Mutuma is an investor and company director located in Nairobi, Kenya. He is involved in forestry, non – renewable and renewable energy companies, as well as real estate, all focussed in sub – Saharan Africa. Since 2003, he is a Director and major shareholder in Green Resources AS, the largest afforestation company in Africa.
Mutuma has been involved in the physical commodity sector for almost 20 years, having worked at Glencore AG for more than 12 years of that time in London as a market analyst and physical trader. Prior to this period, he was a financial analyst at Morgan Stanley and commodity trader trainee at Philipp Brothers in New York.
Mutuma has a BA in Economics from Vassar College, NY, USA, an MPhil in Economics and Politics of Development from Cambridge University, UK, and an MBA in Finance from Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA.
Mutuma is actively involved in several charities in the field of education. He has been on the Board of SEO London, a UK registered charitable organization involved in placing and mentoring penultimate year students of diverse geographic, ethnic, religious and gender backgrounds in the field of investment banking. This has been followed up by participation as a member and Co – Chairman of the Vassar College President’s Advisory Council and the Vassar College President’s International Advisory Council. Mutuma is also serving on the Vassar College Campaign Steering Committee and Vassar President’s International Advisory Council. Mutuma was invited by the World Bank’s IFC’s Global Business School Network [GBSN] to become a member of the IFC’s GBSN African Advisory Group and also sits on the Management Education and Research Consortium [MERC] as a member of the Advisory Board, which is focussed on post – graduate business education in Africa.
