Professor Peter Kiko Kimuyu holds a PhD in Energy Economics from the University of Nairobi, an M.Sc. in Energy Economics from the University of Surrey, UK, an M.A. in Economics from the University of Nairobi, and a B. Ed. in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Nairobi.
He is the founder director of the School of Economics in the University of Nairobi and former Executive Director of the Institute of Policy Analysis and Research.
He has held board-level appointments with the Export Promotion Council, Privatization Commission and KCB Group. He is a trustee with Africa International University, Technical Advisor to Scott Christian University and a lapsed member of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Professor Kimuyu has published extensively and written several books, articles, book chapters, and papers on diverse development issues.