Robert Kibaara

Robert Kibaara is a Kenyan businessman, banker and corporate executive, who is the chief executive officer at Housing Finance Group of Kenya, the holding company of Housing Finance Company of Kenya, a commercial bank in that East African country. He assumed his current position in December 2018.

Before his current appointment, he was a banking executive at NIC Bank, before it merged with Commercial Bank of Africa to form NCBA Bank Kenya.

He holds a Bachelor of Banking and Finance, awarded by the University of Sunderland in the United Kingdom. He also holds a Diploma in Marketing, obtained from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, in the United Kingdom. In addition, he holds a Master of Business Administration, awarded by the Edinburgh Business School.

Career According to an interview that he gave in May 2021, Robert Kibaara dropped out of second year undergraduate studies at Kenyatta University, aged 21 years, in 1995, to pursue a banking career, his childhood dream. He was hired by Barclays Bank of Kenya (today Absa Bank Kenya Plc.), where he first worked as a bank teller.

Personal life Robert Kibaara is a married father.