Kenny serves as the Deputy Chief Executive officer of Standard Bank Group. With over 17 years at the bank, he previously led Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking with a presence in 20 African countries and six global financial centres. His career began in the trade union movement, where he contributed to the financial turnaround of Johannesburg in the late 1990s. He holds an MSc in Financial Economics from the University of London and an MBA from the University of the Witwatersrand.