Mr. Thomas Bwaley is the ICT Authority Director for Programmes & Standards effective January 2024. Until his appointment to this role, Mr. Bwaley managed the International Wholesale business at Safaricom Plc. Thomas, is an accomplished technology business expert with over 14 years of experience in the private sector. His cumulative experience, expertise and knowledge ranges from telco international business, Carrier relation, Core network support, Data Centre management, roaming engagement, Business Continuity Management System and project delivery. Director Bwaley brings to the Authority immense experience in strategic Projects delivery, developing guidelines on ICT entreprise and aligning Government Policy to future market trends. This is very significant at a time when the ICT Authority is implementing, on behalf of the people of Kenya, the Digital Super Highway in line with the Digital economy Pillar of the Bottom-Up Economic Agenda. Director Bwaley holds a Master of Business Administration in Strategic Management and Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from The University of Nairobi. He has a wealth of experience in stakeholder engagement, negotiations as well as understanding of the regional and international technology trend with a passion in application of ICT for economic development and inclusion.

Currently the Chief Executive Officer of a non-governmental, not-for-profit Technology Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK) that operates the Kenya Internet Exchange Point and Industry Computer Security Incident Response Team. Have 16 years’ experience working in the ICT sector in Kenya 10 of which have been spent at TESPOK as a liaison for the private sector with governments in the East Africa region on ICT policy and regulations. In 2018 developed a training program on Collaborative Governance under the Internet Society that was run at the USTTI, Washington DC. From 2011 to 2018 was one of the three African representatives on the Number Resource Organization – Number Council and role on the NRO involved coordinating Numbering Resource issues across the five Regional Internet Registries. She also doubled as a member of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Address Supporting Organization- Address Council where we co-ordinate the development of Global Numbering Resource Policy Development. A keen advocate of ICT for development and multi-stakeholder engagement for digital development and has been appointed in 2022 as part of the Executive Council of the UN IIGF Supporting organization.