Nairobi, June 4 -- Government-owned Consolidated Bank of Kenya returned to profitability last year in the middle of a boardroom spat that triggered the ouster of the CEO and some directors.

The Business Daily sat down with the bank's acting CEO, Dr Dominic Murage, on his entry in the C-suite from academia, the turnaround of the State-owned lender and the push to join politics.

What challenges have you experienced shifting from academia to the C-Suite?

I can see I have fitted in very well. I'm not feeling out of place. Maybe if I were doing something not finance-related, then I would struggle a bit, like if you put me in an engineering firm.

At this level, what you require is leadership skills more than anything else. In every unit, in...