Lead.
I run group strategy for one of East Africa's largest financial services businesses. My day job is the 6X by 2030 ambition for Old Mutual East Africa. I shape the plan, run the annual cycle, sit with the numbers, and make sure the strategy actually moves the business.
Direct and advise.
I sit on boards and I advise founders. I work with insurtech, fintech and digital banks who need someone who has built and turned around financial services businesses, not just read about them. Market entry, M&A, turnaround. I have done all three.
Mentor.
Strategy in financial services is still a male-dominated field. I built my career inside it as a feminine leader and I mentor women who are doing the same. If something took me ten years to figure out, I want it to take you five.
Awards
Innovator of the Year
Think Business
For the Insurance Starter Pack with Uchumi Supermarket, which opened insurance access to underserved customers.
IFC Innovation Award
Kilimo Salama
As product lead for the micro-insurance product for farmers that earned international recognition for inclusive insurance.
Mission Leadership Warrior
Old Mutual East Africa
For institutionalising mission leadership discipline across the East Africa business.
Education and professional development
MBA in Strategic Management
United States International University Africa
2017 to 2019
Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing)
University of Nairobi
2010 to 2014
UnleashHer Women C-Suite Leadership
Korn Ferry
2023
Strategic Management Performance Certification
The George Washington University School of Business
2022
Board Readiness Program
Strathmore University
2020
I do not believe a leader is only their job title. The rest of who I am shapes how I lead.
Golf.
Member at Muthaiga Golf Club. Most of my long-running professional relationships have been built across an 18-hole round. What draws me in most is the technical side, the physics of a swing, the choice of club, the read of a green.
Conservation.
Nature is where I come alive. I sit on the board of Mt. Kenya Trust because the trees and the elephants need people who will keep showing up. I have hiked across Kenya and I plan to keep doing it for a long time.
