Paul MUTHAURA
CEO, Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI)
Paul Muthaura is the CEO of the Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI). Prior to this he was an independent consultant supporting economically impactful transitions to greater resilience, inclusion and carbon neutrality in developing economies as well as capital markets development in emerging African jurisdictions.
He is an Independent Board member of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants; an Independent Board Member of British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya; a Board Member of ICEA LION Asset Management; an Independent Member of the Financial Sector Deepening Trust, Kenya; and a Member of the Securities Advisory Board of the Toronto Centre for Global Leadership in Financial Supervision.
He has previously been the Chief Executive Officer of ICEA LION General Insurance Kenya, the first African member of the Financial Stability Board TCFD insurer pilot group. Prior to that, he was the Chief Executive of the Capital Markets Authority of Kenya. In his term at CMA, he was the Africa and Middle East Regional Committee Chair on the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)