Sheila M’Mbijjewe

Mrs. Sheila M’Mbijjewe MBS, ACCA (UK) has served as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya since 2015. She holds a BA degree in Accounts and Finance and is a Chartered Accountant, England and Wales. Mrs. M’Mbijjewe has had a long career in accounting and audit. She worked in senior positions in the banking sector and was the first woman to be appointed executive director of a publicly quoted commercial bank in Kenya. She has served as a board member in several companies, including the Capital Markets Authority, the Nairobi Stock Exchange, Old Mutual Insurance Company Kenya, the Financial Reporting Centre of Kenya, Pricewaterhouse Kenya and Deloitte Touché Kenya, amongst others. Mrs. M’Mbijjewe was a founding member of the Monetary Policy Committee and the Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act Advisory Committee of Kenya. In 2008 she was awarded the Moran of the Burning Spear (MBS), a Presidential medal for service to her country.