The Board of Directors of Bamburi Cement Limited (the “Company”) hereby announces the appointment of Mr. Austin A. O. Ouko as a Non-Executive Director effective 28th August 2020.

Mr. Ouko is the Ag. General Manager (Corporate Affairs/Corporation Secretary) at the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and has over 10 years’ experience in transactional, corporate and commercial law in both public and private organizations. He was previously the Manager Legal at NSSF and before that, Senior Legal Officer with The Standard Group Limited. He holds a Master of the Science of Law (JSM) from Stanford University Law School, a Master of Laws (LL.M) in Public Finance & Financial Services and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree, both from the University of Nairobi. He is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators-UK, a Certified Public Secretary-Kenya, and an accredited Governance Auditor with the Institute of Certified Secretaries, Kenya.

The Board congratulates and welcomes Mr. Ouko to the Board.

The Board also announces that Mr. Joseph Kimote, currently a Non-Executive Director of the Company, will resign as a Director effective 28th August 2020.

Mr. Kimote is currently the Managing Director of the National Cereals and Produce Board and joined the Company’s Board on 2nd June 2016. Prior to his appointment, he held various senior management roles at NSSF including General Manager (Strategy, Research & Development). Joseph is a member of the Institute of Directors of Kenya, Kenya Institute of Management and the Institute of Human Resource Management.

The Board thanks Mr. Kimote for his dedicated and distinguished service.

On behalf of the Board of Directors,

Dr. John P. N. Simba
Chairman
27th August 2020

Seddiq Hassani
Group Managing Director

For more information about the Company, please visit www.lafarge.co.ke