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Ben Roberts
SECTOR BOARD: ICT Sector BoardORGANIZATION: Liquid Telecom
KEPSA
7th Floor, South Tower, Two Rivers, Limuru Rd, Nairobi.
info@kepsa.or.ke
Mr. Jaswinder (Jas) Bedi, EBS, MBS
• Managing Director of Bedi Investments Limited.
• Vice Chairman of East African Business Council (EABC).
• Executive Director of Fine Spinners Uganda Limited.
• Member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO).
• Member of the UNDP African Influencers for Development Super Group.
Ms. Brenda Mbathi
• President of American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) Kenya.
• President of GE East Africa.
• Member of the President Biden's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA).
• Chairperson of the Advisory Board of the Global Economic Council for Africa (GECA).
• Board member of US Africa Business Centre at US Chamber (USAfBC).
Ms. Mutheu Kasanga
• Director at the Lukenya Schools, Lukenya Community Schools, College.
• Trustee and Deputy Vice Chancellor at the Lukenya University.
• Immediate past National Chairperson for the Kenya Private Schools Association.
Dr. David Langat, EGH
• Founder and Chairman of DL group and companies.
Mr. Orlando Lyomu
• Group CEO, Standard Group PLC.
Mr. Richard Harney
• Senior partner of Bowmans Kenya an African law firm with seven offices in five countries employing over 400 lawyers serving local and international clients across the continent.
• Co-founded the Nairobi office as Coulson Harney LLP in 2008 and served as managing partner of the firm until 2021.
Mr. John Gachora
• Group Managing Director for NCBA Group PLC.
• Chairman, KBA Governing Council.
• Chairman KEPSA Finance and Audit Board Committee.
Mr. Macharia Muthondu
• 2nd National Vice President of the Federation of Kenya Employers and sits on the boards of Boma International Hospitality College (BIHC), National Industrial Training Authority (NITA), NSSF, the National Labour Board, the East African Tourism Platform and the National Tourism Crisis and Resilience Committee.
• Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers (KAHC).
• Chairman KEPSA HR and Remunerations Board Committee and KEPSA GC Nomination Committee.
Mr. Rajan Shah
• Chairman of Kenya Association of Manufacturers.
• CEO of Capwell Group of Companies, which include Capwell Industries Ltd.
• Trustee of the Shree Jain Youth League.
Dr. Bimal Kantaria
• Chairman of the Agriculture Sector Network (ASNET).
• Managing Director at Elgon Kenya Limited, one of the largest companies in East Africa employing over 600 people. The company can trace back its origins since 1898. The company currently has partners in Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia and Zambia and is the largest agriculture inputs company in East Africa.
Mr. Ken Luusa
• Chairperson of KPDA.
• Executive Director at Acorn Holdings Ltd.
Dr. Kanyenje Gakombe
• Chairperson - Kenya Healthcare Federation.
• Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Metro Group PLC, Founder and trustee of the Metro Group Foundation.
• Board member at Medsource - A digital platform for healthcare supplies and medicines owned by Management Sciences for Health.
Eng. James N. Mwangi
• CEO of Kurrent Technologies Ltd. a Consultancy firm that serves East and Central Africa.
• Past Chairman of the Association of Consulting Engineers of Kenya (ACEK).
• Director at the Petroleum Institute of East Africa (PIEA).
• Past Chairman of the Executive Committee of FIDIC - AFRICA.
• Chairman KEPSA Public Private Dialogue, Projects and Resource Mobilization Committee.
Ms. Mary Ngechu
• Managing Director of Line Plast Group of Companies, a packaging company providing packaging solutions, serving a wide range of clients including food & beverage, cosmetics, agro vet & pharmaceuticals in East Africa.
• Chairperson of Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) Women in Manufacturing Programme as a mentor and industry champion keen on increasing the participation of women in the manufacturing sector as part of the drive to industrialize for a stable and sustainable economic future for Kenya. She has mentored 100s of young entrepreneurs to develop their professional and entrepreneurial skills.
• Member Board Director at East African Business Council (EABC) and Kenya PET Recycling Company (PETCO).
Mr. Othmane Chaoui is the President of the French Chamber of Commerce.
Ms Flora Mutahi
• Founder and CEO, Melvins Tea
• Immediate Past Chairperson, KEPSA
Carole Kariuki holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Sociology from the University of Nairobi and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA. She has also pursued several professional courses on Stakeholder Management, Leadership and Private Sector Development among others.
Carole before joining KEPSA did work briefly for Barclays Bank of Kenya, Nairobi Chapel and Sagamore Institute for Public Policy Research, Indianapolis – Indiana, where she acted as a liaison between Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) and the Institute before formally joining KEPSA. She worked for several years at KEPSA before being appointed KEPSA CEO.
Ms. Kariuki is credited for transforming KEPSA from a little-known Business Organisation to one of the most influential Organisations in Kenya and Globally. KEPSA is the Apex body of the private sector in Kenya, galvanizing the private sector through public-private dialogue and influencing the economic and development agenda.
Current Leadership Positions:
Past Leadership Positions:
She is a member of several professional bodies including, The Rotary Club of Langata and Institute of Directors.
Victor Ogalo is an Economist and Policy Entrepreneur with over 15 years of professional work experience, currently serving as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer at KEPSA. Prior to that, Ogalo was Head of Policy Research Analysis & Public-Private Dialogues at the KEPSA from 2017 to 2021. In these roles, he has led thought leadership development on public policy, legislative and regulatory issues affecting businesses in Kenya and within East Africa. He was instrumental in the planning and organization of Presidential Roundtable, Speaker’s Roundtable, Ministerial Stakeholder Forums and the EAC Regional Forums targeting reforms to improve the local and regional business environment, competitiveness, and national development agenda. Ogalo began his career in the Ministry of Planning and National Development before joining CUTS International as Trade and Development Officer and Regional Coordinator for the EAC-EU Economic Partnership Agreements between 2006 and 2012. Ogalo has been privileged to serve and undertake assignments with institutions such as the African Union, COMESA, Commonwealth Secretariat (ComSec), DFID, EAC, European Commission, EU, DFID, DANIDA, FAO, GIZ, TMEA, UNDP, UNECA, World Bank, WTO. He has served in the National Investment Policy Taskforce that developed Kenya’s National Investment Policy between 2015 2017. Currently, he is a member of the e-Government Procurement Steering Committee, Inter-Agency Committee on Contribution of Research, Science, Technology and Innovation to National Development and the Kenya Industry and Entrepreneurship Project (KIEP) Steering Committee.
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Operations Manager at KEPSA. Holds an MBA in Human Resource Management and Strategic Management from Daystar University. She is a member of IHRM and ABE.
Hilda is a Finance & Accounting professional with over 15 years’ progressive corporate experience in four different sectors with profit and non- profit organizations and the public sector. She is a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya CPA (K) and a member of ICPAK since 2009. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Masters degree in Business Administration focusing on Finance. Before joining KEPSA, she worked with various organizations including USIU, Deacons East Africa PLC and Water for People- an international NGO. She has vast experience working across cultures and countries among them Rwanda, Uganda, Malawi, USA and India and appreciates the dynamics of working with multi-culturally diverse teams. She is a seasoned professional, who is passionate about organizational resource planning, financial reporting and management at a strategic level.
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Harrison Ng’atia holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree accounting option from the Catholic University of East Africa (CUEA), a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (CPAK) and Certified Information System Auditor (CISA). He is a member of Institute of Certified Accountant (ICPAK) and possess over twelve (12) years of experience as an Auditor (both internal and external) with specialty in internal controls development and risk management. Currently, the Internal Auditor at Kenya Private Sector Alliance. His major focus is to create and add value to an organization through monitoring value for money; effective, efficient and economic use of resources by ensuring continuous improvement of business processes.
Timothy Odongo holds an MBA in marketing strategy, a professional chattered marketing postgraduate diploma (CIM – London) and an advanced diploma in business administration (ABE – London).
Dr. Jackson Kinyanjui Koimbori is a Senior Circular Economy & Climate Change Coordinator at KEPSA. He is an Agriculture and Climate Change expert with over 11 years progressive experience in managing projects across Africa, Asia, and Europe in the fields of Agriculture, Climate Change, WASH, GIS, Energy, Policy formulations, Greenhouse gases inventory and Carbon markets. His expertise extends to Policy formulations, Concept/Proposal Writing, Business Development, stakeholder engagement, Renewable Energy, Greenhouse gases inventory, carbon markets, and Project Management.
He is a holder of; a bachelor of educational science degree from Egerton University-Kenya in Biology, Zoology and Geography; two master’s degrees one from Uppsala University - Sweden in Earth Science and the second one from Kenyatta University - Kenya in Climatology; a PhD in Agricultural meteorology and climate change from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences - China.
His personal skills include Business Development, Project Management, Climate Modelling using RCP and RCM Scenarios, Crop Modelling using DSSAT, Hydrology, Cartography, GIS, Web design, Visual design, interaction design, experimental design, qualitative and Quantitative research, GHG Emissions Analysis, Remote Sensing and Data Analysis using MATLAB, SPSS & MS Excel/Office.
He has published numerous papers in his area of specialization and managed to work on numerous projects on behalf of various organizations such as; UNDP, UNICEF, GIZ, SEACAP, FAO, IFC, CoMSSA, WRI, Aqua for All Project, World Bank Group, ODI, EED Advisory, County Governments and various CSOs.
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