Michael Joseph (businessman)
Michael Joseph | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | Kenyan, Irish |
| Occupations | Chairman Safaricom, Chairman Kenya Airways |
| Employer(s) | Safaricom, Kenya Airways |
| Successor | Bob Collymore |
Michael Joseph is a South African businessman. He was the long serving chairman of Kenya Airways, a position he held from October 2016 to June 2025. He was previously the CEO of Safaricom from July 2000 to November 2010,[1][2][3] as founder and CEO, and then again as acting CEO from July 2019 to March 2020. He is also chairman of the M-PESA Foundation and the M-PESA Foundation Academy. He was until recently (October 2017) Vodafone's director of Mobile Money and was responsible for leading the strategic growth and development of M-PESA proposition across the Vodafone footprint.
Joseph was the founding CEO of Safaricom Limited, a Kenyan mobile network operator.
References
- ↑ "Collymore next Safaricom CEO". Daily Nation. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ↑ "Goodbye Michael Joseph". Daily Nation. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ↑ Githinji, Patrick (27 July 2010). "Safaricom and the making of a Kenya brand". The Standard. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2023.