KENYA’S GIDEON MURIUKI NAMED AFRICA’S BANKING CEO OF THE YEAR

April 24, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

London-based magazine International Banker has named Gideon Muriuki, Chief executive of Co-operative Bank of Kenya (Co-op Bank) as Africa’s banking CEO of the year, with the bank named as Africa’s most innovative retail banker due to its financial products for savings and credit co-operative societies (Saccos) and also small and medium scale enterprises. Muriuki was […]

MEET FORMER DIASPORAN JOHN GACHORA: A VILLAGE BOY’S METEORIC RISE TO THE TOP

January 23, 2014.Reading time 10 minutes.

John Gachora, Group MD, NIC Bank Age: 50s. Professional background: CEO, Absa Africa Managing Principal- Head of Africa, Absa Capital Managing Director – Group Head, Bank of America Investment Banking (Charlotte, North Carolina) Vice President- Structuring Head, Credit Suisse First Boston Academic Master’s in Business Administration, Wharton School, University of Pennyslvania Masters in Engineering from Massachusetts […]