FCPA. Wyckliffe Shamiah is the Chief Executive Officer of the Capital Markets Authority with effect from 20 November 2020. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Shamiah served as the Acting Chief Executive from 01 January 2020. Before that, he served as the Director Market Regulation, from November 2011 and held senior positions in market supervision, research, financial analysis, and compliance in a career of over 29 years.

During this period, Mr. Shamiah has represented the Capital Markets Authority in different capacities. He represented the Authority on the Council of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya, sat on the IOSCO Board where he represented the Growth and Emerging Markets Committee (GEMC) in 2020 t0 2021. He is currently a member of the IOSCO Africa & Middle East Regional Committee (AMERC) and the Financial Stability Board Regional Consultative Committee for Sub-Saharan Africa. Regionally, he is a past Chairman of the regional association of securities regulators of East Africa (EASRA) where he has played a major role in development of capital markets having contributed immensely in capacity building programmes in Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. He sits on various boards including the Insurance Regulatory Authority, Retirement Benefits Authority, and the Vision 2030 Delivery Board.
Mr. Shamiah is a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants and holds a Master’s in Business Administration (Finance Option) from the University of Nairobi and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mathematics and Economics from Egerton University. He is also a Financial Analyst and a member of the Institute of Certified Investment and Financial Analysts.