Lawyer Adil Khawaja has been elected board chair of Safaricom Plc with effect from January 26, 2023.
Mr Khawaja’s election as chairman comes slightly over a month after he joined Safaricom as a director in a board shake-up seen to align the firm with the new administration.
Safaricom announced his election on Thursday in a statement signed by CEO Peter Ndegwa.
He has previously served on the boards of other top Kenyan firms, including Kenya Power and KCB.
Among the projects he will help shepherd at Safaricom, which is the most profitable company in East Africa, is the scaling up of operations in neighbouring Ethiopia, after the launch of its network there last year.
The changes cut shot the reign of Mr Ngumi, who was one of the favourite board appointees to cash-rich parastatals during the Uhuru administration.
Adil currently serves as the Managing Partner at Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews, the oldest law firm in Kenya, established in 1902 with a reputation as an innovative, experienced, responsive, and highly skilled firm.
He currently serves on various boards which include Rhino Ark Charitable Trust, Al Futtaim Automative -CMC Motors Group Limited and Atua Enkop Africa Limited.
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