Pamela Akivaga

Pamela graduated with an honors degree in Law from the University of Nairobi and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management. She currently plays the dual role of Legal Officer and Deputy Internal Auditor at the Capital Markets Authority in Kenya.

As a legal officer she works closely with the market surveillance team in monitoring the compliance of listed companies and market intermediaries with the minimum corporate governance standards provided under the law and has assisted in on-going process of Demutualization of Kenya's only securities exchange. As the Deputy Internal Auditor, she is responsible for risk management, governance and internal control at the Capital Markets Authority.

Pamela is a member of the East African Uongozi (Leadership) Institute (Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania), an organization which seeks to nurture future leaders in the region. She served as an official to the Institute’s Steering Committee for two years and received an award from the Institute and the Ford Foundation for her distinction in the summer programme: Leadership, Development and African Union.

She is a member of the ICGN Foundation Alumnus, having participated as a scholar in the 2009 ICGN Annual Conference, during which she was awarded the 2009 Alastair Ross Goobey (ARG) Memorial Scholarship for her contribution to corporate governance in a developing market. Her broad research interests include the implementation and enforcement of the principles and codes of corporate governance and emerging issue of corporate social responsibility in developing and emerging countries.

Pamela Akivaga, Nairobi (Kenya)