Carole Kariuki

Carole Kariuki is a business executive in Kenya, who is the chief executive officer of Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), an industry group that represents and lobbies on behalf of Kenyan businesses and industries.

Background and education Kariuki was born in Nakuru County, near Egerton University circa 1975. She was admitted to the University of Nairobi, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics and Sociology. Later, she received a scholarship to attend Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, in the United States, where she graduated with a Master of Public Administration and International Affairs.

Career Kariuki us the chief executive officer of Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), an industry group that represents and lobbies on behalf of Kenyan businesses and industries.

Before joining KEPSA, she worked briefly with Barclays Bank of Kenya, Nairobi Chapel and Sagamore Institute for Public Policy Research, Indianapolis-Indiana, where she acted as a liaison between the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) and the institute before formally joining KEPSA. She worked for several years at KEPSA before being appointed its CEO.

In March 2019, she was named to the board of directors at East African Cables Limited, an electricity and industrial cable manufacturer based in Nairobi, board chair of LPC Global Logistics, Kenya, board member of Jubilee Health Insurance Limited, USIU-Africa Trustees, UN Global Compact Network Kenya, council member at the National Council of Administrative Justice (NCAJ) chaired by the chief justice of Kenya, and WTO Trade Committee, Geneva.