Chairman
Ambassador Nelson Ndirangu was appointed by H.E President Uhuru Kenyatta as the Chairman of the Competition Authority of Kenya for 3 years with effect from May 6. 2019. His appointment brings into the Authority a wealth of experience on trade/economic policy issues including Competition Policy. Amb. Ndirangu has strong managerial, leadership and trade skills of more than 20 years in trade and competition policies, strategic planning, programmatic design, implementation, team building and setting of impact assessment systems. He was involved with the competition Policy issues in the WTO where he articulated Kenya’s position regarding possible negotiations on multilateral disciplines in Competition Policy.
Amb. Ndirangu was Director General, Economic and Commercial Diplomacy Directory at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade from December 2012 to December 2017 during which time he was instrumental in guiding Kenya on international trade issues and was Chief Negotiator for Kenya on Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) and African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) up to December 2017. Between August 2007 and December 2008, he was the Director, Asia Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from August 2007 to December 2008. For nine year to 2007, Amb. Ndirangu was based in Geneva where he was the Chief Negotiator for Kenya in the WTO.
Amb. Ndirangu has a Master of Arts (M.A.) and a post Graduate Diploma in International Economic Relations from the University of East Anglia in UK, a Post Graduate Diploma in International Trade Policy from the WTO, Switzerland and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (B.COM Hons.) from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He holds several awards, including the Order of Golden Warrior of Kenya (OGW) in recognition of his contribution to trade policy formulation, development and implementation.