Ken Wathome

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Current member of the following boards:
• Director, Kenya Pipeline Company
• Chairman – Transformational Business Network(TBN), East Africa .
• Chairman- NW Realite Ltd (Real Estate business in Kenya).
• Trustee – Beacon of Hope ( a community based organization).
• Director – Opportunity International.
• Director -AIB Capital (listed stockbroker in the Nairobi Securities Exchange).
• Director – Trust mark Insurance Brokers.

Past involvement in the following boards:
• Chairman – National Standards Council – Kenya Bureau of Standards.
• Founder Board Chair – Faulu Kenya Bank.
• Founding Board Chair – Machakos Investment Promotion Board.
• Housing Finance (Kenya’s leading mortgage financing company) Africa International University
• Kenya Railways Staff Retirement Benefits Scheme
• Food for the Hungry

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Julian Kyula

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Julian Kyula is a founder of Mobile Decisioning Africa Limited,one of the largest Airtime Credit companies in the world, doing over 1.8billion transactions in 2017.He also served as its Group Chief Executive Officer and Director until 2018. Mr. Kyula is also a serial entrepreneur having founded Quest Holdings prior to founding MODE.

Mr. Kyula has experience in the Credit Sector having worked at the Credit Reference Bureau Africa (CRB)in Nairobi. His further international experience includes working with Alegis Group in Houston Texas with responsibility for scoring Citibank and Amexclients as well as an Operations Analyst and Collections Manager for Nationwide Credit Inc in Houston Texas.

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Carole Kariuki

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Carole Kariuki holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Sociology from the University of Nairobi and a Masters Degree in Public Administration and International Affairs from Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA.She has also pursued several professional courses on Public-Private Sector Dialogue, Global Leadership and Private Sector Development among others.

Ms.Kariuki has a wealth of experience in leadership having worked 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 lible known Business InstituBon to one of the most influential institutions in Kenya and globally. KEPSA is the Apex body of the private sector in Kenya, galvanising the private sector through public-private dialogue and influencing the economic and development agenda of the country and Africa.

She currently serves in several boards including: Chairperson, Special Economic Zones Authority,Kenya Board Member, East African Cables PLC Board Member, Internet Solutions Kenya Board Member, Harvard University Center for African Studies, Africa Advisory Board of Trustees Member,United States International University–Africa (USIU-Africa), Kenya Board Member, Business Advocacy Fund, Danish Embassy Kenya Council Member, The National Council of Administrative Justice (NCAJ), Kenya Advisor, Nailab 3.0 (Nairobi Innovation Lab) Board, Kenya Board Member,Women in Business Initiative of the Africa CEO Forum, Paris.

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Dr. Gilbert Saggia

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A seasoned business executive in the East African market, having led several Global Fortune 100 Tech multinationals to significant growth in the region.
Armed with a passionate drive for excellence that has become his brand for execution, Dr.Saggia focuses on growing local executive and management talent, top and medium sized enterprises and ensuring overall eco-system growth that interweaves global and local scenes,including working with Governments on strategic public assets.

As the Managing Partner of Titans D’Afrique it was Gilbert’s charge to steer the firm’s execution towards its vision of building the transformation of local African businesses, eco- system partnerships,and the globalisation agenda of companies and countries the Titans touch. Multi disciplined and widely read, Gilbert has spent over 20 years in the corporate world. Before Titans D’Afrique he was the Managing Director for SAP East Africa and before that the Managing Country Director for Oracle East Africa for 4years.

During his tenure, he championed growth across key segments especially in digital transformation of the public and private sector, and cloud technologies. Before joining Oracle in 2013,he was the regional manager for Cisco Systems responsible for the East African operation, where he had been since 2007, and prior to this, he was based in Belgium as a Sales and Solutions Manager with Siemens working for a wide region covering the Middle East and Africa,specifically Carrier Networks business. Previous to his expatriate role he was the Business Development Manager at Siemens Kenya & leader of the ICT business under Siemens Business Services for East Africa.

Dr. Gilbert Saggia holds a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Nairobi, and transitioned to Technology and Sales in various capacities. His other accomplishments are a Masters MBA Certification from Tulane University USA,among other strategic leadership and business qualifications. He is a member of various regional and international ICT forums ,and writes in regional periodicals and books especially “ICT in Healthcare

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