British American Tobacco Kenya - Rita Kavashe

POSITION: Independent Non-Executive Chairperson since 1st September 2020;

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: Rita is currently the Managing Director of Isuzu East Africa Limited (formerly General Motors East Africa), the largest motor vehicle assembler in East Africa. She joined General Motors in 1995 and has held several key roles in Sales & Marketing, both in Kenya and South Africa. She is also an executive coach certified by the Academy of Executive Coaches (AOEC) UK. In 2017, she was awarded the Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (MBS) for exemplary service to the Country as a business leader.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Education from Moi University (Kenya) and a master ’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Nairobi.

KEY APPOINTMENTS: She is Chair of the Kenya Roads Board, a Non-Executive Director of Bamburi Cement Limited (Lafarge Group), Vice-Chair of the Kenya Private Sector Alliance and serves as a Member of the Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Board.