Nairobi, Kenya, September 2025 – Equity Bank Limited, the largest bank in East and Central Africa by assets and customer base, has appointed Mukami Kathambara as its new Head of Human Resources Operations. In this role, Kathambara will be responsible for driving operational excellence across the bank’s people function, strengthening HR systems, and ensuring that workforce strategies align with the Group’s vision of financial inclusion and socio-economic transformation.
Kathambara most recently served at the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) as Organizational Development Manager for nearly four years. In this capacity, she led transformation initiatives that shaped workforce development, talent engagement, and organizational effectiveness, contributing to the modernization of one of Kenya’s most critical public institutions.
Prior to that, she spent seven years with IntraHealth International as Senior Manager – Human Resources for Health. Here, she played a pivotal role in advancing HR practices within the health sector, overseeing recruitment, talent management, and workforce strengthening programs that supported both local and international initiatives.
Earlier in her career, Kathambara worked as a Senior Consultant – People & Change with PwC Kenya, where she provided advisory services on HR strategy, change management, and organizational design for clients across diverse industries. Her professional journey also includes roles as an HR Management Consultant at Osano & Associates and Human Resources Officer at Steelmakers Limited, where she built her early expertise in HR operations and workforce engagement.
About Equity Bank Limited
Equity Group Holdings Plc is a Pan-African financial services holding company listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, Uganda Securities Exchange, and Rwanda Stock Exchange. It is Kenya’s first trillion-shilling balance sheet bank and the region’s largest financial institution by assets, deposits, and market capitalization. The Group operates banking subsidiaries in Kenya, DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, and a representative office in Ethiopia, serving over 15 million customers across its network of 336 branches, 53,151 agents, 34,862 merchants, and 725 ATMs.
Equity Bank’s corporate foundation, the Equity Group Foundation (EGF), drives social impact initiatives across six thematic areas: Education and Leadership Development, Health, Food and Agriculture, Energy and Environment, Enterprise Development and Financial Inclusion, and Social Protection. Together, the bank and its foundation embody the principle of “doing good, while doing well,” shaping both financial and socio-economic transformation across Africa.
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