Paul Muthaura

Paul Muthaura became an independent member of the IESBA in January 2023.

Mr. Muthaura is the CEO of the Africa Carbon Markets Initiative.  Paul is an independent Board Member of British American Tobacco Kenya Ltd; Board Member of ICEA LION Asset Management; Independent Member of the Financial Sector Deepening Trust, Kenya and member of the Securities Advisory Board of the Toronto Centre for Global Leadership in Financial Supervision. Paul is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries and a Certified Executive Coach and Systemic Team Coach from the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC).

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); Chairman of the Consultative Committee of the East African Securities Regulatory Authorities; and a member of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group for Sub-Saharan Africa.