Nairobi, Kenya, January 2026 — Equity Bank Limited, a leading Pan-African financial services group, has appointed Nicholas Oywa as Performance & Productivity Manager, strengthening its people performance and workforce optimisation agenda across its growing regional footprint.
In his new role, Nicholas Oywa will focus on driving performance management systems, productivity frameworks, workforce planning, and data-driven people analytics to enhance organisational effectiveness and service excellence across Equity Bank’s multi-country operations.
Prior to this appointment, Nicholas served as Senior Human Resources Business Partner at Equity Bank Limited, where he played a critical role in shaping people, culture, change management, and strategic workforce planning initiatives within the Group.
He previously held the role of Manager – Performance Management at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) for nearly four years, leading organisation-wide performance frameworks, stakeholder engagement initiatives, and analytics-driven performance reporting systems.
Earlier in his career, Nicholas spent over three years at The Nairobi Hospital, progressing from Human Resource Assistant to Human Resources Business Partner, managing talent development, compensation, employee relations, and HR operations.
His professional journey also includes HR leadership roles at KCB Bank Group, as well as academic leadership assignments as Head of Academics at Santa Lukas School and Head of Department at Zetech University, reflecting a strong foundation in workforce development and people leadership.
About Equity Bank Limited
Equity Bank Limited is part of Equity Group Holdings Plc, a Pan-African financial services holding company listed on the Nairobi, Uganda, and Rwanda Securities Exchanges. The Group is Kenya’s first trillion-shilling balance-sheet bank and the largest bank in the region by assets, deposits, and market capitalisation. It operates across Kenya, DRC, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan and Ethiopia, serving over 15 million customers through an extensive digital and physical banking network.
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