Centum Investment, the largest public quoted investment company in East Africa, has appointed Job Muriuki and Brian Kiai as Deputy Directors in its Centum Capital Division.

Muriuki and Kia report to Fred Murimi, Director at Centum Capital Division.

Muriuki previously served as a principal within Centum, overseeing the implementation of key initiatives within the company.

Muriuki spearheaded consolidation of Centum’s holdings in the Coca-Cola bottling business into a subsidiary known as Almasi Beverages.

He also oversaw the acquisition of Platinum Credit and K-rep Bank.

Muriuki has also been instrumental in building Centum’s involvement in the power sector; Centum has a development pipeline of about 1,190 Mw of Power Plants to date, with two key projects namely Amu Power and Akiira Geothermal.

Kiai joins Centum from Berkeley Holdings, where he served as a vice president.

He has also served in various capacities as an investment professional in Actis and The Rohatyn Group (TRG).

Kiai will be responsible for Centum Capital’s fundraising, investor relations and stakeholder management initiatives.

He will also assist in developing opportunities in agribusiness, education, health care and real estate.

Centum Investment Company is East Africa’s largest listed investment company that is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange and cross listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange.

Centum’s strategy focuses on creation of investment grade opportunities of scale in eight key sectors: real estate and infrastructure, power, financial services, FMCG, agribusiness, education, healthcare and ICT.