Mr. Kitili Mbathi is a Non-Executive Director and was appointed to the Board on October 9, 2007. Mr. Mbathi was appointed Chairman of the Board of the Company on 9 May 2019.

He has vast experience in banking which was acquired while serving in various banking institutions. He was the Regional Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank Kenya Limited until May 2015, at which time he took up the role of Regional Director, East Africa, until January 2016, when he resigned as an employee of Standard Bank Group. 

Mr Mbathi is also Chairman and Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of Stanbic Holdings Plc. He served as Director-General of the Kenya Wildlife Service from February 2016 to July 2017. He has also served as Investment Secretary in the Ministry of Finance & Planning – Government of Kenya. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Economics and Political Science) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, and a Masters of Banking and Finance for Development from Instituto Fin Africa in Milan, Italy.