AMB. MANOAH ESIPISU

Amb. Esipisu is a Senior Diplomat and is a highly accomplished, articulate professional with a distinguished record of service in the public sector. He has served in senior leadership positions in both the private and public sectors. He has been the Head of the Presidential Strategic Communications Unit and President’s Spokesperson in the Executive Office of the President of Kenya. He has also been the Advisor/Editor on Africa for Business Day Newspaper and has previously been Deputy Director, Communications & Public Affairs Spokesman for the Commonwealth Secretariat, London.

He holds a Master of Arts in Financial Journalism (Financial Journalism and Political Economy) from City, University of
London, UK. He also has a Post graduate Diploma in Mass Communication from the University of Nairobi, Kenya and
a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Literature from the University of Nairobi, Kenya.

He is currently High Commissioner of Kenya to the UK (Ambassador), Permanent Representative to the UN International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and Member of the Board of Governors, Commonwealth Secretariat, London. He also served as Correspondent and editor at Thomson Reuters, the global leader in financial news gathering