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Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has re-appointed Joe Sang as the Managing Director. 

Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has re-appointed Joe Sang as the Managing Director.

In a statement on Tuesday, April 25, KPC Board Chairperson Faith Boinnet stated that Sang emerged as the top candidate during the recruitment process and, would serve in the position for a fresh term of four years.

“On behalf of the Board of Directors of Kenya Pipeline Company Ltd (KPC), I am pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Joe Sang as the Managing Director after emerging top in the just concluded recruitment process. Mr. Sang’s contract will be for a fresh term of four years, renewable subject to performance,” read the statement in part.

Boinnet said that Sang oversaw remarkable changes in the State Corporation during his tenure between 2016 and 2018.

“Mr. Sang’s brief but highly effective tenure at KPC (2016-2018) saw remarkable changes in the management and performance of the State Corporation. I was part of the KPC board that witnessed the profitability of the Company rise steadily from 2016 when he assumed management, culminating in a record Profit Before Tax of KES12.4 Billion (KES8.6 Billion after tax) in 2018. This is the highest profit in the 50-year history of the Company,” Boinnet noted.

File image of Joe Sang. 

She expressed confidence that Sang would continue to lead the organization to surpass its former stellar performance and implement key strategies in the company.

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 also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Member of the Institute of Public Certified Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK).

He previously worked as a Project Economist at WHO-KEMRI, a Financial Accountant at the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK), and a Management Accountant at Unga Limited.

Sang has also served as the Head of Finance for the East African Breweries Limited (EABL) subsidiary and the Head of Group Performance and Reporting for EABL Group.