Captain Gilbert M. Kibe is a visionary leader with a prolific 35-year career encompassing management, training, policy development, and implementation. He has provided strategic leadership at the senior level in the Corporate and Government sectors, thus gaining acumen in aligning organizational effectiveness to national development objectives and designing short, middle, and long-term strategic goals.

He is currently the Director General for the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA). Previously, he was the chairman of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (CANSO) Executive Committee; Chairman of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Regional Aviation Safety Group – Africa and Indian Ocean Islands; Chairman steering committee for ICAO – Africa Flight Procedure Program (AFPP); Chairman of the board for East African Community – Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency; Chairman for Home Afrika International; Managing Director for Bahati Ridge Development; Chief Executive at Nairobi Flight Training Ltd; Director of Marketing at Eagle Air Uganda; Director of Business Development for Home Afrika Ltd; Director at Kenya Civil Aviation Authority and Executive Chairman at Eagle Aviation Ltd.

Capt. Kibe has an MBA in Aviation Management from Moi University, Kenya. He holds several licenses including, the American FAA CPL, Commercial Pilots License with Single and Multi-Engine Land, Instrument Rating from Anglo-American International Flight Academy; and Kenyan KCAA CPL, Commercial Pilots License, Flight Instructor, Instrument, Multi Piston and Turbine Ratings from Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA).