Protus Sigei has built his career largely within the public sector in Kenya where has worked with the National Treasury and Economic Planning in various capacities over the years. He is currently based in the National Treasury’s Department of Government Investments and Public Enterprises – this being the Department that is responsible for the portfolio of Kenya’s investments in state corporations.

Courtesy of the National Treasury, he has served in the boards of directors of several entities linked to the Government of Kenya – such as KCB (both in Kenya and Uganda), Kenya Reinsurance Corporation, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), Competition Authority of Kenya and Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) – during which he has served in various board committees and chaired the HR and Credit Committees.

He is a member of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis (SBCA), a professional society of academics and practitioners, headquartered at the University of Washington at Seattle, USA. He is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).

He holds a B.A (Hons) degree in Economics (with Mathematics) from the University of Nairobi and a Master of Science from the University of York, U.K. He is also an alumnus of Queen’s University, Canada (Program on Investment Appraisal and Risk Analysis), and INSEAD (Competitive Strategy).