Dr. Caesar Mwangi

Executive Dean, Strathmore University Business School

Dr. Caesar Mwangi is the Executive Dean of Strathmore University Business School. Prior to his appointment in 2022, he was the Group Chief Executive Officer for ICEA LION Insurance Holdings Ltd overseeing eight operating Insurance and Asset Management Businesses in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. He has also been an Adjunct Faculty Member of SBS since the commencement of the first MBA program in 2007.

Dr. Mwangi has over 25 years of experience in various Management and Leadership roles. His previous professional experience includes stints as Managing Director with Sasini PLC; Africa Regional Director with Global Village Energy Partnership operating in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Senegal; Chief Executive Officer with Sunnymoney renewable energy Business operating in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Zambia; Associate Director responsible for Risk Management (Africa and Europe Region) in the Consultative Group in International Agricultural Research (CGIAR); CEO at the Centre for Personal Leadership in Nairobi, Management Consultant with Deloitte & Touché (Nairobi and Johannesburg); Finance and Corporate Services Director with Independent Mediation Service of South Africa; Managing Director with Maisha Consulting (Johannesburg) and Strategy Consultant with Deloitte & Touche in Johannesburg and Nairobi.

He holds a PhD in Organizational Performance and Change Management from the University of Johannesburg, MBA from Wits Business School and a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) from Nairobi University. He also holds various Professional qualifications including: Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certified Executive Leadership Coach (CELC) from Coach Development Institute-Africa. He is a Certified Facilitator for the use of Organization Culture Transformation Tools developed by Barrett Values Centre, (UK) and Leadership Development Challenge Methodology developed by Wiley & Sons (UK).

Dr Mwangi has Chaired a number of Boards including the Kenya Markets Trust; the Investments Committee of the South African Council of Churches, the Kianda School Board and the Strathmore Education Registered Trust with Fiduciary responsibilities for the Strathmore University, Strathmore School, and the Eastland’s College of Technology.

He has also been the Vice Chairman of the Strathmore University Council and Chair and Interim Director on the inception of the Strathmore Governance Centre (SGC) 2008, Vice Chair of KEPSA Agriculture Sector Board, member of Kenya Climate Innovation Centre Board, member of the Kenya Climate Ventures Investment Committee, member of the Board of the Sandford International School in Addis Ababa and the Roosevelt Park School in Johannesburg. He is the Founding Director of the Centre for Personal Leadership and currently serves on the Boards of Mitchell Cotts Freight forwarders Ltd and the Karirana Tea Estates Ltd in Kenya.

Dr Mwangi is an ardent hiking enthusiast and also a regular Facilitator on the Program for Family Development at SBS. He is married to Anne Wangui and the father of boys and girls who motivate him to be the best possible version of himself as he contributes to a better future for the sake of the next generation.