Godfrey Waluse, Deputy Country Manager, Kenya, Mitsui & Co.

Godfrey Waluse is a global executive with over 25 years of experience in energy, power, infrastructure, and financial services. Godfrey has managed complex global operations with specific expertise in project development in high-risk environments. He has worked in various capacities at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); the Secretary-General’s office at the United Nations Office in New York, the World Bank in Washington D.C., and at the Standard Bank in Johannesburg, South Africa where he was a strategic advisor on continental initiatives and investments to the bank’s executives.

Godfrey works for Mitsui & Co. Ltd where he has overseen several projects from Tokyo such as the development of Mozambique LNG and was also based in London where he oversaw the development of renewable energy projects. He is currently based in Nairobi where he helps run the East Africa operations with active involvement in developing power, oil & gas, infrastructure, renewable energy, healthcare and ICT projects, among others. In addition to his role at Mitsui, he also sits on the Board of the National Oil Corporation of Kenya where he chairs the Finance sub-committee.

Godfrey holds a business degree in finance from USIU in Nairobi, Kenya and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Boston. He also holds an MBA from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is a member of the Institute of Directors (Kenya).