Amb Kamau is the immediate former Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Kenya. He has also been Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative, Permanent Representative Mission of The Republic of Kenya to The United Nations. Further, he has held a number of Special Envoy roles including: Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Kenya (Uhuru Kenyatta) to the DRC; Special Envoy of the President of the General Assembly on SDG Implementation and Climate Change; and Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations on El Niño and Climate. He has also held various other roles as a United Nations Officer and Senior Official.
Amb Macharia holds a Masters of Education (Ed.M.), Social Policy and Planning from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and an Associate Bachelors (A.B.). History and Economics from the College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, USA. He has also attended an Executive Programme on Macro Economic Policy and Management from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
In addition, he is currently the Special Advisor on Democracy, Stability & Governance to President (Rtd) Uhuru Kenyatta and a Board Member of United Nations Secretary General’s Peace Building Fund.