No, thank you: Why Equity CEO declined bonus millions

Lucy Wanjiru | Nation Media Group

Equity Group Managing Director and CEO Dr James Mwangi during the Q1 2024 investor briefing event at their headquarters in Nairobi on May 13, 2024. 

Equity Group CEO James Mwangi has rejected his bonus in a rare move for an industry that rewards its leaders handsomely in the wake of profit growth.

The banking mogul qualified for a bonus running into the tens of millions but failed to take up the additional pay after some of the lender’s subsidiaries failed to meet their key performance indicators, meaning that their employees did not qualify for a bonus.

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