Kenya Pipeline Company board has confirmed the appointment of Joe Sang as the Managing Director.
He takes over the corporation for a fresh term of four years, renewable subject to performance.
The high court had in February this year suspended the appointment of Joe Sang at the helm of KPC in an acting capacity.
In a letter by KPC board chairperson Faith Bett, the corporation said he emerged top in the just concluded recruitment process.
“Sang rejoined KPC three months ago in an Acting capacity where he has achieved commendable turnaround in the company’s operations, seeing to a groundbreaking enhancement of the pipeline flowrate from Mombasa to Nairobi of 1.3 million litres per hour from a prior average flowrate of 950 thousand litres per hour,” Bett said in a statement.
Sang has previously worked with WHO-KEMRI as a Project Economist, Financial Accountant with National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK), Management Accountant with Unga Limited.
He was also the Head of Finance for East African Breweries Limited (EABL) Subsidiary, Head of Group Performance and Reporting for East African Breweries Limited (EABL) Group, General Manager Finance & Strategy with KPC and later Managing Director in April 2016.
He has also overseen the improved flowrate to Western Kenya terminals at 636 thousand litres per hour from a prior average of 530 thousand litres per hour I his two months at the Helm of KPC.
Sang holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and a Master of Business Administration (MBA), Strategic Management, both from the University of Nairobi. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Member of the Institute of Public Certified Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK).
