Listen Ciru Miring’u is the first Kenyan female manager of an international brand. She was appointed as the head of Nestlé’s East African operations in 2014. Nestlé is the world’s leading nutrition, health and wellness company; it is based in Switzerland. Before taking over as head of Nestlé, she served as the General Manager in […]
Listen Dorothy Ooko is the PR Lead for Africa at Google. Prior to joining Google in 2011, Ooko served as the Communications Manager for Nokia overseeing East and Southern Africa. In 2008, while with Nokia, she spearheaded the removal of Value Added Tax (VAT) on mobile phones in Kenya. The technology professional attended Fort Hall […]
Listen Jane Karuku is a talented leader with an impressive track record. She has left a trail of successfully managed companies in her wake and it would be fair to say that everything she touches turns to gold. Jane Karuku has more than 20 years of experience, most of which have been in the agriculture […]
Listen In 2008, Marion Gathoga was appointed Country Director of Cadbury Kenya and East Africa, a position she held until 2012. She then moved on to Unga Group Limited as General Manager, and subsequently moved on to Parmalat. She is currently the managing director of BOC Gases having served as the head of the Association […]
Listen Mary M’Mukindia is a woman of many firsts in Kenya’s oil and gas industry. The first female trainee of Kenya’s arm of Exxon Mobil, she rose through the ranks to become to become general sales manager and later played a crucial part in creating the Petroleum Institute of East Africa. M’Mukindia was also […]
Listen As a career economist with a dotted tenure in the civil service, Nelius Kariuki stepped out of retirement in 2003 to join Kenya Reinsurance Corporation’s board of directors. In 2007, she became the chairperson of Kenya Re, making her Kenya’s first female chairperson of a listed company. By determination and hard work, she steered […]
Listen Patricia Ithau is the Regional Director of the Stanford Graduate School of Business East Africa’s Seed Transformation Programme. She manages and ensures the execution of programmes to excellence, and selects and evaluates programme participants. Ithau is the former Managing Director of L’Oreal East Africa, a position she left in 2014 after serving for three […]
Listen Rita Kavashe was appointed General Manager (GM) for the General Motors East Africa (GMEA) unit in 2011, making her the first Kenyan and woman to head the unit. She joined the auto manufacturer GMEA in 1995 as a sales representative, and rose through the ranks to become its first female GM with over 20 […]
Listen Sheila M’Mbijjewe is the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya. She was appointed to this office by the President of Kenya in June 2015. Prior to this appointment, she has served in high profile positions in banking and related institutions. She has served on the boards of several companies, including Standard Chartered […]
Listen Susan Mudhune’s appointment as the first woman group chairperson of Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), Kenya’s largest commercial bank, in 2003 was historic. The career banker has been recognised as a fellow of the Kenya Institute of Bankers for her outstanding professional contribution to the banking sector. In 2004, she was conferred the Order of […]