Eng. Francis Gitau is the Infrastructure Secretary responsible to the Principal Secretary, Infrastructure of Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing & Urban Development.

He is nominated as an alternate Board Member for the Principal Secretary, Infrastructure. He is the chairman of the Mechanical Transport Fund from 2015.He has worked in various capacities including Chairman of Budget Committee Infrastructure Department; chairman of Transport Sector Training Committee of National Industrial Training Authority; Alternate chair of Ministerial Human Resource Committee; chairman of National Steering Committee on Review of Road Design Standards; and ISO Implementer under Roads Department among other leadership positions.
He is trained in the various areas including Strategic Leadership; Resource Management; Management of Labour Based Road Construction and Maintenance Programme, Management of Road Maintenance, Financial Monitoring and Evaluation, Management Corporate Governance and FIDIC Course.