Amb.Nelson Ndirangu,OGW
ChairmanAmb.Nelson Ndirangu,OGW
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.
Mr. Francis W. Kariuki, MBS
Director-GeneralMr. Francis W. Kariuki, MBS
Director-General
Mr. Francis Wang'ombe Kariuki has vast experience in competition enforcement and is the first Director-General of the Competition Authority of Kenya and serving his second term. His main interests are in competition regulation and Economics of institutions' development. He is a distinguished authority in the Competition Enforcement World for his advocacy efforts and other initiatives geared towards modernizing various competition regimes. Mr. Kariuki holds a Master's of Science Degree in Economic Regulation and Competition from City University, London; a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Business Studies from Kenyatta University; and various Certificates in Strategic Leadership and Corporate Governance.
Ms. Elizabeth Ng’ang’a
Alternate To The Attorney-GeneralMs. Elizabeth Ng’ang’a
Alternate To The Attorney-General
Ms. Elizabeth Ng'ang'a is a Parliamentary Counsel in the Office of the Attorney-General. She has undergone a range of drafting training and boasts of wide experience in legislative drafting. Over the years, Ms. Ng'ang'a has served on numerous committees and taskforces as a drafting expert, more recently being drafting financial legislation under the National Treasury. She is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Nairobi as well as a postgraduate Advanced Diploma in Legislative and financial Drafting from the University of West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.
Dr. Abdirizak Arale Nunow
Non-Executive DirectorDr. Abdirizak Arale Nunow
Non-Executive Director
Dr. Abdirizak Nunow holds a PhD in Environmental and Behavioural Sciences from the University of Amsterdam, and a B.A. in Economics and Business studies and an M.Phil in Environmental Planning from Kenyatta University and Moi University respectively. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Moi University's School of Arts and Social Sciences where he teaches natural resources management in the department of geography. Dr. Nunow was a member of the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission (CKRC) that undertook the writing of a new constitution for the country. In addition, Dr. Nunow worked with the Inter-Parliamentary Union of IGAD (IPU-IGAD) Member States based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as the Director for Social and Environmental Affairs. More recently, he was a member of a Working Group appointed by the Budget and Appropriation Committee (BAC) of the National Assembly, to carry out Socio-Economic Audit of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Dr. Nunow has also wide experience in consultancies in social development, humanitarian disaster management, food security, strategic planning and environmental impact assessment and environmental audit, among other areas.
Mr. Albert Mwenda
Alternate To The Cabinet Secretary The National TreasuryMr. Albert Mwenda
Alternate To The Cabinet Secretary The National Treasury
Mr. Mwenda is the Director-General Budget, Fiscal and Economic Affairs in The National Treasury. He also represents the Principal Secretary of the National Treasury as an Alternate Member in the Commission on Revenue Allocation and Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA). Mr Mwenda has excellent knowledge of public finance and budgeting as well as fiscal decentralisation at national, regional and international levels. Previously, he has made significant contribution in the formulation of finance and procurement related laws such as; the Public Finance Management Act, the Public Procurement & Asset Disposal Act and the Public Audit Act. He has also contributed in the design of Kenya’s current framework for management of intergovernmental fiscal transfers and coordinated the formulation of annual Division of Revenue Bills and County Allocation of Revenue Bills. Mr. Mwenda has served as the Chief Executive and member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Kenya. Also, has previously worked as a consultant for organisations such as the World Bank, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA-Rwanda), State University of New York (SUNY Kenya), Society for International Development (SID), among others. He holds a Master’s degree in Public and Economic Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK as well as a Masters of Business Administration (Finance) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics both from the University of Nairobi (UON).