Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u born in 1960, is the Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury & Economic Planning. He was appointed to the Cabinet in September 27, 2022. Prior to his appointment, Prof. Nd ung’u was serving as the Executive Director of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). Prof. Ndung’u is an associate professor of economics at the University of Nairobi, and the immediate former Governor, Central Bank of Kenya.

He has been a member of the Global Advisory Council of the World Economic Forum, Visiting Fellow of Practice at Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, Director of Training at AERC, Programme specialist at IDRC and Team Leader in Macro-modelling at the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis

He holds a PhD in economics from University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is a Member of Brookings Africa Growth Initiative, Member of the Advisory Committee of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion and a senior advisor for the UNCDF-based Better Than Cash Alliance.