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James Mwangi

CEO of Kenya's Equity Bank

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James Mwangi Biography

James Mwangi is a career banker with a bias in inclusive finance. He holds five honorary doctorate degrees in recognition of his positive impact on the Kenyan society, a Bachelor of Commerce degree, and is a Certified Public Accountant. He has been honored thrice with National Presidential Awards: The First Class Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear (CBS), the Moran of the Burning Spear (MBS) and Head of State Commendation (HSC).

On the global front, he has won several awards including the G8 Global Vision Award in 2007. He was named among the Top 50 Emerging Market Business Leaders and the 20 most influential people in Africa in 2011; the World Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2012; the Forbes Africa Person of the Year in 2012 and was recently named in the Bloomberg 50 list of people who defined 2019 globally. He is an honoree of the 2020 Oslo Business for Peace Award, also described as the 'Nobel Prize for Business.'

On the regional front, Mwangi was also recognized as the Africa Investor Awards, CEO of the Year in 2009 and 2015; Innovation Leader of the Year in 2012; African Business Leader of the Year in 2013 and African Banker of the Year in 2010, 2011 and 2017 at the African Banker Awards. He was also named the Banker of the Year during the Banker Africa (East Africa) Awards in 2017 and 2018, and named African CEO of the year by the African Business Leadership 2020 Awards. Locally, he has received the Think Business CEO of the Year award for the last 4 years.

Mwangi has served on board and advisory roles at the Global Advisory Council for VISA Inc., the Clinton Global Initiative, The G8 New Alliance For Food Security And Nutrition, US President Barack Obama’s Initiative for Global Development, the G20 Advisory Board of Agriculture and Initiative for Global Development and The Global Agenda Council on New Economic Thinking of the World Economic Forum from 2003-2007. He also served as the Founding Chair of Kenya’s Vision 2030 from inception in 2007 to 2019.

He currently serves on several international bodies as an advisor and was appointed to the Nairobi Advisory Board of Columbia Global Centres. He is a member of the continent-wide PACT initiative, a Board member of the Economic Advisory Board of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), The Mastercard MEA Advisory Board, the Africa Leadership Academy in South Africa, the Global Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. He is also a guest lecturer at Stanford, Columbia, MIT, Harvard, IESE and Lagos Business School where Equity Bank Business Model is a case study. Locally, he is the Chancellor of Meru University College of Science and Technology and the Chairman of the Health Committee of Kenya COVID-19 Fund Board.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/14/2024.

James Mwangi Videos

  • Financial Services for All: Financial Inclusion with Dr. James Mwangi
    Financial Services for All: Financial Inclusion with Dr. James Mwangi
    Part of the Business for Peace Spotlight Series 2021 This interview focuses on understanding the inequalities and challenges faced by unbanked...
  • | EVENTS 2020 | Equity Bank's Dr. James Mwangi reflects on a tough year
    | EVENTS 2020 | Equity Bank's Dr. James Mwangi reflects on a tough year
    Banking sector hit hard by COVID-19 effects Economic reliefs offered to Kenyans by government occassioned losses Reduced fees, waivers, loan...
  • James Mwangi on Financial Inclusion at 2nd CEO Dialogue
    James Mwangi on Financial Inclusion at 2nd CEO Dialogue
    Financial inclusion took center stage at the 2nd edition of the virtual Africa CEO Dialogue series, which is co-hosted by the Shared Value Africa...
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