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Our talented and experienced leaders deliver Prudential’s values, backed by years of experience in achieving the needs of the communities they serve.

Our Board of Directors

Titus Naikuni
Titus Naikuni

Chairman

Titus Naikuni was appointed the Chairman of the Prudential Board in February 2016.

He has held senior leadership roles in Kenya for more than two decades. He started his career as an engineer with the Magadi Soda Company and became Managing Director in 1995. He became Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Information, Transport and Communication in 1999 and was Chief Executive of Kenya Airways between 2003 and 2014.

His directorships include being Chairman of Airtel Kenya, Rift Valley Railways (Kenya) and Rift Valley Railways (Uganda), and Deputy Chairman of Tata Chemicals Magadi Limited. He is also Chancellor of South Eastern Kenya University. Mr. Naikuni holds a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Nairobi.

Emmanuel Aryee
Emmanuel Aryee

Non-Independent Director

Emmanuel is the current regional CEO for East and Central Africa.He has served in senior positions such as Regional CEO for West & Southern Africa from August 2021 to January 2022. Previously, Emmanuel was the Chief Executive of Express in August 2012 prior to the acquisition of the company by Prudential PLC and he continued to lead as the Chief Executive Officer of Prudential Life Insurance Ghana. During his tenure Prudential Ghana, the business moved from an industry position of 16th in 2012 to 4th in 2020 with the launch of an agency-led business model and market-leading innovation solutions.

Emmanuel is a Chartered Insurer (ACII, UK) and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology – Kumasi and an MBA (Marketing) from the University of Ghana.

Nicholas Holder
Nicholas Holder

Non-Independent Director

Nick Holder is Prudential’s Chief Operating Officer for Africa, based in Nairobi. In this role he will provide leadership to Prudential’s newly created Regional Office for Africa with functional responsibility for Finance, Actuarial, Strategy, People, Legal, Governance, Compliance, Risk and Communication.

Nick joined Prudential in 2002 and has previously worked for Prudential Group in six countries: the UK, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. Nick's previous roles with Prudential have included Regional Head of Internal Audit for Asia; General Manager, Shared Services in Kuala Lumpur; and Chief Financial Officer for both Prudential Thailand and Prudential Vietnam. He has chaired the British Business Group in Vietnam and filled the roles of Acting-Chair & Honorary Secretary for the British Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia, as well as being a Board Member of the European Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia and a founding member of the Supervisory Board of the Indonesian CFOs Club.

Nick has master’s degrees in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and Business Systems Analysis and Design from City University, both in the UK. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and is a Chartered Fellow of the Securities and Investment Institute.

David Nutman
David Nutman

Non-Independent Director

David Nutman is currently a part-time Consultant and Advisor to the Regional CEO (Wilf Blackburn) for Insurance Growth Markets in Prudential Corporation Asia and Africa. His role includes mainly covering CEO mentoring and support to various operational Boards & Committees. David is the former CEO at Prudential Cambodia, responsible for all in-country activity. He joined Prudential Cambodia on 1 November 2016. From 1 April 2017 he also assumed management responsibility for Prudential Laos. His prior roles include Chief Compliance Officer at Prudential Corporation Asia (PCA) the regional head office in Hong Kong, with overall responsibility for the compliance and anti-money laundering functions covering all Asian Insurance operations. He joined PCA in January 2005.

A 36 year life insurance industry veteran, David started his career in various sales and marketing roles firstly at Equity & Law (now part of AXA) before moving to Royal Sun Alliance (now known as RSA). David is a long-qualified Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a Chartered Insurer.

Caroline Okong’o
Caroline Okong’o

Independent Director

Caroline Okong’o has over 20 years’ experience in finance, risk, audit, strategy development, and implementation support.

She has worked for over 20 years locally and internationally in top tier consulting and insurance firms. She has held leadership roles in various organizations which include Director at Lattice Consulting Limited, Assistant Vice President at Willis Management (Bermuda), and Senior Manager at Deloitte where she worked in both East Africa and Bermuda.

Caroline holds a Bachelor of Arts in Building Economics from the University of Nairobi, is a CPA (K) member of ICPAK, and a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) accredited by the International Coaching Federation. She runs an advisory consulting and coaching practice.

Caroline is an Independent Non-Executive Board Member at KCB Kenya, Board Member and Vice-Chairman to the Association of Women Accountants of Kenya, and a Non-Executive Board Member of WWF Kenya.

Alice Owuor
Alice Owuor

Independent Director

Alice Owuor was appointed as Non-Executive Director of the Prudential Board in June 2017.

She has served for more than 30 years in all critical areas of tax administration and management with the most recent role being the Commissioner of Domestic Taxes Department at Kenya Revenue Authority.

She currently serves as Non-Executive Director for the Centre for Corporate Governance, Bamburi Cement Ltd and Moving the Goalposts. She was previously the Board Chairperson and is a Fellow of the Kenya Institute of Management. She holds a Master’s Degree in Strategic Management from Moi University and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Nairobi. She also serves as a member of the National Civil Aviation Administrative Review Tribunal.

Edwin Macharia
Edwin Macharia

Independent Director

Gwen G. Kinisu
Gwen G. Kinisu

Managing Director

Gwen Kinisu is the Chief Executive Officer of Prudential. She holds a Global Executive MBA from USIU, Associate, Life Management Institute, Post graduate Diploma in Marketing from Chartered Institute of Marketing and BSc (Hons) International Business from USIU. Gwen joined Prudential as Chief Commercial Officer in 2018, leading the Commercial Division, where she was primarily responsible for growth in Bancassurance, Alternative & Digital partnerships and Group Business.

She was also in charge of corporate marketing, corporate social responsibility, brand development & the communication functions of the business.

Gwen has over 15 years’ experience in the insurance and banking industries gained from Sanlam, National Bank of Kenya Insurance Agency where she was the Principal Officer and UAP Old Mutual where she worked as the General Manager for Direct & Digital business.

Our Management Team

Gwen G. Kinis
Gwen G. Kinisu

Chief Executive Officer

Gwen Kinisu is the Chief Executive Officer of Prudential. She holds a Global Executive MBA from USIU, Associate, Life Management Institute, Post graduate Diploma in Marketing from Chartered Institute of Marketing and BSc (Hons) International Business from USIU. Gwen joined Prudential as Chief Commercial Officer in 2018, leading the Commercial Division, where she was primarily responsible for growth in Bancassurance, Alternative & Digital partnerships and Group Business.

She was also in charge of corporate marketing, corporate social responsibility, brand development & the communication functions of the business.

Gwen has over 15 years’ experience in the insurance and banking industries gained from Sanlam, National Bank of Kenya Insurance Agency where she was the Principal Officer and UAP Old Mutual where she worked as the General Manager for Direct & Digital business.

Evah Ngugi
Evah Ngugi

Head of Risk and Compliance

Evah Ngugi is the Head of Risk and Compliance at Prudential. She is a seasoned Risk and Compliance professional with over 15 years’ experience in the financial services sector.

Evah has been at the forefront of coordinating the embedding of the governance and risk framework by ensuring that principles and requirements for managing risks are consistently applied across the business which has led to a stable control environment to nurture the realization of business objectives.

Evah’s previous Role include Risk and Compliance Officer- Life and Investment at UAP Old Mutual Group.

Charles Thiga
Charles Thiga

Chief Transformation Officer

Benjamin Muvea
Benjamin Muvea

Chief Financial Officer

Ummulkher Mohamed
Ummulkher Mohamed

Lead Marketing

Moses Mutuga
Moses Mutuga

Head of Actuarial Services

Bernard Kinyanjui
Bernard Kinyanjui

Head of Corporate Business

Jane Tutu
Jane Tutu

Agency Development Executive

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