As part of the Center, KPROD provides an Advisory Team to provide guidance on all matters relating to Development Finance and Risk Management.  A short bio for each of the members of this team is included below.

Reuben Luseso Kisigwa

Reuben is a Strategic Consultant with KIPROD Consultants Limited. He is also consulting as an expert Advisor for Guidepoint Global LLC among other organizations. Reuben has over 25 years in aligning enterprise risk and compliance standards with operational best practices to achieve management objectives in the Banking and Finance sector. He successfully managed large corporate credit portfolios as a Senior Credit Manager in KCB Bank Kenya and as Head of Credit Risk Management at Guaranty Trust Bank Kenya (GT Bank). As Head of Credit Risk Management at GT Bank, he was a member of the Bank’s Board Credit Committee, Board Risk Committee and Board Strategy Committee.

John Martin Ambetsa

John Martin is Founder CEO of KIPROD and has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services sector, working in and advising a diverse range of financial institutions on all aspects of risk management. John Martin is also Founder of JM Value Chains, a private initiative located in Western Kenya, which is complementing the national and County Agribusiness efforts as a way to promote livelihoods and sustainable development.

Peter Matolo

Peter has over 20 years’ experience in the development finance services sector, working and advising in the area of impact investments for institutional and private investors and actively managing tailor-made investment solutions. Initially he was a technical expert in managing financial services programs within East Africa and providing capacity and leadership for an array of financial services projects