Mr. Lerapan ole Morintat is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Oil Corporation of Kenya.  He is responsible for spearheading the Corporation’s business strategy and operational excellence as the Corporation embarks on a 15 year transformational strategic plan.He has proven executive leadership track record with over 17 years’ experience in sales, commercial, retail, business development, strategy, oil & gas (Upstream & Downstream) and Energy including renewables, infrastructure, project development & ICT service industries.

Prior to joining the Corporation, he worked at d.light SOLAR, where he was Country Manager, Ethiopia and Horn of Africa. He has held senior managerial positions in various sectors among them oil & gas, energy, infrastructure development and multinational corporations.  He has worked with Royal Dutch Shell Group, Multichoice Africa Group, Mitsui Co.Ltd and most recently d.light SOLAR among others.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Bcom) degree from Daystar University and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from United States International University-Africa  (USIU-A).