Titus Naikuni is a mechanical engineer, businessman and corporate executive in

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. He is the chairman of the board of

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and

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. Previously, from February 2003 until December 2014, Naikuni served as the group managing director and chief executive officer of

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, the national airline carrier.

Background and education

He was born in Kenya, circa 1961. He attended

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, graduating with a

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. Later, he attended the

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’s Management Development Programme (PMD71), in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. He also holds an honorary doctorate in science that was awarded to him by the

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, in recognition of his contribution to development.

Career

He joined the

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in 1979 as a trainee engineer and rose to the positions of managing director of that company in 1995 and managing director of the Magadi Railway Company (a subsidiary of Magadi Soda Company) in 1996. Between August 1999 and March 2001, Naikuni was a member of a team of Kenyan technocrats, sponsored by the

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, who was known as the "Dream Team". These technocrats were engaged by the government to turn around the economy. In this capacity, Naikuni served as permanent secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Communications and was a member of the board of Kenya Airways. He returned to Magadi Soda Company in April 2001, where he continued to serve as managing director, until his appointment to Kenya Airways in February 2003. Naikuni has extensive boardroom experience, having served on various company boards, including as a member of the board of

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(South Africa), as chairman of

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and as chairman of Housing Finance Company Limited. He received the Manager of the Year Award in Kenya in 2002.

Other responsibilities

As of February 2016, Naikuni served on the boards of eight companies, including the following: * AccessKenya Limited * Airtel Kenya * Lafarge International Advisory Board *

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France *

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Magadi * Prudential Life Assurance Kenya *

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Background and education

Career

Other responsibilities

See also

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