Shaka Kariuki

Mr. Shaka M.
Kariuki is a Chairman at Transcentury Ltd., a Co-Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer at Kuramo Capital Management LLC/ Private Equity, a Partner & Chief Investment Officer at Kuramo Capital Management LLC, a Chairman of Competition Authority of Kenya and a Member at CFA Institute.
He is on the Board of Directors at BYU Marriott School, Leon Business Solution, Marriott School Of Management Brigham Young University, Viathan Engineering Ltd. and Platcorp Holdings Ltd. In his role as the Chairman of the Investment Committee at Kuramo Capital, he leads Kuramo Capital’s investment activities across Africa.
Additionally he leads Kuramo Capital’s Board Governance strategy across all portfolio companies given his extensive Board experience.
Prior to Kuramo, he was a Portfolio Manager at the $9 billion Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators (DMBA), where he managed Private Equity Portfolio, Fixed Income Portfolio, and Domestic and Emerging Markets across asset classes.
He also headed the investment efforts of DMBA Affiliates in Developed and Emerging Markets (UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Philippines, Samoa), including Africa.
Prior to DMBA, Shaka was a Senior Member of the Global Finance team at Agilent Technologies where he managed finance teams in Asia, Europe, Japan, and the USA. He was an also an Associate in the Investment Banking Division of First Security Van Kasper.
He received a Master’s in Government from Harvard University and holds a B.S.
in Economics, and MBA with an emphasis in Finance from Brigham Young University.
He is a member of the CFA Institute.