A Serial Entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in investment, portfolio management and market reform for Pan-African projects and initiatives.
Expertise: Africa, Investment, Entrepreneurship, Market Development & Reform
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B.A., Planning & Public Policy
1989 – 1992
JD/LLM, Law
1992 – 1995
JSM (Master of Laws), Law
1999 – 2000
Corporate Associat
September 2001 – October 2002 (1 year 2 months)
Coordinated US$5 billion multi-currency bond financing program and supported similar US$4 billion program including syndicated, credit-linked and equity-linked issuances and listing on New York, Luxembourg and Tokyo stock exchanges.
Senior Regional Advisor
As Cognizant Technical Officer, oversaw $US fund for government contractors executing transport sector reform along the Northern Corridor (road-rail artery through Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda to the Democratic Republic of Congo).
CHAMPION
CHAIRMAN
1999 – 2000
Vice Chairman
KEPSA is the sub-region’s largest business lobby, an umbrella federation including the Federation of Kenyan Employers, the Kenya Bankers Association and the Kenya Association of Manufacturers.
In her rise to Vice Chair, Laila worked for the last decade within the larger KEPSA framework, supporting progressive sector reform alongside stakeholders from various industries.
DIRECTOR
1999 – 2000
