Ezra Chiloba Simiyu is Kenyan C-Suite executive in the ranks of the

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as the Director General after taking over from

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on 4 Oct 2021.

Career

He previously served as a Programme Officer at Cemiride and

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, as a Human Rights Officer at KNHCR, and as a Project Manager at UNDP. He also held the position of Deputy team leader (Governance) at Drivers of Accountability Programme (DAP) in 2015. From Jan 2015 he was named CEO of the IEBC. In Apr 2018 he was suspended from his post, a matter that moved to court, before he was ultimately let go. After IEBC he became Principal Partner at Chil & Kemp Strategies before being appointed to serve as a board member of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund. In Sept 2021 he was appointed the Director General at

Education

He attended Mutua Primary School in Kwanza County before joining St. Joseph's Kitale High School and then Kwanza Boys High School. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Nairobi, an Master of Science in Major Programme Management (MMPM) from the University of Oxford, and an Master of Public Policy from Central European University, Hungary.

Awards

He was named to the Top 40 under 40 men by the

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in 2015.Kenyan Wall Street, 4 Dec 201
40 under 40 Men in 2015-Business Daily
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