Mr. Geoffrey Monari is the CEO/Board Secretary of Higher Education Loans Board [HELB] with over 15 years in senior management experience across the higher education financing sector. He has demonstrated strong leadership acumen and deep understanding of the higher education financing landscape. He has served as the founding Chief Executive Officer of the Universities Fund from 2020 – 2025. Prior to joining the Universities Fund, he served as the Chief Operations Officer [COO] at HELB from 2016 – 2020 where he oversaw the strategic delivery of vital transformative initiatives across the board from student lending, strengthening debt management fund and supporting HELB wide partnerships, resource mobilisation and key stakeholder consultations.

Mr. Monari holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree. He holds the Senior Management Leadership Programme certificate and is currently pursuing the Global CEO Africa Programme at Strathmore Business School. He also chairs the Board of the Association of Entrepreneurial Universities of Africa, serves as a director at the Institute of Economic Affairs Board and is the honorary patron of the HELB staff Sacco.