Joshua Oigara

Joshua Nyamweya Oigara (born 1975) is a Kenyan businessman, accountant and corporate executive and the current Regional Chief Executive Officer of Stanbic Bank. He is the immediate former Group chief executive officer of the Kenya Commercial Bank Group. He served in that position from 1 January 2013. until 25 May 2022.

Before that, he was the chief financial officer and Member of the board of directors of both KCB Group and KCB Bank Kenya, between January 2012 and January 2013. At age 37, his appointment in November 2012 to replace the outgoing CEO Martin Oduor-Otieno made him the youngest CEO of a publicly traded bank at the Nairobi Securities Exchange.

Background and education Joshua Oigara was born in Kisii, in southwestern Kenya in 1975. His parents, William and Diana Oigara, were both schoolteachers and tea farmers at the Gesima Settlement Scheme in Borabu, where he was raised.

After high school, he was admitted to the University of Nairobi for a Bachelor of Commerce degree, majoring in Accounting. He also pursued his accounting certification at Strathmore University School of Accountancy, graduating from both in 1997.

Personal life and net worth Oigara is a married father of three children.