Dr. Percy Opio

Dr Percy Opio Ph.D was appointed as a member of the kasneb Board effective from 1 November 2021. He is a nominee of the Board of kasneb in accordance with Section 15(1)(h) of the Accountants Act, No. 15 of 2008.

He is a holder of Doctor of Strategic Leadership (Strategic Foresights concentrate) degree from Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, USA, Master of Arts in Leadership degree from PAC University, Bachelor of Education (Arts) degree from Moi University, and Management Information Systems Diploma from the Institute of Management Information Systems (UK).

He is a practitioner-academic with experience in Leadership Development, Strategic Foresight, Innovation and Change and ICT. He serves as Chief Executive – Strategy and Innovation at The Leadership Group, and is co-founder of two digital tech companies in Education and Healthcare respectively. He previously held the position of General Manager-ICT at Equity Bank Kenya where he played a key role in rolling out digitization and automation projects. His role also involved overseeing operational efficiency projects, leading the ICT Service Delivery team and chairing the Change Authorization Board. Percy is proud to have successfully implemented the ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) framework – a best practices IT Service Management Framework – at Equity Bank. As an academic, Percy is an adjunct lecturer at PAC University, International University Kenya and is a Programme Leader at Beaulah Heights University, USA. He is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists and author of The Future of Banking in Kenya.

His consultancy engagements have covered ICT Audits, Leadership Development Programmes, Process Re-engineering, Design Thinking, Strategy Review and Formulation, ICT Advisory Services, Board Evaluations and Governance Audits. His experience cuts across several sectors that include Banking, Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs), Education, Manufacturing, Religious Sector and NGOs.