Dr. Joshua Oigara

Dr. Joshua Oigara was appointed as the Chief Executive and Director of Stanbic Holdings Plc, effective 1 March 2026. Since December 2022, Dr. Oigara was the Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank Kenya Limited, and he resigned from the position in February 2026. Dr. Oigara also serves as the Standard Bank Regional Chief Executive for East Africa, a position he has held since September 2025, overseeing operations across five countries. Dr. Oigara is also a non-executive director of Stanbic Bank Kenya Limited.

Dr. Oigara holds an MBA with Distinction in International Business Management from Edith Cowan University, Australia, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Nairobi. He is a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya, CPA (K), and a member of both the Kenya Institute of Bankers (KIB) and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK). He is a graduate of the Advanced Management Programme at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland.