Kenneth Mbae Email & Phone Number

I thrive in developing and transforming bare land into vibrant urban nodes.My nearly one-and-a-half decade at the real estate side of the Centum Investment Company Plc’s business has seen me play central roles in conceptualising and developing multi-billion-shilling real estate projects in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, Kilifi at the Coast and Entebbe in Uganda.My current role as the Managing Director of Centum Real Estate mainly involves identifying, master-planning and greenfield development of mixed-use, urban nodes where families, individuals, and businesses thrive. Centum Re has KES40 Billion worth of assets under its management in Kenya and Uganda and homes sales revenue of KES20 Billion.The Centum Re vision is to become the homes developer brand of choice in Sub-Saharan Africa. I am responsible for visualising and developing the company’s strategy, investment priorities, ESG strategy, financial objectives and overseeing all Centum Re operations.Under my leadership, Centum Re has become one of the largest real estate developers in East Africa, delivering record sales and profitable growth by expanding into new diaspora markets that include the US, Europe, Australia, Middle East & Rest of Africa. I cherish brazing the trail, and leading results-oriented teams to achieving quantifiable milestones. My track record in the real estate industry includes having constructed and handed over 1,200 homes to their buyers, with a further 2,100 houses under construction.I oversaw the issuance, execution and retirement of a KES3 Billion Centum RE listed Real Estate bond from internally generated funds.Centum Re has, under my watch, monetised the existing multi-billion-shilling land bank through sale of development rights. A major highlight has been the award of full high school scholarships to more than 350 bright students from under-privileged backgrounds within the neighbourhoods that we operate, helping to significantly transform the beneficiary families’ lives.I’m a Harvard GSD Alumni (AMDP XVIII), University of Cambridge Judge Business School SMP 8 Alumni, and a member of the Project Management Institute as well as the Institute of Directors (Kenya). I hold a BSC. in Biochemistry from Kenyatta University and an Advanced Management Certificate in Business Management from the Kenya Institute of Management. I am a Certified RBA Trustee, and a Business Daily annual Top 40 Under 40 Men 2021 laureate.