UAP Old Mutual Group is a financial services conglomerate that maintains its headquarters in

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, with subsidiaries in

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, Rwanda and the

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Location

The headquarters of UAP Old Mutual Group are located in the 33-storey

UAP Old Mutual Tower UAP Old Mutual Tower is a 33-storey office complex in the Upper Hill neighborhood of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya. It became the tallest structure in Kenya upon its completion in 2015, surpassing Times Tower which had held tha ...

, located on ''Hospital Road'', in Upper Hill,

Nairobi Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city prope ...

, about , southwest of the city's

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the " cit ...

. The coordinates of the company headquarters are: 01°17'56.0"S, 36°49'10.0"E (Latitude:-1.298889; Longitude:36.819444).

Overview

In 2014 Old Mutual acquired a controlling 67 percent interest in Faulu Kenya, the second-largest microfinance bank in Kenya, whose

stock In finance, stock (also capital stock) consists of all the shares by which ownership of a corporation or company is divided.Longman Business English Dictionary: "stock - ''especially AmE'' one of the shares into which ownership of a company ...

is privately held, for a sum of KSh3.6 billion (approx. US$40 million). In early 2015, Old Mutual, spent a total of US$253.1 million (KSh 23.1 billion) to acquire 60.66 percent shareholding in UAP Holdings. Later in 2015, Old Mutual began to consolidate all its investments in Kenya under one company, namely the "UAP Old Mutual Group". The integration involves (a) UAP Holdings, in which Old Mutual owns 60.66 percent (b) Faulu Kenya, in which Old Mutual owns 67 percent and (c) the legacy businesses of Old Mutual Kenya, in which Old Mutual maintains 100 percent shareholding. UAP Old Mutual plans to list its shares on the

Nairobi Securities Exchange The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) was established in 1954 as the Nairobi Stock Exchange, based in Nairobi the capital of Kenya. It was a voluntary association of stockbrokers in the European community registered under the Societies Act in ...

(NSE) in 2018, after the mergers are concluded.

Governance

The group is governed by a 14-person board of directors chaired by Dr. Joseph Barrage Wanjui, a shareholder in the business. The

Group CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

is Peter Mwangi, a certified public accountant and a chartered financial analyst.

References

External links

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Website of UAP Old Mutual Group
Financial services companies of Kenya Companies based in Nairobi Conglomerate companies of Kenya Financial services companies established in 2015 2015 establishments in Kenya

Location

Overview

Governance

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