Beyond the shadows of my dream: A Biography of Dr Martin Oduor Otieno CBS

Dr. Martin Oduor-Otieno’s career as perfectly illustrated in this book started out in Accounting and Banking but has over the recent past shifted to Leadership and Governance. He is currently an independent Business Advisor and Accredited Executive Coach, and runs the Consulting Firm, The Leadership Group Limited. Prior to this, he worked with Deloitte East Africa as Partner, Financial Services industry from May 2013 to December 2015.

He had an illustrious career at Kenya Commercial Bank Group (KCB Group, plc) between October 2005 and December 2012, most of which time he was Chief Executive Officer, presiding over rapid transformation and growth for the bank. He has also held senior positions in Barclays Bank both in Kenya and in South Africa, in addition to an earlier decade spent in various finance roles at British American Tobacco Kenya and as accounting trainee at the professional services firm, Pannell Bellhouse Mwangi (present day EY).

Martin also had a stint in the Public Sector as Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance/Treasury in the Government of Kenya between 1999 and 2001. He holds an Executive MBA degree from ESAMI/ Maastritch Business Schools and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of Nairobi and has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of business leadership degree by KCA University. He is also an alumnus of the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

He is a Fellow of the Kenya Institute of Bankers, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya, the Institute of Certified Secretaries of Kenya and the Institute of Directors of Kenya. He is an Accredited Governance Auditor and also holds the credential of Professional Certified Coach (PCC) from the International Coaching Federation (ICF).

Martin serves as a non-executive director on the boards of Standard Bank Group, Standard Bank of South Africa, East African Breweries plc, British American Tobacco Kenya plc, GA Life Assurance Limited.

Book details

• Format Paperback
• Pages230 pages
• LanguageEnglish
• ISBN10B0BFW16132
• ISBN13B0BFW16132