization) from The Nairobi University, as well as a Master of Science (Ag. Economics) and Bachelor of Science (Ag. Economics) degree from Egerton University. He is also an Accredited Fellow in Macroeconomic Management Macroeconomic & Financial Management Institute of Eastern & Southern Africa (MEFMI).

Susan Mang’eni is the Principal Secretary of the newly established State Department for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development under the Ministry of Cooperatives and MSMEs. She is governance and development expert with close to 15 years’ experience in both the private and public sectors, in areas of strategic leadership, public policy formulation, analysis and implementation, enterprise development, institutional building, oversight, youth and women empowerment.

Prior to her current appointment, Susan served on the Boards of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF), Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) and The Competition Tribunal of Kenya. She was also a member of the Working Group on the Socio-economic Audit of the constitution of Kenya 2010, under the office of the Auditor General where she handled the assessment of the impact of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 on governance and public institutions. The findings were tabled to the National Assembly in 2016 to help shape the government policies and programmes.

In the Private Sector, Susan has engaged in consultancies and discourses focused on socio-economic and political transformation across the country, region and beyond, gaining global perspectives and insights that continue to impact on her contributions in the public policy arena.

PS Susan holds an MA in Entrepreneurship Development and a BA in Political Science and Public Administration both from the University of Nairobi. She is also an alumnus of the 2011 International Visitors Leadership Programme (IVLP) a US State department Exchange programme. She is a network member of the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS), the Women Democracy Network (WDN) and the Women Waging Peace International, among others.

Dr. Kamau Thugge C.B.S., is the tenth Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and has been in office since June 19, 2023.

Dr. Thugge joined CBK after a long and distinguished career in the international and Kenyan public service. He worked in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in both policymaking and non-policymaking departments. These include the Policy Review and Development Department and the Trade Policy Division. In these roles, he helped to design the Highly Indebted Poor Countries Initiative (HIPC) as well as other policy initiatives. He also worked on various Article IV missions. He also served as Mission Chief to Botswana and Lesotho in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis.

Dr. Thugge has held various senior roles in Kenya, including as the Head of the Fiscal and Monetary Affairs Department at the National Treasury, as Economic Secretary and as Senior Economic Advisor. He also served as Principal Secretary at the National Treasury, and lately as Senior Advisor to the President and Head of Fiscal and Budget Affairs. He helped to design and implement various laws including the Public Finance Management Act, the Commission on Revenue Allocation Act, the Independent Officers (Appointment) Act, the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Act, and many more. In these roles, he also served on various boards including that of the Central Bank of Kenya, the Monetary Policy Advisory Committee (and later the Monetary Policy Committee), the Kenya Revenue Authority and the Capital Markets Authority.

The Governor holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the Colorado College, and Master’s and PhD Degrees in Economics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States.

Ms. Sharon Irungu-Asiyo, HSC is the representative of the Attorney General in the Steering Committee of the Credit Guarantee Scheme. She has a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Degree and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies from the Kenya School of Law. With fifteen post-admission to the roll of advocates, Ms. Irungu-Asiyo has both private and public sector experience majoring in commercial and corporate law, international business and international financial transactions.

As a public sector legal practitioner, Ms. Irungu-Asiyo is currently based at the Government Transactions Division at the Office of the Attorney General where her primary duties entails drafting, vetting and reviewing Government Contracts, negotiating commercial and financial agreements on behalf of the Government and issuing advisory opinions on emerging issues and areas of law that have an impact on Government Contracts.

As a member of the Steering Committee of the Credit Guarantee Scheme, Ms. Irungu-Asiyo provides strategic leadership on emerging issues of law that affect the implementation of the Credit Guarantee Scheme.

Dr. Tiriongo is the Director of Research and Policy at the Kenya Bankers Association, responsible for designing and executing the research agenda, and overseeing the Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFI) programme for the banking industry. He is an economist by profession, with over 17 years of experience, 13 of which as an economist at the Central Bank of Kenya. Dr. Tiriongo is the secretary of the Credit subcommittee of KBA.

He is also the PSC member at RK-FINFA, and a Board member at the Kenya National Research Fund (NRF), where he chairs the Finance, HR and Admin Committee. He holds a PhD in Economics and is a practicing researcher, with proven record in conducting research on financial markets and macroeconomic policy. He has published widely in peer-reviewed research outlets on financial market microstructure, economic responses to crises, monetary policy, and credit market analyses, among other areas.

Juliana Migunde was appointed as an independent member of the Steering Committee for the MSMEs Credit Guarantee Scheme on the 19th February, 2024 for a period of three years. Ms. Migunde brings on board wealth of experience and knowledge on Financial markets operations and services in Kenya and in the East African community (EAC) region.

Juliana has had an illustrious Banking career at the Central Bank of Kenya for over 30 years where she was privileged to work in Research, Currency and Financial Markets Departments. With over 20 years work experience in Financial markets, she has provided Leadership and oversights in key Treasury management functions that include Foreign Exchange Trading, investment management and monetary policy implementations.

Juliana has contributed immensely to post markets’ liberalization transformation and growth in the Kenyan Financial markets; highlights of contributions include development of regulations, policies and guidelines that govern trading and investments in foreign Exchange and money markets with remarkable contributions to the development and implementations of two-way foreign exchange market and the establishment of the Central Bank Rate (CBR).

In the EAC region and as a member of the Financial Markets Subcommittee of the Monetary Affairs Committee, she participated in initiatives that were set to harmonize financial markets infrastructures, systems and practices to achieving international Best standards and Practices. Juliana also served as a member of the high level Task force that negotiated the East African monetary Union protocol where she provided expertise on financial markets related matters.

Juliana holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Bombay, Diplomas in Business management from Kenya institute of management (KIM) and Business Data analysis from the UK professional academy. She has undertaken various Leadership and Management programs including Strategic Leadership and Management program from KIM, in addition to various work related courses. Juliana is a member of KIM professional body.

Mr. Christopher Aleke Dondo is a Principal Consultant with Legacy Consulting limited (formerly Cascade Consulting). Prior to joining Legacy Consulting, he served as Managing director of K-Rep Development Agency for thirteen years. In 2011, He was awarded the Outstanding Social Entrepreneur in Africa by the World Economic forum and The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship for his work in promoting inclusive financial markets.

Mr. Dondo has served and continues to serve on the boards of organizations involved in development work. He is a member and Trustee of Kenya Community Development Foundation and K-REP group among others.

He holds a master’s degree in economics from York University in Canada and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from The University of Nairobi.