Rebecca Miano

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Rebecca Miano
Kenya Cabinet Secretary For Investments, Trade And Industry Rebecca Miano at the WTO Heads of Delegation meeting.jpg
Miano in 2024
Born
Kenya
Alma mater
Occupation(s) Lawyer and continental business leader
Years active1998–present
PredecessorAlfred Mutua
Website https://www.tourism.go.ke

Rebecca Miano is a Kenyan lawyer and continental business leader, currently serving as Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife. She previously served as the Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade & Industry from October 2023 to July 2024. She is a former Cabinet Secretary for East African Community, the ASALs and Regional Development. Before joining the cabinet, she was the managing director and chief executive officer of KenGen Plc., the largest producer of electricity in the East African region from November 2017. [1] She was confirmed on 1 November 2017, [1] having served in acting capacity since August 2017.

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Background and education

Miano holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Nairobi and attended the Advocates Training Programme at the Kenya School of Law [1] She also holds a Master of Laws in Comparative Law, awarded by the Australian National University. [2]

Career

Career in the private sector

With a 25-year multifaceted career in the energy sector, Miano is a recognized continental business leader. She first worked at a Nairobi-based law firm, Musyoka Annan & Company Advocates. Later, she worked at Slater and Gordon, a law firm in Queensland, Australia. [2] In 1998, she joined Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) as assistant legal officer. [1] Over time, she rose in rank to become assistant company secretary. At the time of her promotion to acting managing director, in August 2017, she was the director of legal affairs and company secretary at KenGen, having served in both roles since 2008. [1] [2]

In November 2017, Miano beat 90 other applicants and was appointed to her position, replacing the retiring Albert Mugo. [3] At the time, she was the first and only female chief executive at KenGen. By 2017, she was one of the only two women in Kenya who led a parastatal company, the other being MaryJane Mwangi, the chief executive officer of National Oil Corporation of Kenya. [1]

Timeline

Other activities

Miano is a member of the Law Society of Kenya, and a registered Certified Public Secretary of Kenya (CPS-K). [1]

In 2023, she was conferred with the prestigious fellowship status by ICPSK.

She is also Patron of the Future Leaders Challenge Initiative supporting stakeholders from the hospitality and tourism sector to connect and align on the human capital Strategy for East Africa as well as empowering and enabling young talents to join the industry.

Recognition

Ministry of Investments, Trade & Industry

Ministry of East African Community, the ASAL & Regional Development

KenGen Plc

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Neville Otuki (1 November 2017), "Rebecca Miano confirmed KenGen CEO", Business Daily Africa , Nairobi: Nation Media Group , retrieved 25 October 2019
  2. 1 2 3 4 Nancy Agutu (26 August 2017). "KenGen appoints Rebecca Miano acting CEO after Mugo retires". The Star (Kenya) . Nairobi. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. "KenGen begins search for Albert Mugo replacement". 28 February 2017.
  4. "Rebecca Miano: Profile of Corporate Guru Named in Ruto's Cabinet - Kenyans.co.ke". www.kenyans.co.ke. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  5. "Rebecca Miano is a woman to watch in 2021". February 2022.