John Hakan Wilson

Director at Kenya Airways

Mr. John Hakan Wilson is the immediate former Group Chief Risk & Compliance Officer of Equity Group Holdings Limited, where he retired in March 2021. His vast experienced employment life spans over 40 years having worked with in the following organisations in various capacities:- Unicef, the Royal Swedish Army, McKinsey & Co., the World Bank Group (IBRD & IFC), Swedbank, Kaupthing Bank (Stockholm), and lastly at Equity Group Holdings, where he also was at some point the Group COO.

He has extensive knowledge on the transport, heavy manufacturing industry, large scale privatizations and post privatization advisory, project and structured finance, global trade, global banking and risk specialization and compliance etc. He has immense experience in corporate strategy, restructuring, risk and other operational issues affecting corporations.

Mr. Wilson holds a Master of Arts degree in Economics with dual concentration in Political Science from Uppsala University, Sweden and Masters in Public Affairs specializing in International Relations from Princeton University, New Jersey, United States.

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  • Director

    Current role