Equity Group Holdings Plc has announced the appointment of Samuel Kirubi as the Group Chief Operating Officer.
Kirubi has been promoted from the position of Managing Director, Equity Bank Uganda, to oversee Group operations from Equity’s headquarters in Nairobi.
He has a Masters of Business Administration from Moi University and a BA in Economics and Statistics from Egerton University. He is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program (Strathmore IESE Business School, Barcelona Spain).
He joined Equity Bank in 2001 and has extensive experience in operations, marketing, and customer service.
In 2009, he was the Chief Operations Officer at Equity Bank South Sudan. In 2011, he was appointed as the Founding Managing Director of Equity Bank Rwanda before being transferred to Equity Bank Uganda in 2015. Equity Bank Rwanda became Rwanda’s second largest bank last year.
During his tenure in Uganda, he transformed the subsidiary from a loss-making entity to the fifth most profitable bank in Uganda and the third most profitable subsidiary of Equity Group after Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Samuel was a pioneer intern in Equity Group’s bespoke Equity Leaders Program before joining as a staff member (ELP). Samuel will be in charge of improving the Group’s ability to deliver on its strategy by aligning people, processes, systems, commercial business, and business risk to the aspirations of its customers.
He will collaborate with all banking subsidiaries to provide globally benchmarked exceptional banking services and solutions, as well as leverage technology to drive efficiency and a seamless customer experience that is characterized by ease and convenience of lifestyle.
“As Equity rolls out its ambitious Africa Recovery and Resilience Plan with the aim of scaling its customer base to 100 million by 2025, this calls for the scaling up of our operations, footprint and distribution infrastructure driven by technologically driven digitization and virtualization of the Bank,” said. James Mwangi, Equity Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.
“The Board has expressed confidence in Kirubi’s capability, experience, and deep knowledge of the transition culture in taking up this responsibility at a critical time of the bank’s growth and expansion.”
Speaking on his appointment, Samuel Kirubi said, “I am delighted and humbled at the opportunity afforded to me by the board to steer the Group’s operations across the Group. My commitment to the Board is that I will uphold their expectations and work with my colleagues in taking Equity to the next level as we focus our eyes to making Equity the home of 100 million customers.”
In his place, the board has appointed Anthony Kituuka, the current Executive Director as the Managing Director.
Anthony has been working under Samuel Kirubi since 2015 providing a smooth transition of leadership in that subsidiary.
