Josphat Mwaura is the Chief Executive Officer of KPMG East Africa and a member of the Board of KPMG Africa Limited. As the CEO of KPMG East Africa, he provides strategic leadership, oversight and accountability and represents the firm in the market place. As a member of the KPMG Africa Board, he is part of a team that runs KPMG Africa as an integrated firm delivering services seamlessly across the continent.

Josphat Mwaurais a recognised business leader and management consultant in the areas of strategic planning, business strategy, performance management and public sector transformation. He has been the lead consultant in Government transformation and institutional development projects in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda, including the set up and capacity building in devolved governments. He was a member of a team that developed Scenarios for Kenya published in 2000 as “Kenya at the crossroads: Scenarios for our Future”. He is a past president of the Rotary Club of Nairobi North and a Trustee of Palmhouse Foundation, an education trust that finances the secondary education of deserving students and mentors them through life to enable them to transform their lives.

Josphat Mwaura is a founder member of the East Africa Business Summit (EABS) and served as the Chair of the Convenors in 2011. The purpose of EABS is to provide a forum for engagement between the region’s top business minds and thought leaders on key challenges in order to catalyse a true economic transformation of East Africa. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA – K) and member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPA – K). He also holds a Certificate in Macroeconomic Policy and Management from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.