Martin Oduor-Otieno

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Martin Oduor-Otieno
Born
Martin Oduor-Otieno

1956 (age 6465)
NationalityKenyan
Alma mater University of Nairobi
(Bachelor of Commerce)
ESAMI & Maastricht Business School
(Executive MBA)
Certified Public Secretary of Kenya
(Certified Public Secretary)
Certified Public Secretary of Kenya
(Certified Public Accountant)
KCA University
(Honorary Doctorate in Business Leadership)
Occupation Retired Bank Executive, Businessman & Financial Consultant
Years active1990–present
Title1. Non-Executive Director
Standard Bank of South Africa
2. Chairman & CEO
Leadership Group Limited

Martin Luke Oduor-Otieno is a certified public secretary, accountant, businessman, entrepreneur and former bank executive in Kenya. He is the current chairman and CEO of Leadership Group Limited, a Nairobi-based consulting firm, that he founded. He previously served as the Group CEO of Kenya Commercial Bank Group, from 2007 until 2012. [1]

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Background and education

He was born in Kenya, circa 1956. [1] Oduor-Otieno holds a Bachelor of Commerce in finance and accounting from the University of Nairobi. He also holds an Executive MBA, awarded jointly by the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute and Maastricht Business School. He attended upper management courses at Harvard Business School. He is a Certified Public Accountant and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business Leadership by KCA University in Nairobi, Kenya. [1] [2]

Career

In 1999, he was one of the individuals selected by President Daniel Arap Moi, to "turn the economy around". [3] From 2007 until 2012, he served as group chief executive of Kenya Commercial Bank Group, Kenya's largest banking conglomerate. [1] Between May 2013 until March 2016, he served at Deloitte Kenya, as a senior advisor in the financial services division. In March 2016, he left Deloitte and took up an appointment as a non-executive director of Standard Bank Group, the financial services conglomerate based in South Africa. [3] In August 2016 he founded Leadership Group Limited, a firm that offers coaching to businesses and individuals in the areas of leadership, governance, strategy and execution. [1]

Other responsibilities

Oduor-Otieno has in the past, or currently serves on the boards of the following businesses: [1] [4]

  1. Standard Bank Group
  2. British American Tobacco Kenya
  3. East African Breweries Limited

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