Paul Muthaura

Non-Executive Director

Paul holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Warwick, a Masters in Banking and Finance Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Master of Philosophy from the Maastricht School of Management. He is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya (ICS-K). Paul is also an Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC) Certified Executive Coach and Systemic Team Coach.

Paul Muthaura is the CEO of the Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI).  He is an Independent Board member of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants; British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya; ICEA LION Asset Management; and the Financial Sector Deepening Trust, Kenya.

He has previously been the Chief Executive Officer of ICEA LION General Insurance Kenya, the first African member of the Financial Stability Board TCFD insurer pilot group. Prior to that, he was the Chief Executive of the Capital Markets Authority of Kenya. In his term at CMA, he was the Africa and Middle East Regional Chair on the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).

In December 2017, Paul was awarded the National Honor of the Order of the Moran of the Burning Spear (MBS) by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya for his services to the development, deepening and reform of the capital markets in Kenya.