Experience

Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC)

• Kenya
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Non Executive Director

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  KCIC is leading institution providing innovative solutions to climate change and sustainable development in Kenya. It mission is to empower private sector deliver innovative climate change solutions in key sectors including renewable energy, water management, waste management, forestry amongst other sectors. It delivers its services through business development support, incubation, financing, policy advocacy amongst others. Paul serves on various Board Committees including Audit & Monitoring and, Human Resources. Show less



Baca Development Partners LLP

• Nairobi, Kenya

• Snr Associate Partner

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  Baca Development Partners is a growing Sustainability Practice that leverages Organisational and Institutional Development tools to enable institutional & organisational transformations, facilitate strategic re-alignments, re-structure programmatic and organisational frameworks for sustainability and, accompany and mentor teams & leadership to delivery on organisational sustainability ambitions and goals. In securing this, Baca leverages participatory approaches, socratic learning tools & techniques, multi-stakeholder facilitatory models, outcome programming methods and organizational architecture frameworks to design & deliver client-specific processes and engagements that speak to the unique circumstances and requirements of its discerning clientele. Baca specialises in transforming development and commercial organisations at both community & national level to assure organisational viability and sustainability. In doing this, Baca brings to the table a solid understanding and capacity to map technological innovations that can be leveraged to transform business & service delivery models to assure productivity and sustainability. Show less



Endless Africa (K) Ltd

• Nairobi, Kenya

• Consultant General Manager

  • Mar 2020 - Oct 2020

  Start Up Agribusiness Enterprise committed to disrupting the Agricultural Sector in Kenya and the larger East African Region in key sectors including Crops, Livestock and Aquaculture through innovation, collaboration and commercialization. Key Achievements (7 Months): - Transforming the Endless Africa (Ltd) Service Delivery Model to focus on aggregating smallholder producers, enabling innovative partnerships and delivering on a win-win proposition for all stakeholders - Unlocking strategic partnerships and collaborations with banking partners e.g. Equity & Cooperative Bank; Institutional Partners i.e. KALRO, NIB, TARDA, AFC, ADC amongst others; Farmer Organisations including Kenya Planters Cooperative Union (KPCU), Kenya Small Coffee Growers Association (KESCOGA), Bura Irrigation Farmers Sacco (BIFS) - Developed and secured operationalisation of a collaborative Rice Production and Off-take Scheme targeting to work with over 1,000 smallholder farmers in close to 2,000 irrigated acres in Bura irrigation Scheme. - Designed a Sustainable Fodder Production and Feedlot operation to secure a 300 herd program - Designed and secured partnership undertakings to transform a coffee estate in Kiambu county into a Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Coffee Production with youth empowerment through jobs and training. Show less



Royal Danish Embassy, Nairobi Kenya

• Nairobi

• Program Manager - Green Growth and Employment Program

  • Sep 2016 - Feb 2020

  Served as UNEP Focal for the Embassy and was responsible for the Kenya Government (GoK) portfolio with a specific oversight over the Development Engagments with Ministry of Enviroment & Forestry (MoEF) and, the National Enviroment Management Authority (NEMA). Focus of funding assistance was to support GoK's engagments aimed at (i) developing an enabling environment of private sector participation in Green Growth and (ii) Greening Kenya's development pathway. Served as UNEP Focal for the Embassy and was responsible for the Kenya Government (GoK) portfolio with a specific oversight over the Development Engagments with Ministry of Enviroment & Forestry (MoEF) and, the National Enviroment Management Authority (NEMA). Focus of funding assistance was to support GoK's engagments aimed at (i) developing an enabling environment of private sector participation in Green Growth and (ii) Greening Kenya's development pathway.



Norwegian Church Aid / Kirkens Nødhjelp

• Norway
• Non-profit Organizations
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Sustainability Advisor

  • Apr 2016 - Aug 2016

  Supporting the transitioning to sustainability for NCA Kenya Agricultural Value Chain partners including, Kenya Small Coffee Growers Association (KESCOGA) on Coffee Value Chain, Kipini Integrated Community Enterprise (KICE) in the Fish & Grains Value Chains and, Mburugu Dairy Farmers Cooperative Society on the Dairy Value Chain.

• Policy Advocacy Advisor

  • Feb 2013 - Mar 2016

  Policy Advocacy on Energy Access and contributing specifically to the establishment of the WWF hosted Sustainable Energy Access Forum - Kenya (SEAF - K) which enabled the effective engagement of CSOs and energy practitioners in the formulation of Kenya's Sustainable Energy for All (SE4A) Action Agenda and Investment Prospectus.Nominated by SEAF stakeholders to position of Founder Chair-person and steered SEAF-K to establishment of SEAF-K constitution & Strategic Plan and, conducting of the 1st County Energy Outlook Report which targeted Kitui County as a pilot engagement. Show less

• Country Programme Coordinator

  • Aug 2007 - Feb 2013

  Development and coordination of the NCA Kenya County Program working with over 10 partners in delivering a portifolio of projects focusing on youth & gender empowerment, governance & peace, climate adaptation and mitigation, energy access & improved wat-san, community media, economic justice for rural producers and, evidence based policy advocacy.



Danish Church Aid (DCA)

• Nairobi based

• Programme Officer (Political Space)

  • Jan 2000 - Apr 2007

  Facilitating program development, partnership administration and program oversight in DCA country engagements in Kenya, Sudan and Eritrea. Thematic focus on political space and humanitarian support for particularly refugees and host populations. Facilitating program development, partnership administration and program oversight in DCA country engagements in Kenya, Sudan and Eritrea. Thematic focus on political space and humanitarian support for particularly refugees and host populations.



National Council of churches of Kenya

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Various

  • Jan 1993 - Dec 1999

  Held various Project Administration and Management positions in Humanitarian, Development & Advocacy programs. Thematic focus on Approprite Technologies, Community Mobilisation, Disaster Management, Organisational Development & Capacity Building Held various Project Administration and Management positions in Humanitarian, Development & Advocacy programs. Thematic focus on Approprite Technologies, Community Mobilisation, Disaster Management, Organisational Development & Capacity Building