Mr. John Gachora has served as Group Managing Director, Executive Director of NIC Bank Ltd since September 2013.
Interestingly, Mr. Gachora was the first was the first indigenous Kenyan to hold the position of managing director in Wall Street, America’s financial powerhouse.
Prior to joining NIC Bank as CEO, Mr. Gachora was the Managing Director, Head of Corporate & Investment Banking at Barclays Africa, based in South Africa. he had been appointed to this position in 2011.
He had previously served as the chief executive officer at Absa Africa, and managing principal, Head of Africa at Absa Capital. Mr. John Gachora also served as the managing director and head of group at Bank of America Investment Banking, in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, and as Vice President, Structuring Head at Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, USA.
Mr. John Gachora holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US. He also holds an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
He is currently in his forties. He was born and raise in the rural village of Gatamaiyu, in Central Province. He was the 8th born in a family of 13. Having grown up poor, Mr. Gachora says his driving force in life is the fear of poverty. Subsequently, he is not extravagant and will only spend if and where necessary.
