The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) has announced the appointment of Mr Jaswinder Bedi of Bedi Investment to serve as the Chairperson of its Board of Directors.
Bedi, who has served as the Vice-Chairperson of the Board since 2021, succeeds Ms Flora Mutahi after her two-year tenure at the helm of the KEPSA Board.
Further, KEPSA appointed Ms Brenda Mbathi of the American Chamber of Commerce, Kenya, Vice-Chairperson during the organisation’s 19th Annual General Meeting (AGM).
The KEPSA Board also received fresh blood from newly appointed directors replacing the outgoing ones, having served their term.
The changes also heralded new leadership at the institution’s Governing Council, where various sector leaders were handed the mandate to steer the sector boards.
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KEPSA has significantly contributed to the economy and the business operating landscape by working together and building formidable partnerships with the government across all arms, its members and all other stakeholders.
At the AGM, KEPSA emphasised its unwavering commitment to its members' growth, support and representation by fostering an environment of collaboration and shared success and ensuring that its members thrive in their respective industries.
KEPSA CEO Ms Carole Kariuki noted that the organisation would implement its new business strategy over the next five years to create a globally competitive and prosperous Kenya by 2027.
“The new business strategy challenges us into building partnerships and shared vision with the government and all other stakeholders to realize an enabling business environment that delivers Kenya’s global competitiveness.”
She also reported that in the recent past, the organisation’s membership has experienced a surge of micro and small enterprises who continued to benefit from some of its programmes and projects and would be supported further to scale up through integration into various priority value chains where larger enterprises operate.
