Mr. Joseph Ogutu is Chief Special Projects at Safaricom PLC, including Safaricom Foundation. He joined Safaricom as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer in May 2005 from Telkom Kenya. He has worked closely with the CEO in formulating strategic direction for the business and focusing on developing Safaricom’ s position as an industry leader in driving innovation in products and services. He currently also serves as the Chairman of Safaricom Foundation and sits in the board of TEAMS Limited.
Mr. Ogutu has had a dynamic career in the telecommunications industry spanning more than 25 years of which the last 12 have been at Executive Committee level. During this period, he was actively involved in the reform of the sector including the drafting of the Postal and Telecommunication Policy Paper that led to the restructuring of the defunct Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation and subsequent establishment of CCK, Telkom Kenya and Postal Corporation of Kenya. He has also been involved in the establishment of the institutional framework for the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (Eassy).