Date of Appointment - Age Mr Omae Nyarandi is a non-executive chairman and independent director serving as the Chairman of the Board having been re-appointed on August 1st, 2018. He is 53 years old. 

Key Academic / Professional Qualifications - He holds an MBA in Business Administration from the University of Nairobi (UON) and is currently pursuing his PhD in Strategic Management from the same university. Besides, Mr. Nyarandi is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA-K), a Certified Secretary (CS), and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (MCIPS), Institute of Supplies Management of Kenya (ISMK) and Institute of Management of Kenya (IMK). 

Experience - He has over 23-years of work experience accumulated in areas of Port Strategy, Commercial, Procurement and Finance. Specifically, Mr. Nyarandi led Departments of Procurement, Commercial and Finance before rising to the Position of General Manager Corporate Services in charge of Strategic Planning, Research, Marketing, Corporate Communication, and Information Technology at Kenya Ports Authority. He is currently heading the Permanent Secretariat, as the Executive Secretary, of the Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority (NCTTA) based in Mombasa. 

Stakeholder Representation - He represents the Residential Associations’ stakeholder group according to the WASREB Corporate Governance requirements.