Charles Murito
Charles Murito is the Director for Government Affairs and Public Policy for Google in Sub-Saharan Africa.
For nearly two decades, Charles has helped some of the world’s leading tech, media and entertainment companies to define their strategy, grow, and advance their footprint in emerging markets. This includes roles at MTV Base, Warner Bros, and Turner Broadcasting – where he served as the Director of Business Development and Strategy. While at Turner, he spearheaded the development & launch of an Arabic Cartoon Network channel and conceptualized the Cartoon Network Academy to train a generation of Arabic animators.
He has previously served as Google’s Country Director for Kenya, overseeing in-country revenue growth. Parallel to that he served as Google’s Diversity and Inclusion lead for EMEA emerging markets, working with the global EMEA team to build a more equitable organization in which every employee can thrive. Charles also serves as a Board Director for CSquared, a Google portfolio company.
In his current role, he leads Sub-Saharan Africa’s Government Affairs and Public Policy team, defining Google’s strategy in being a partner to African government’s digital transformation and working with other partners contributing to the development of Africa’s policy and regulatory landscape for socio-economic growth.
Outside work, Charles loves good food, art and farming, and is passionate about leveraging technology to drive economic development.
