DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Strategic Leadership
• Provide overall strategic direction and execute AMAC’s multi-year growth plan.
• Expand Mazao Exchange, WRS, and the AMAC Institute across Kenya and neighboring regions.
• Identify and commercialize new commodity opportunities and product lines.
• Build and sustain a resilient, future-focused organizational culture.
• Market Development & Trade Expansion
• Increase adoption of the Mazao Exchange among farmer groups, cooperatives, processors, and exporters.
• Drive WRS market penetration and accelerate uptake of structured trading instruments.
• Develop and maintain strong ties with commodity buyers, associations, banks, and international partners.
• Financial Oversight
• Lead revenue growth, cost optimization, profitability, and cash-flow discipline.
• Strengthen trade-finance partnerships and unlock new financing products with partner banks.
• Present quarterly business and financial performance to the Board.
• Stakeholder & Government Relations
• Represent AMAC in high-level engagements with ministries, regulators, county governments, and development partners.
• Champion policy dialogues, market reforms, and sector frameworks that advance structured trade.
• Operations, Quality & Compliance
• Ensure compliance with the WRS Act, commodity-trade regulations, and international standards.
• Oversee warehousing, grading, certification, and end-to-end commodity-trade processes.
• Strengthen risk management, internal controls, and operational integrity.
• Leadership & Culture
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing cross-functional team.
• Promote excellence, transparency, innovation, and accountability.
• Ensure effective succession planning and performance management.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness, Economics, Finance, Supply Chain Management, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• Minimum 10 years’ senior leadership in agribusiness, commodities trading, trade finance, or agricultural value chains.
• Demonstrated experience in scaling platforms, structured trading systems, or commodity exchanges.
• Proven track record in revenue growth, partnership development, and market expansion.
• Strong financial acumen, analytical capability, and negotiation skills.
• Experience working with regulators, development partners, cooperatives, and global buyers.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Deep understanding of agricultural markets, value chains, and commodities regulation.
• Strong knowledge of trade finance, structured trade, and logistics ecosystems.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder diplomacy skills.
• Strategic thinker with strong execution discipline and data-driven decision-making capability.
• Familiarity with digital trading platforms and market-linkage technologies is an added advantage.