Mr. Nzioka Siwadie Waita

Nzioka ,49 years of age is the Managing Director for Africa at The Tony Blair Institute  For Global Change. He is a former senior public servant and an experienced c-suite corporate executive. He is the immediate past Chief Of Staff in the Executive Office of  the President , Government of the Republic of Kenya under the Kenyatta  Administration. As the founding Head of the President’s Delivery Unit, Nzioka was a  key driver of the Government’s development agenda and played a critical role in  coordinating the successful implementation of key National Government programs.

By way of profession, Nzioka is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a Certified  Public Secretary of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya (ICPSK). He  is a graduate of Law (LLB) from the University of Sheffield and holds a Masters Degree in Computer and Communications Law from Queen Mary, University of London.  

Nzioka has held several senior leadership roles in the private sector with the most recent  being the Director of Corporate Affairs at Safaricom a position held for 4 years prior to  joining the National Government of Kenya. Nzioka has also held several non-executive  director roles in the asset management and technology space. More recently, Nzioka  has taken up strategic advisory roles in the Fin-Tech sector, where he sits as a Trustee  in Loop Digital Financial Services Payment Company ( a subsidiary of the NCBA  Group PLC), he has recently joined Tap Tap Send , a US based remittance company as  their non executive advisor for East Africa and the Horn .  

In both his private and public engagements, Nzioka is very passionate about community  service and aside from being a former founding Trustee of the Safaricom Foundation,  he has sat on the Board of two other non-profit organisations, namely the African Braille  Centre www.africanbraille.org which provides specialised Braille reading material for  the visually impaired and Alive and Kicking Kenya www.aliveandkicking.org.uk a social charitable trust registered in the UK and having a local office in Kenya.  

Nzioka is a conservationist at heart and has served as an Honorary Warden for the Kenya Wildlife Service. He is a champion for empowering communities who reside in  conservation area to understand how their carbon credit potential can create sustainable  livelihoods for them whilst protecting Kenya’s fragile biodiversity.

Nzioka is the recipient of the Moran of Golden Heart ( MGH) and the Chief of the Order  of the Burning Spear (CBS) , both national honours bestowed on citizens who have  contributed positively to the progress of the nation.