John Simba is a Senior Partner at Simba&Simba Advocates. He has experience and interest in Corporate Law, Banking Law and Securitization, Capital Markets, Company Restructure, Privatization and Pensions Law. He has participated as advisor and team member of companies listing and listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange. He has additional experience in management of financial institutions in Kenya having previously held the position of CEO at the Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC) and National Bank of Kenya (NBK). He has also chaired the Nairobi Area Local Committee and Income Tax Tribunal of the Kenya Revenue Authority.
Currently, he is Chair of the Board of Directors of Bamburi Cement Limited, Sanlam Kenya Plc, Funguo Investments Limited. The Nairobi Hospital, whilst also sitting on the Board of Almasi Beverages Limited (a Coca Cola bottling company). He is also the immediate past Chancellor of Pwani University.
John is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, a Notary Public and Commissioner for Oaths. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Dar-es-Salaam and a Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law. He has also undertaken specialized courses in Law and Investments from Georgetown University and Finance and Negotiations from the University of Sussex.
In 2012, The University of Nairobi conferred on him an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree whose full citation is here.