Dr. Eng. John M. Mativo is the Managing Director & CEO of the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO). John is a Professional Engineer and Consulting Engineer with the Engineers Board of Kenya, and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya. He has more than thirty years cumulative working experience in both the public and private sector in Kenya, accumulating extensive experience in planning, resource mobilization, design, construction supervision and project and contract management. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Nairobi in 1990, a Master’s Degree in Structural Engineering from Tongji University in Shanghai, China in 1999 and a PhD in Civil Engineering from Tokyo Metropolitan University in Japan in 2007. Eng. John Mativo has been involved in the planning, design and construction of 6,000 kilometers of high voltage transmission lines, 48 new substations and extension of 28 existing substations. The projects include the transmission interconnectors to Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. John is a Certified Public Private Partnership Professional (CP3P) and is currently involved in two transmission infrastructure PPP transaction for six projects. Dr. Mativo has undertaken a large number of transmission infrastructure projects financed by World Bank, African Development Bank, JICA, French Development Agencies among others.
John M. Mativo
