Mr Olaka is the Resident Manager of the East African Development Bank in Kenya in charge of the Bank’s operations in Kenya.

He was previously the Manager in charge of the Risk Management and Control Unit (RMCU) at the East African Development Bank (EADB) for 2 years, a position he was appointed to after having served the Bank as the Chief Internal Auditor for 5 years. Before joining the Bank he had been with Banque Indosuez as the Internal Auditor having started his career at the Price Waterhouse Coopers, Nairobi.

He sits on the Advisory Board of the Business Partners International (K) SME Fund.

He holds a First Class Honours BSc degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nairobi and an MBA in Finance from the Manchester Business School in the UK. He is a member of the Institute of the CPA of Kenya and an alumnus of the Strathmore School of Accountancy. He is currently pursuing studies for the right to use the CFA designation and has a good command of the French language.  

He has attended a number of short courses including the 6-weeks course on Project Planning and Management at the Development and Project Planning Centre (DPPC) of the University of Bradford in UK, in May 2000. This is an intensive course that covers risk identification in the whole project cycle.

He is a golfing member of the Karen Country Club, Nairobi and the Uganda Golf Club, Kampala.