About

I am an objective and highly skilled professional in the areas of Training, Strategic planning and management, Capacity building and strengthening, leadership and management, Corporate governance, Risk management, Ethical finance, banking, team leadership and management, projects/programs planning and management and Social and environmental performance management. In today’s era of ESG, I am currently championing the organizational culture change within Caritas Nairobi where I am currently managing Social-economic Empowerment as well as in 10 other dioceses in the country where I am doing mentorship on Ethical Finance training and Social Environment Performance Sensitization and Training. I have over 16 years of experience in community interventions in financial literacy, Capacity building and strengthening, entrepreneurship, and financial inclusion through banking services. I have gained this experience through working at Sidian Bank as a microfinance officer for 5.5 years, at African Provident limited for one (1) year and In the Archdiocese of Nairobi; Caritas Nairobi Department for the last eleven (11) years. In my current position at Caritas Nairobi, I have been leading teams and implementing strategies and livelihood programs, projects and interventions focused on changing the lives of communities in Nairobi and Kiambu counties through financial literacy training entrepreneurship and financial education, vocational skills capacity building and strengthening as well as instilling a savings culture among communities and enhancing financial access to communities. I am also working with Caritas Africa and Caritas Kenya to enhance entrepreneurship in communities in 9 African countries including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, DRC Congo, Senegal, Togo, and Burkina Faso on a project aimed at Supporting the Promotion of Ethical Finance through Capacity Strengthening of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) serving Community and Civil Society Organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Skills

  • Communication
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  • Teamwork
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  • Problem-Solving
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  • Creativity
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  • Leadership
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  • Program/ Project coordination
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Experience

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Program Coordinator - Household Economic Strengthening
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Project Coordinator - AYuTe Africa
Project Coordinator - AYuTe Africa
Project Coordinator
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Program/project coordination or management

  • Kenya
• Projects management and coordination; - Able to develop, manage and coordinate big projects creating necessary structures and delivering in all strategic areas to ensure achievement of organizational vision, mission, goals and objectives.
• Trained trainer on Social Environmental Performance Management and Ethical Finance
• Trained and experienced in cash flow-based risk analysis... relevant to projects and programmes with financial and non-financial inclusion component.
• Banking and credit negotiations with institutions, individuals, formal and informal groups.
• Micro-finance lending based on Grameen methodology and locally modified and perfected by microfinance industry players.
• Cooperative based skills in both theory and application with ability to consolidate diverse financial inclusion models to meet beneficiaries’ dynamic needs.
• Capacity building skills – I have been training beneficiaries, self-help groups, Saccos, agri-business projects, People living with different abilities, OVC projects, Refugees among other beneficiaries and clients on financial literacy, entrepreneurship, leadership and management (governance management), strategic planning and management, policy development and implementation, Ethical finance, SEPM, positive living among others.
• Team coordination, leadership and management. I am currently leading a team of 175 members of staff at both the head office and branches.
• Organization and Planning - A highly organized and approaches all my work in a methodical and professional manner
• Communication- Communicates very well both orally and in writing. Possess excellent presentation skills. Fluent in English, Kiswahili, and currently pursuing interest in French.
• Interpersonal skills– Relates very well with people from different diversity in cultures, age groups and backgrounds.
• Other personal attributes include but not limited to:
 Results oriented
 Excellent Team Player
 Team leader
 High integrity
 Numerate and Analytical
 Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
 Ability to tackle complex assignments to deliver clear and easy solutions
 Flexible to different environmental, social-cultural and economic positions.
 Currently doing certification in project management
 I am an ILO/SIYB trainer (International Labor Organization /Start and Improve Your Business)
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  • SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT COORDINATOR at   Caritas Nairobi  
  • May, 2012 -
  • Managing the process of hiring, orienting, and monitoring all Social Economic Empowerment Programme Staff
  • Developing staff capacity to enhance institutional capacity and effectiveness
  • Developing program capacity to ensure effective delivery of services to Self-help groups
  • Refining and implementing financial and administrative procedures and policies appropriate for different projects and programs
  • Reviewing the effectiveness of current operations procedures, including finance
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• Spearheaded the growth of the programme direct beneficiaries from 50,000 in 2012 to the current 150,000
• Grown savings portfolio from US$. 12 million in 2012 to US$. 85 million by end of 2021.
• I have grown the loan portfolio from US$. 8 million in 2012 to US$. 45 million by close of 2021
• I have been able to facilitate the automation of the self-help groups from 2% to the... current 80% where they are now using Mifos X software as co-banking system.
• I have grown the number of groups in the parishes from 90 in 2012 to the current 270 self-help groups in the three projects namely SHG, SDP and PROMIC.
• I have been able to facilitate the paradigm shift in Capacity building to the current most updated need-based capacity building.
• I have been driving and facilitating the strategic planning process and implementation of the same in over 40% of the self-help groups thus making groups adaptive to the ever-changing micro and macro environment.
• I have participated actively and successfully in development of the Business plan of the Caritas Microfinance Bank, Registration and initial start-up stages.
• I was spearheading the mobilization of start-up capital for Caritas Microfinance bank where I raised US$. 2.5 million and continued spearheading the customer drive campaigns.
• I have been managing the medical scheme for the staff in Caritas Nairobi and for more than 140 self-help groups employees.
• Successfully managing and retaining a team of over 170 staff members directly or indirectly under my supervision.
• From the impact assessment the results show we have been able to meet over 70% of the Organization’s vision of having a Just, Self-reliant and value-based society.
• Changed the Auditing of the Groups to comply with accepted international standards
• Continuous review programs policies and as well as continuous risks, identification, analysis, mitigation and management framework development and implementation.
• I spearheaded the change of Economic Empowerment Programme governance structure from the former 12 members led committees to a leaner and more professionalized 7 member led committee and Board of Management in big groups of a share capital of US$. 5 million and above. This has aided governance, operations, customer service and day to day compliance in most of the groups’ operations.
• I am spearheading the team in awareness creation and initiation of a socioeconomic empowerment programme in Tombura Yambio South Sudan, Central Africa Republic, Catholic Diocese of Malalal, Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri and Catholic diocese of Kakamega in Kenya respectively.
• I spearheaded the restructuring of PROMIC programme from an inactive unsustainable programme to current more sustainable programme with clear going concern.
• I am a key player in starting and implementation of a MISSIO GERMANY funded urban refugees and host community unemployed youths strengthening assistance capacity project covering Nairobi and Kiambu County. The main goal of this project is to strengthen urban refugee assistance and offer technical support to host community unemployed youths. It is a two years project and my involvement has been project design, budgeting and budgetary controls and capacity building especially in the second phase of the project.
• Currently finalizing a partnership with GIZ on Self-help groups modelling, financial literacy training and revolving fund management in Northern, Eastern and Coastal parts of Kenya on a project GIZ is doing with Accacia EPZ ltd titled: Gum Arabic for Livelihoods, Food Security and Sustained Economic Impact/Entrenching Sustainability in Gum Arabic Value Chain that is aimed at promoting food security and livelihoods for 51,000 households while entrenching business & environmental sustainability.
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