BONNIE OKUMU

Group General Counsel

Designation:

Group General Counsel

Appointment Date:

March 1st, 2021

Education and Professional Background:

Bonnie is the Group General Counsel, KCB Bank Kenya. She was appointed to the role in July 2018. Before the appointment, she was serving as the Head, Legal Services since January 2014. She has served as Company Secretary for KCB Bank Kenya since January 2016.

Before joining KCB, she was the Chief Legal and Regulatory Affairs Officer and Company Secretary at Telkom Kenya Limited. Prior to this she was the General Counsel and Company Secretary at Unilever Kenya Limited where she oversaw the legal and company secretarial functions for 9 operating companies in 7 countries in East and Southern Africa. Until she joined Unilever, she was the Regional Legal Manager for Nestle where she set up the legal department and led a team of lawyers in providing legal and tax advisory services to 14 operating entities in 20 countries in the Equatorial African Region.

Earlier in her career, she was an associate at Hamilton & Mathews where she represented clients including banks, insurance companies and consumer goods companies. She holds an LL.B from the University of Nairobi, is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya as well as a Certified Public Secretary (CPS-K).