Kenneth Brown

Department
Job Title
Non-executive Director
Kenneth Brown

Born: 1962
Non-Executive Director from 30 November 2022 (Shareholder Representative)

Kenneth’s career reflects a commitment to driving strategic initiatives and fostering partnerships in the public and private sectors. His wealth of experience contributes to the DBSA's mission of promoting sustainable development in Southern Africa. Kenneth's expertise spans executive positions in business development and client coverage. Before his role at DBSA, Kenneth held the position of Executive for Business Development at Trade Capital Investments (TCI) for four years.

He has an extensive background in the financial sector, having also served in leadership roles at Standard Bank South Africa, including Head of Public Sector Client Coverage for one year and six months. Before his tenure at Standard Bank, Kenneth dedicated a decade to the National Treasury of South Africa, where he served as Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) for four years and Head of Intergovernmental Relations for six years. In these roles, he oversaw provincial and local government finances.

Kenneth holds a Master of Science (Public Policy) from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, a Bachelor of Arts Honours (Economics), from the University of the Western Cape, and a Bachelor of Arts, from the University of the Western Cape.