Gideon Muriuki Biography: Dr. Gideon Maina Muriuki, MBS, is the Group Managing Director & CEO, Executive Director, Member of the Board of Management of The Co-operative Bank of Kenya Limited.
Dr. Muriuki joined the bank in 1996 as a Senior Corporate Manager. Three years later in 1999, he assumed the role of Director, Corporate and Institutional Banking. In 2001, Dr. Muriuki was appointed the bank’s Managing Director.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. He is also a Fellow of the Kenya Institute of Bankers and has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business Management in year 2011. He has over 32 years of experience in banking and finance. He is Vice-President Africa – International Cooperative Banking Alliance (ICBA), former Chairman, Governing Council of the Africa International University and former Chairman, African Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (AFRACA).
He was decorated in 2005 with the award of Order of the Grand Warrior (OGW), in 2011 with the award of the Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (MBS) and in 2017 with Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear first-class (CBS) in recognition of his successful turnaround of the Bank and exemplary service to the nation. Currently, under Dr. Muriuki’s stewardship, Co-op Bank is ranked as the third largest bank in Kenya with assets worth over Sh. 536.9 billion.
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He was voted the CEO of the year Africa 2014 by the International Banker, 2016 Lion of Judah Award by Evangelical Alliance of Kenya and Mtumishi Bora Award – 2016 by the Kenya Christian Professionals Forum. In 2018, awarded Best Banking CEO Kenya by International Finance.
Dr. Muriuki is also a recipient of a decoration of Chevalier de L’orde National du Burkina Faso by the President of Burkina Faso in recognition of his contribution to development of rural finance in Africa.