Angel Investor

• Jul 2022 - Present

Business Advisor| Investment Officer

• Oct 2022 - Jul 2023

Venture Partner

• Jan 2023 - Jun 2023

Business Advisor

• Feb 2022 - Feb 2023

Investor Accelerator Venture Fellow

• Jun 2022 - Oct 2022

An Intense Fellowship for Seasoned Working Professionals Looking to Pivot into An Investing Career, centered around Africa's venture capital ecosystem. Responsibilities include: Sourcing, conducting due diligence and rating Africa-focused start ups raising at pre-seed- seed rounds Drafting comprehensive investment memos for review by the Investment Committee Providing Startups with investment-readiness feedback Drafting market reports on emerging verticals in the African VC ecosystem Show less

Partner

• Jun 2020 - Jun 2022

Partner in the Commercial Law Department • Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating investment and project documentation, including PPPs for affordable housing projects, worth over KES 10 billion. • Advising corporations on corporate governance and compliance. Organized and hosted a webinar with the National Chamber of Commerce bringing together experts to sensitize businesses on the Data Protection Act. • Conducting business development and client relationship – preparing proposals, introducing new areas of practice • Conducting legislative advocacy. Successfully lobbied against proposed nationalization of Kenya Airways on behalf of our client. Successfully lobbied for amendments in the Excise Duty Act. Show less

Policy Maker

• Sep 2017 - Jun 2022

• Scrutinizing proposed legislation and executive orders to ensure compliance with the law; led public participation efforts in the legislative process • Review and approval of the county government’s annual budgets of KES 7 billion. Also provided oversight on the county government’s implementation of the approved budget. • Successfully lobbied for the creation of social welfare programs including support for children’s homes and NHIF payments for vulnerable persons in the county • Scrutinizing proposed legislation and executive orders to ensure compliance with the law; led public participation efforts in the legislative process • Review and approval of the county government’s annual budgets of KES 7 billion. Also provided oversight on the county government’s implementation of the approved budget. • Successfully lobbied for the creation of social welfare programs including support for children’s homes and NHIF payments for vulnerable persons in the county

Associate, Commercial and Corporate Law

• Jan 2016 - Aug 2017

• Advised, and negotiated on behalf of, various private equity and venture capital clients on structuring transactions. Advised on the acquisition of one of the leading health facilities in Kenya - Metropolitan Hospital. • Signed up a $200 million venture capital fund and acted as legal counsel on their investment in an ag-tech company. • Advised public and private funds, such as IFC and Fanisi Capital, on investment restructuring and issuance of convertible notes by their investees. Carried out legal due diligence, legal research and issued legal advisory to clients on various matters Show less

Market Analyst

• May 2014 - Oct 2014

Carrying out research and analysis of market movements of futures contracts Intra-day trading of Lean Hog Futures listed at the London Stock Exchange and Chicago Mercantile Exchange Carrying out research and analysis of market movements of futures contracts Intra-day trading of Lean Hog Futures listed at the London Stock Exchange and Chicago Mercantile Exchange