• Masters of Law in international Economic Law
• Bachelors of Law
• Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya (ICPS) (K)

Canon Chris is the current General Secretary of the National Church Council of Kenya (NCCK), SMEP’s greatest stakeholder. as from 1st October, 2019 to date. He was the former Clerk of the County Assembly of Murang'a County, Senior Programme Officer of NCCK and National Coordinator of EAK.

• Bachelor of Laws, University of Nairobi
• Certificate in Investor Relations
• Certified Public Secretary (Kenya)
• Post Graduate Diploma, Kenya School of Law
• MBA, Operations Management, University of Nairobi Business School.
• Certified Public Accountants (Kenya)
• Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) in Finance University of Nairobi, Kenya

Lawrence Kibet is currently the Chief Executive Officer Image Registrars Kenya. Lawrence has had over 10 years working experience in his career stint in various capacities and different locations. He also has a working experience in corporate Finance, Accounting, Transaction Advisory and Risk Management. He has a wide experience in elections and poll management and has facilitated corporate polls for listed and non-listed companies during Annual General Meetings. He also served the country’s electoral Commission in past assignments.

• Bachelor of Arts, Communication & Public Relations, Daystar University

With more than twenty years of experience within the fields of corporate financial communication, corporate affairs and public relations, Jane is a valuable member of the Board. Through her extracurricular activities and various community empowerment initiatives Jane has furthermore been highly involved in strengthening local governance mechanism and promoting social change, holding SMEP accountable to higher standards of corporate social responsibility.

• Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Accounting and Finance- University of Nairobi

John is a CPA with good standing with the ICPAK. He also holds an MBA (Finance) and B.Com (Accounting) from the University of Nairobi. He is also a qualified Certified public Secretary of Kenya. John is currently an independent Public Finance Management consultant. He is currently the involved in several consultancy assignments leading high profile teams of consultants in various aspects of Public Financial Management.

• Master of Divinity, Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology
• Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, & Literature, University of Nairobi

Reverend Canon is a significant Board Member as he is the former General Secretary of the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK). He has previously served as Provost at All Saints Cathedral Nairobi and Secretary General of the Church Army Africa.

• Master of Science, University of Nairobi
• Bachelor of Science (Hons), Statistics, University of Nairobi
• Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (UK)
• Fellow of the Actuarial Society of Kenya (FeTask)

James is a Qualified Actuary with over 30 years of experience in the financial services sector in Kenya, South Africa & the United Kingdom. He has worked as a consultant for a number of retirement schemes and insurance companies. Currently he works as an independent actuarial consultant. James has a keen interest in poverty eradication

• Strategic Leadership for Microfinance Institutions, Harvard Business School
• MBA, Strategic Management and Finance, Daystar University
• Bachelor of Science, Education, Egerton University
• CPA (K)
• CISA
• Member Institute of Directors.

Symon joined SMEP on the back of a strong accounting background having begun his career as an internal auditor from Kimani Kiarie & Certified Public Accounts. Symon has become the backbone of SMEP as he climbed the ranks from being SMEP’s Internal Audit Manager in 2003 to Finance Manager and Head of Finance from 2007 and 2010 respectively. Ensuing his stellar record and alignment with SMEP’s underlying principles, Symon most fittingly assumed his current position as the CEO of the Bank since 2015.