Vision 2030 Delivery Board provides the overall guidance to the Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat through policy-making and an advisory role.
Board Chairman
Emmanuel Kombe Nzai is the Chairman of the Kenya Vision 2030 Board, charged with guiding and coordinating the strategic implementation of Kenya’s long-term national transformation agenda (Kenya Vision 2030) – www.vision 2030.go.ke. Currently, at its final Medium Term Plan (MTP4, 2023 2027) A Presidential appointee, Mr. Nzai is guiding the countdown actions of the President’s Manifesto – Bottom Economic Transformation Agenda within the Kenya Vision 2030 successive national plan – Kenya Vision 2063 (Kenya@100). He is a seasoned Economic Development and Policy professional, bringing over 20 years of executive management experience in both the public and private sectors in Kenya and the USA.
Nzai is the founding CEO of the Jumuiya Economic Development Secretariat, a regional
economic development agency representing Kenya’s six coastal counties (www.jumuiya.org). He also played a pivotal role as the initiator and advisor of the
EUR 25 million Go Blue Project, which focuses on advancing the blue economy in Kenya – www.goblue.co.ke
His previous leadership positions include serving as the first Executive Officer of the
Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat and founding Linkagepoint LLC, a strategic advisory firm based in Washington, D.C.
Nzai is respected national political leader who vied for Deputy President in Kenya (Ekuru-Nzai 2017).
He holds an MBA in Information Technology and Public Administration from
Shenandoah University, Virginia, and an Honorary Doctorate in Development
Economics from London Bridge University, UK.
Mr. James Maina has been a Director, Planning in the State Department for Economic Planning. He headed the Monitoring Evaluation and Public Investment Management Directorate.
Mr. James Maina is a career public servant with 29 years of working experience in Macroeconomic and National Development Planning, International relations and Performance Management. He holds Masters and Bachelor’s degrees in Economics from University of Nairobi. He has also attended short courses in strategic leadership management; Global World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations; private sector driven regional development; performance management with balanced score card; fiscal decentralization; managing market economies in a globalizing world; management of South-South and Triangular Cooperation; and external resources management among others. James coordinated the preparation of the Fourth Medium Term Plan (MTP IV) of The Kenya Vision 2030 and was instrumental in coordinating preparation of the Third Medium Term Plan (MTP III). He has also coordinated country reporting on Africa Agenda 2063 First Ten Year Implementation Plan (FTYIP). He has built expansive experience in National Development Planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation; Economic Policy Formulation; Budgeting and Budget Execution; Strategic Planning; Management of Performance Contracting; Negotiations for Multilateral and Bilateral Cooperation Frameworks; Conference/Convention Coordination, Management and Logistics as well as Management of South-South and Triangular Cooperation.