Experience

Advantech Consulting Ltd

• Kenya
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and Managing Director

  • Apr 2003 - Present

  Thank you and welcome to my profile. I am a senior business leader with demonstrable ability and experience of working on strategic change projects with boards and senior management. I lead the strategy and business development functions of our business. Under my stewardship the business has grown its Sub Saharan African project footprint to 25 countries as of May 2020! I am extensively travelled and well networked globally. I direct the delivery of projects in health, education, agriculture, trade and trade facilitation, energy and water and sanitation across Sub Saharan Africa. I am a student of business and history! Advantech Consulting (www.advantech.co.ke Twitter: @AdvantechAfrica, Facebook: Advantech Consulting Ltd, Linkedin: Advantech Consulting Ltd) started operations in 2002 as a provider of management consultancy services with the vision of being a niche mid-sized company with global partnerships and an extensive Sub Saharan African footprint. A vision that is well on track! Show less



Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Advisor, Technology Partner Network

  • Nov 2013 - Oct 2022

  The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty through providing targeted support to education, health, agriculture and financial deepening. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people especially those with the fewest resources, have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. In Africa it targets the marginalised and less privileged and works in health, education, agriculture and finance I succeeded in creating well defined linkages between BMGF funding and impact on target populations in East Africa Show less



Mercy Corps

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Africa Advisor

  • Oct 2016 - Sep 2022

  Mercy Corps is a global not for profit with operations in 40+ countries employing some 4,500 staff, 93% of whom reside in-country. Mercy Corps through TechHub puts together high performing teams to discuss technology, share lessons and ideas, identify opportunities, accelerate tech-based solutions, leverage emerging technologies. Advantech works with Mercy Corps to accelerate the benefits of T4D for communities in Africa. Mercy Corps is a global not for profit with operations in 40+ countries employing some 4,500 staff, 93% of whom reside in-country. Mercy Corps through TechHub puts together high performing teams to discuss technology, share lessons and ideas, identify opportunities, accelerate tech-based solutions, leverage emerging technologies. Advantech works with Mercy Corps to accelerate the benefits of T4D for communities in Africa.



Digital Opportunity Trust

• Canada
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Board Member

  • Sep 2014 - Aug 2022

  DOT is a youth-led movement of social innovators who have the tools, knowledge, and networks to create opportunities and transform their own communities. DOT supports the youth to become innovators and leaders, and to create and apply digital solutions that have positive impact in their communities. DOT supports the innovators to work with the private sector, governments, and community-based organizations towards a collaborative vision of communities. As a board member for the East African office in Nairobi, I provided strategic thinking towards meeting and exceeding these goals. Show less



Connessive

• Seattle, Washington and Nairobi, Kenya

• Director

  • Jul 2016 - Jun 2022

  Connessive is an invite-only collaborative platform that assists members to discover new solutions, keep track of emerging technologies, connect with other technology-related professionals who share the same social purpose, share product and service news, discuss learnings, and identify new opportunities to utilize our expertise for greater social impact and public good. Connessive is an invite-only collaborative platform that assists members to discover new solutions, keep track of emerging technologies, connect with other technology-related professionals who share the same social purpose, share product and service news, discuss learnings, and identify new opportunities to utilize our expertise for greater social impact and public good.



ICA World

• Belgium
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Apr 2018 - Mar 2022

  ICA is a global member organisation that brings together consultancy firms from around the world for networking and partnering on global, regional and big ticket projects. ICA is a global member organisation that brings together consultancy firms from around the world for networking and partnering on global, regional and big ticket projects.



Primebuild

• Nairobi

• Director

  • Jun 2011 - May 2021

  Primebuild is a construction and engineering firm with extensive projects in civil, road, electrical and water works in Kenya. Prime build is fully Kenyan owned and partners with international and regional construction firms on big ticket projects. Primebuild is a construction and engineering firm with extensive projects in civil, road, electrical and water works in Kenya. Prime build is fully Kenyan owned and partners with international and regional construction firms on big ticket projects.



Strathmore Business School (SBS)

• Kenya
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Adjunct Faculty

  • 2010 - Dec 2016



PwC

• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Director

  • Mar 1996 - Mar 2003

  I had a six-year meritorious and illustrious career with the largest global management consultancy firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers - Africa Operating Unit, where I managed and directed management consultancy projects and built my skills rising to Associate Director position with responsibility for public sector management consulting work in ICT, M&E, Finance in Africa Central consisting of seven countries - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Mauritius. I had a six-year meritorious and illustrious career with the largest global management consultancy firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers - Africa Operating Unit, where I managed and directed management consultancy projects and built my skills rising to Associate Director position with responsibility for public sector management consulting work in ICT, M&E, Finance in Africa Central consisting of seven countries - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Mauritius.