Holds an MBA from USIU and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from the University of Nairobi. He is the Group Chief Executive Officer and joined the board in December 2006. He previously worked with a leading pharmaceutical company as Managing Director based in Nigeria. He is a director of the Group’s subsidiary companies and Property Development and Management Limited, an associate company.  Mr. Gitahi is a member of the Nominations, the Editorial and the Strategic Planning Committees.

Holds a Bachelor of Arts (History) from London University (United Kingdom).  He joined the board in March 2010.  He began his career in 1971 as a volunteer teacher in Uganda for one year thereafter taking up a position with a peace keeping organization in Northern Ireland.  He began his career in journalism as the Editor of the Catholic Herald in 1976 before joining The Times foreign desk in 1980 reporting from the Middle East and Africa and subsequently joined The Independent in 1986 as the African Editor,   He joined the Economist in 1995 as Africa Director until 2001, when he resigned to become a freelance journalist and writer.  He was appointed the director of the Royal African Society in 2002, which publishes “African Affairs”, a leading academic journal on Africa and also organises conferences and seminars on Africa.  Mr Dowden has produced several television documentaries on Africa which have been aired on BBC and Channel 4 in England and is the author of the book “Africa: Altered states, Ordinary Miracles” which was published in 2008.  He serves on the Editorial Committee.

Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. (USA). He was formerly a professor at Northwestern University and has also served as Chief Executive Officer of the International Herald Tribune in Paris for fourteen years. He joined the board in December 1995. Prof. Huebner is the Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee and serves on the Nominations Committee.

Holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, an Albert Parvin Fellow of Princeton University as well as a Fellow of the Kenya Institute of Bankers (FKIB). He is currently the Executive Director incharge of Legal and Corporate Affairs at Industrial Promotion Services Group of Companies. He joined the board in December 1995. Mr. Okello is the Chairman of Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited and TPS Eastern Africa Limited (Serena Group of hotels and lodges). Mr Okello is the Chairman of the Editorial Committee.

Holds a BA, MEcon.Sc and MS from Ireland and the United States of America. He lectured at the School of Business, University College Dublin. He has served as a senior executive at Independent Newspapers, Dublin, Managing Director, Nation Newspapers and Head of Public Affairs at the Aga Khan Secretariat in Paris, France. He initially served on the board from September 1973 until 1980 and rejoined the board in April 1983. Mr Wilkinson is the Chairman of the Nominations Committee and serves on the Strategic Planning Committee.

Mrs Zuhura Muro, appointed in September 2010 holds a Bachelor of Arts & Social Sciences from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and a Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resources. She was the head of Human Resources for Zain Tanzania Limited from 2001 until May 2007, when she retired to pursue personal interests. She is a director of Mwananchi Communications Limited, Arusha Modern School and the Managing Director of Kazi Services Limited all based in Tanzania. Mrs Muro is a member of the Remuneration and Human resources Committee.