Nizar juma biography of george

He once chaired 70 boards, but Nizar Juma has cut down his engagements to 39 as he focuses on his other passion, fighting corporate graft. When the life story of Nizar Juma is written, one of the highlights of his eventful corporate journey will probably be having been the chairman of the biggest number of companies in Kenya and perhaps the region.

At one time, the Jubilee Holdings Chairman was sitting on the boards of 70 companies.

That number might have reduced now, but that is no mean feat for the man who has straddled the local corporate scene since 1974 when he became the sole manufacturer of Adidas sports equipment.

Since then, Mr Juma has sat on the boards of companies in various sectors, including those dealing in food processing, textiles, energy, telephony, pharmaceutical and fibre optic cables.

But his most prominent role to date has been at Jubilee Holdings where he has served for the last 15 years.

Since taking over in 2004, the listed underwriter’s to