Dr. Olaka was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) in October 2010. He is responsible for the strategic direction of the Association, covering industry advocacy, development and sustainability. Previously he was the Director of Operations of the East African Development Bank (EADB) based in Kampala after serving as the Resident Manager in Kenya. He earlier served the bank as the Head of Risk Management and as the Chief Internal Auditor.

Sitoyo Lopokoiyit joined Safaricom PLC from 1st April 2018, having previously served as M-Commerce Director as Vodacom Tanzania PLV Ltd from October 2015. His current role, Chief Financial Services Officer is responsible for managing and growing M-PESA in Kenya with a focus on driving financial inclusion and delivering relevant products and services that make an impact to the lives of all Kenyans as well as driving profitability. Sitoyo is responsible for delivering major innovations that have revolutionized the global mobile money space such as Fuliza and Mshwari. M-PESA in Kenya is the market leader and has over 27M customers using the service.

Ms Vivienne Yeda Apopo is the current Director General of the East African Development Bank (EADB). She assumed the position in January 2009. Ms Apopo is an experienced professional banker and international business lawyer with over 20 years practical and comprehensive development banking, finance and business experience in Africa. She has worked in the financial sector developing projects in banking and finance in several African countries and has experience in strategic management, business operations and project management. She has a long track record and practical experience in devising financial solutions to support programmes and projects in the public and private sectors subject to tight deadlines and budget constraints. Ms Apopo has negotiated and structured facilities for sovereign borrowers including governments, Central Banks and Regional Economic Communities, and undertaken a number of projects with private sector borrowers.

As the Finance & ICT Director, Mr. John Mudany is responsible for directing all capital raising, financial management and reporting, budgets process management and control, and cost saving aspects of KenGen. He joined KenGen in November 2008 after having worked for various organizations including; Coca Cola (Finance and Performance Manager), Orbit Distributors (MD & CEO), Kenya Airways, World Vision International and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Mudany is currently the National Treasurer of the Stima Savings and Credit Cooperative Union and chairs the Finance, Investment and Credit Committee of the Board, and is a member of the Business Strategy and Technology Committee. Other Directorships include, African Institute of Development Policy (AFIDEP), where he is a member of the Finance and HR Committee, and United States International University where he is a Council member and Chairman of the Audit committee.

Janice Kotut-Sang is the Regional Director for GuarantCo in East and Southern Africa based in Nairobi. Janice has over ten years banking experience with Standard Chartered Bank. She has worked in Asia, the United Kingdom and Kenya in a various business strategy and origination roles. Her last assignment with Standard Chartered Bank in London was as Director, Origination and Client Coverage focusing on mining clients in Africa. Janice has also spent four years running a floriculture operation in Kenya and is the current chair of the Waitrose Foundation Kenya. She also still sits on the board of Karen Roses Limited as a Non-Executive Director. Janice has a LLB from Warwick University and a LLM from King’s College London and an Executive MBA from the Said Business School in Oxford.

Harsha's primary responsibilities at Lion’s Head include originating and executing transactions for the African Local Currency Bond Fund. His work spans the infrastructure, financial services, housing, agriculture, and energy sectors. Previously, Harsha worked for the Development Credit Authority at USAID, where he structured credit guarantees across East Africa. Harsha began his career in US public equity, and holds a Master's in International Business from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a dual degree in Economics and International Relations from Claremont McKenna College.

Alexander is a Banking And Financial Sector Specialist with vast experience in policy development, implementation and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the banking and financial services sector (FSS), including as Project Implementation Support Manager for the World Bank/National Treasury’s Financial & Legal Sector Technical Assistance Program (FLSTAP). At the Treasury he championed innovative initiatives and financial sector reforms including developing the Concept Note for the Nairobi International Financial Centre (NIFC) and leading the technical aspects of the Treasury’s first Vehicle Leasing Program for Government security agencies. For the World Bank/CGAP He co-authored the signature report on consumer financial protection in Kenya.

Sylvia Chahonyo is the Country Manager for South Africa and Head of Relationship Management in Africa with dual responsibility for the management and expansion strategies of the commercial and geographic franchise on the continent, and for driving sector coverage across the fundamental franchises in Africa. She has an LLB (Hons) from the University of East Anglia, Norwich and is admitted as an Advocate in the High Court of Kenya.

Sean is responsible for Moody’s analytic teams that rate banks and nonbank financial companies in the Nordics, Baltics, South-Eastern Europe and emerging markets in Middle East and Africa. Prior to relocating to London in 2011, Mr. Marion held various positions of progressive responsibility in Moody’s, including working in the firm’s offices in Mexico City and Toronto. Mr. Marion holds graduate degrees in economics from the Université Paris I (Sorbonne) and the London School of Economics. He also holds an undergraduate degree from Bishop’s University, Canada.

Lucie is the lead analyst for several Sub-Saharan African sovereigns and supranational issuers and is a senior member of Moody’s Africa Sovereign Ratings team. Lucie holds a postgraduate degree in Probability and Statistics from a French Engineering School (ENSAI) and a Master’s degree in Economics from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris.

Kelvin Dalrymple is Vice President – Senior Credit Officer in the Sovereign Risk Group. Kelvin is lead analyst for a portfolio of sovereign and supranational ratings in Sub-Saharan Africa, in addition to being a spokesperson on credit-relevant developments in the region. He has over 25 years macroeconomics and public policy experience, having previously worked in senior roles with the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group, Caribbean Development Bank, and positions earlier in his career within the Government of Barbados serving as Economic Advisor to the Minister of Finance and Economist within the Central bank of Barbados. His skills and experience includes extensive outreach to finance and development ministries, central banks, private sector, academia and civil society.

David Rogovic is an Assistant Vice President - Analyst in Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group based in New York. David has lead and back-up analyst responsibilities for a number of sovereign and supranational credits in Africa as well as Latin America and the Caribbean. David’s prior experience includes the best part of a decade analyzing sovereign credit risk in Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, Turkey and Asia with J.P. Morgan, Nomura Asset Management and Roubini Global Economics, as well as an earlier stint with S&P’s financial institutions division. David is a Fulbright scholar (Economics Institute, Zagreb) and was awarded a Master of Public Administration from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and Bachelor of Arts (Economics) from Pace University.

Douglas covers non-financial corporates for Moody’s in the Middle East and Africa with a specific focus on mining, oil and gas along with telecommunications services and infrastructure providers. Douglas holds an Advanced Master of Commerce Degree Specialising in Finance in the field of Financial Management from the University of Cape Town and is CFA Level III candidate.

Christopher Bredholt is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer in Moody’s EMEA Infrastructure Finance team, based in London. He covers a diversified portfolio of mainly project finance issuers across sectors including infrastructure, power, renewables, transport and PPP/PFI. Christopher is a specialist in the renewable energy sector and led the analysis for Moody’s first offshore wind public rating. He has gained broad experience assessing complex structures and credit enhancement mechanisms for emerging market project financings and is lead analyst for the precedent-setting Elazig hospital PPP in Turkey, which benefitted from political risk insurance and contingent liquidity support. He represents the Infrastructure Finance team for Moody’s analytical activities in the African market.

Christos joined Moody’s Financial Institutions Group (FIG) in April 2007. Previously, he worked as a portfolio manager investment advisor with a Cypriot investment bank. He holds a BSc in Management (1st Class Honours) from the University of Manchester (UMIST) and an MSc in International Securities, Investment and Banking (Distinction) from The ICMA Centre at the University of Reading. Christos is also a CFA Charter holder since 2006. He is now the lead banking analyst for Cyprus, Jordan, Kenya, Mauritius and for a portfolio of financial institutions in Saudi Arabia.