Chief Administrative Secretary

CAS David Osiany, HSC BIO

Hon. David Osiany, HSC is the Chief Administrative Secretary for the Ministry of Industrialization, Trade & Enterprise Development. He is a consummate policy analyst and communication specialist.  His extensive mulitsectoral experience spans the areas of public policy, strategic communications and government relations.

He served as a Special Advisor in the office of the Prime Minister of Kenya (2012-2013). He also formerly worked for Oxfam GB Pan-African program as a Governance Associate as well as a news anchor for Kenya’s leading broadcasting group, Royal Media Services’ HOT96 FM.

Mr. Osiany holds BA (Comms) from University of Nairobi and MSc in Public Policy from the University of Bristol, England courtesy of the prestigious Chevening Scholarship program. He is also a UNEP-Bayer Young Environmental Envoy awardee (2009).

Prior to his current role, Hon. Osiany served as Group CEO of Crestwood Marketing & Communications Ltd, a communications company based in Nairobi with assignments across the African region. He also had lead consulting roles with a number of multinational organizations such as PATH, UNDP, UNFPA, NAIRAS among others.