Ken Wathome is a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist with interests in real estate, insurance, and the technology space. He was the founding chairman of Faulu Kenya Bank, one of Kenya’s leading microfinance institutions, and has chaired several public sector, private sector, and non-profit boards, including the Kenya Bureau of Standards, Transformational Business Network (East Africa), and Food for the Hungry International. He has served on numerous boards both in Africa and internationally and continues to contribute his expertise.
Mr. Wathome currently represents the majority shareholder on the Opportunity International Savings and Loans Ltd.’s board and he chairs the Stewardship and Impact Committee on the Opportunity International US board.
He holds an MBA from the United States International University in Kenya and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management (OPM) program.