Mrs. Betty Korir is a mother to 4 wonderful Children, career banker and a leadership coach.
She holds the Global Banking & Finance Award for the “Banking CEO of the Year -East Africa’’ by The European in 2019.
She is a transformational leader and Senior Executive keen on driving social impact .She has served on various Board committees and has proven expertise on formulating business resilience frameworks, driving strategy, merchant banking, Cross Border Trade & structured Finance, Change management, Credit policy formulation and fostering operational efficiency.
In her tenure as Credit Bank’s Chief Executive Officer she has steered the Bank towards great milestones with guidance and support of her Board and Staff to whom she is truly proud to be associated with.
Team effort has seen the Bank bag various accolades under her leadership i.e., Best in Corporate Governance, Sustainability awards in Green Energy-3rd years in a row, Best Bank to borrow from.; Best SME Partner Bank, Best Bank in Trade Finance, Best Tier 111 Bank in customer Service in respective Tier, Excellence awards in Straight through Banking, ISO Certification, Best digital -innovation Award and the Best Bank in Women Empowerment-East Africa amongst other recognitions.
Mrs Korir holds 2 Bachelor Degrees (Hons) ,Post Graduate Master’s Degree in Business Administration and is currently pursuing -PHD in public policy-University of Nairobi .
On the professional front, she is an accredited Risk Expert. She is an Associate of Kenya Institute of Bankers and a finalist in ACIB. She is a Member of Global Association of Finance and Management (GAFM) and a certified Chartered Credit Analyst (CCA).
She has 24 years’ experience obtained several Local Banks and has international exposure obtained from Triodos Bank NA.
Through her leadership and commitment to enhance social and gender inclusion, the bank launched a wSMEs proposition in 2021