Dr. Chris Kiptoo is the Principal Secretary, The National Treasury. He was appointed Principal Secretary by President William Samoei Ruto on 1st December 2022. Since his appointment, Dr Kiptoo has been at the forefront in implementing Fiscal consolidation, debt management including the Eurobond, expenditure rationalization , revenue mobilization as well as reform of state owned enterprises (SOEs).

Dr. Kiptoo is the immediate former Principal Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forestry. Before that, he also served as a Principal Secretary at the State Department of Trade, Ministry of Industry, Trade & Cooperatives.

In his working career, Dr. Kiptoo has acquired a rich wealth of experience in economic policy analysis, mainly gained at the Central Bank of Kenya, Capital Market Authority and the International Monetary Fund, where he has served in various capacities. His expertise especially relates to the design and implementation of monetary policy; balance of payments and exchange rates; fiscal operations and policy; financial sector matters including capital markets; national accounts/real sector and macroeconomic accounting, and modelling and forecasting.

Additionally, Dr. Kiptoo has proven experience in environment and climate change policies, trade policy and regional integration, private sector development and advocacy, infrastructure development, institutional development of Government institutions and organisational management, all mainly gained at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, State Department of Trade as well as Trade Mark East Africa.

Noteworthy, he also has four years of experience in economic policy coordination gained whil