Act as the premier reference point on the state of African carbon markets through owning and disseminating a roadmap report, the required steps for scaling, and ACMI's progress
Be the advocate for Africa's position within carbon markets, bringing increased demand and investment into the continent and shifting the narrative on African Carbon Markets
Advise and partner in creating a stable regulatory landscape and scaling high- integrity project development through technical assistance for carbon market activation plans (including on Article 6) and partnerships to deliver training to supply-side players and communities
Convene actors that are working to solve enabling environment challenges to attract capital, scale supply, build consensus, and drive global momentum on carbon markets
Paul Muthaura is the CEO of the Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI). Before this, he was an independent consultant supporting economically impactful transitions to greater resilience, inclusion, and carbon neutrality in developing economies as well as capital markets development in emerging African jurisdictions.
He is an Independent Board member of the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants; an Independent Board Member of British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya; a Board Member of ICEA LION Asset Management; an Independent Member of the Financial Sector Deepening Trust, Kenya; and a Member of the Securities Advisory Board of the Toronto Centre for Global Leadership in Financial Supervision.
He has previously been the Chief Executive Officer of ICEA LION General Insurance Kenya, the first African member of the Financial Stability Board TCFD insurer pilot group. Before that, he was the Chief Executive of the Capital Markets Authority of Kenya. In his term at CMA, he was the Africa and Middle East Regional Committee Chair on the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).
Oliver is Head of Programmes at ACMI, having been involved in the conception, design, launch and build of the Initiative. Oliver leads the programmatic side of ACMI, overseeing teams across the Supply, Demand, Narrative & Advocacy and Country Support pillars of work. Oliver regularly represents ACMI at global events and engages with senior African stakeholders. Oliver’s was previously at McKinsey and Co and holds an MSc and BA from the University of Oxford.
