Dr. Manu Chandaria Obe Ebs, born in Kenya, is engaged in work within the framework of a joint Indian family of seventy members with business interests in more than forty countries. He is the Chairman of Mabati Rolling Mills Ltd. and Kaluworks Ltd. in Kenya, and the Chairman of Aluminium Africa Ltd. in Tanzania.

Dr. Chandaria is also the Founding Chairman of the East African Business Council and a past Chairman of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers. He currently sits on other boards and councils in the manufacturing, insurance and higher education sectors. He is the founding and present Chairman of Kenya Private Sector Alliance, an umbrella body representing over two hundred sectors and organizations.