At a meeting held on October 26, 2016, it was announced by Kenya Airways that Mr. Michael Joseph is now officially the new Board Chairman for the airline. He takes over with immediate effect to replace Amb. Dennis Awori who resigned with effect from October 26, 2016 to pursue other interests. Under his leadership, the board and management have put in place Operation Pride, a turnaround program that includes measures that in the long term will enable the airline to strengthen its balance sheet and resume shareholder returns. Michael Joseph has extensive international corporate experience and is currently employed by Vodafone Group Services Limited as the Director of Mobile Money and is responsible for leading the strategic growth and development of successful M-Pesa proposition across the Vodafone footprint. Michael also serves as a non-executive Director on the Boards of Vodacom Group South Africa, Vodacom Tanzania, Vodacom Mozambique, Vodacom DRC, and Safaricom Limited. Michael joined the Kenya Airways Board as a Director on September 29, 2016 after he was elected at the Annual General Meeting of the company.