Skills

  • Strategic Planning
    10
  • Corporate Communications
    10
  • Strategic Marketing Management
    10
  • Project Management
    9

Experience

Mohammed Doyo

Work experience
  • Responsibilities:
  • The Director provides leadership and direction to all the divisions within the Directorate; planning, coordinating, supervising, designing, administering and evaluating programs ensuring compliance with the Authority's policies, national and county laws, regulations and standards, as well as conducting performance management
  • Key Responsibilities:
  • Planning Role
  • Coordinate the development and monitoring of the implementation of long-range integrated basin comprehensive development master plans
  • Coordinate the development and monitoring of the implementation of the Authority's strategic plans
  • Developing and implementing sustainability strategies through income-generating investments right from the identification of suitable investment projects and appraisals through feasibility studies
  • Develop the Authority's Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), annual investment plans and work plan
  • Monitor the implementation of the Annual Performance Contract with the government and the annual work plan
  • Advice the Board of Directors on integrated regional planning for the management and sustainable development of basin-based natural resources and recommend economic priorities
  • Research, Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting Role
  • Determining, implementing and monitoring research development strategies, policies and plans
  • Oversee research and data compilation relevant to the Authority’s mandate area, helping visualize demographic and socioeconomic data for executive decision-making.
  • Leading Research projects and coordinating activities of research workers interpreting results of research projects and recommending associated product and service development innovations
  • Managing an Authority broad process for development, execution and regular tracking of projects, programs and activities, as well as providing expertise and leadership in the development and implementation of results-based M & E and reporting system with detailed guidelines for implementation
  • Providing advice on research and development options available to the Authority.
  • Business Development Role
  • Planning and overseeing comprehensive fundraising and resource mobilization program to secure significant resources for the implementation of the Authority's projects, programs, and investments
  • Oversee the initiation and development of business plans, investment plans, concept notes, and project proposals for various investment opportunities
  • Organize Stakeholder engagements and public participation
  • Oversee the development and implementation of resource mobilization and investments plans, strategies, and approaches for mobilizing resources for investments, as well as driving the performance of Public Private Partnership (PPP) in project design and implementation.
  • Enterprise Management and Investment Promotion Role
  • Managing all Authority's investments and ensuring their profitability and sustainability
  • Identify new market opportunities and undertake investments for the Authority's income generation and financial sustainability.
  • 5. Other Roles
  • Member – Management Executive Committee
  • Member - Human Resource Advisory Committee
  • Member - Monitoring & Evaluation Inter-Ministerial Committee (Ministry of EAC, ASALs and Regional Development)
  • Member - Inter-Ministerial PPP Committee (State Department for ASALs and Regional development)
  • Member - Project Implementation Committee (PIC) - State Department for ASALs and Regional development)
  • Achievements
  • 1. Developed a 5-year strategic plan 2023 - 2028 to guide the organization's growth and direction.
  • 2. Led the research division in completing a comprehensive basin resource assessment, providing key data for decision-making.
  • 3. Secured KES. 400 million in ex - chequer funding through successful proposals to support new program initiatives.
  • 4. Launched a development office focused on fundraising, building partnerships, and diversifying revenue streams.
  • 5. Implemented a new monitoring and evaluation framework to track program effectiveness and outcomes.
  • 6. Expanded the organization's investments and assets, increasing annual investment income by 10%.
  • 7.Conducted feasibility studies for 3 new potential income-generating investment projects.
  • 8. Implemented new systems to improve research data management and visualization capabilities.
  • 9. Provided leadership on inter-ministerial committees, influencing policy and building partnerships.
  • 10. Developed a public engagement and communications strategy to increase stakeholder participation.
  • 11. Developed 5 complete project proposals for government ex - chequer funding for mega development projects
  • 12. Led the Authority to attain a "very good score" in government's performance contracting, ranking top among agencies in the parent ministry.

Mohammed Doyo

Work experience
  • February, 2016 - February, 2022
  • Fulltime
  • Overall responsibility:
  • To assess consumer and business conditions and formulate, direct, and implement marketing and public relations strategies for KIE organization and product brands to achieve the company's overall objectives.
  • Achievements – Marketing Division
  • Was part of a team that ensured the disbursement of loans amounting to more than Ksh. 5 Billion in three financial years to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya
  • Led the state agency in winning Nairobi International Trade Fair – Best Medium Trade Stand 3 years in a row, Best Microfinance Stand Runners up, 2018 & 2019,and Best stand other than Bank in 2017,2018 and 2019, both in Nairobi and Nakuru
  • Formulated KIE's strategic marketing plan (2017-2022) to deliver the company's objectives; in 2017, developed KIE's Social Media Policy, Brand Identity Policy and Company Communication Policy that had not existed before.
  • In 2018, led the company in launching new loan products targeting new markets; Youth and women
  • Conducted the first-ever market research by KIE to analyze KIE's customer behavior and market needs provided relevant insight to management;
  • Prepared the marketing budget and managed the delivery of all marketing activities within the agreed budget – every financial year:
  • Successfully oversaw the company's rebranding, introducing a refreshed brand identity in 2019. Before the exercise, KIE had not rebranded since its inception in 1966
  • Successfully led the company in revamping the KIE website to give a modern look, introduced Bulk SMS and customized Email communication system to enhance client and corporate communication
  • Developed KIE's digital strategy and set up social media channels, deepening online engagement with clients
  • Coordinated all KIE Marketing functions and teams across KIE 37 branches countrywide, maximizing synergies that ensured all marketing functions aligned to the KIE brand identity;
  • Led and motivated marketing teams at the head office and at KIE's 37 branches countrywide in executing brand plans and delivering against marketing objectives:
  • Advised the Board of Directors, the Managing Director, and the Senior Management on marketing and communication strategies
  • Undertook annual training of all credit officers, credit assistants, and branch managers on customer care, marketing, public relations, and planning for results
  • Achievements - Public Relations
  • Positioned KIE as a top state agency supporting SMEs through regular press appearances in pictorials, features, news stories, and opinion columns (at least twice monthly) in major newspapers in Kenya.
  • Successfully spearheaded the video shooting and profiling of KIE clients across the 37 branches to showcase the company's contribution to the industrialization agenda.
  • Established a customer care unit, fully equipped with staff and tools that improved the KIE customer experience
  • Led the company in attaining a 99% score par the Commission of Administrative Justice (CAJ) in resolving customer complaints, awareness creation and sensitization of the company's products for four consecutive years (2016-2020)
  • Other Roles at Kenya Industrial Estates
  • 1. Member – Management Executive Committee
  • 2. Chairperson – Committee on Administrative Justice (CAJ) Public Complains Resolutions Committee
  • 3. Chairperson – Integrity Assurance Committee
  • 4. Chairperson – Service Delivery Committee
  • 5. KIE Nominee – Ministry of Industry, Trade & Cooperatives Committee on Inter-SAGA Communications Committee
  • 6. Secretary – Agricultural Society of Kenya, Shows & Exhibitions Committee
  • 7. Secretary – Stawisha Mashinani Inter-Agency Action group – State Department for Industrialisation