Nation Media Group Limited

KenyaBuzz (provider of event and lifestyle information )

GROUP COMPANY SECRETARY. He was appointed in July 1998 and is the head of the Legal and Administration department. He is a director of the Group’s subsidiary companies. He is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and is also a Certified Public Secretary of Kenya (CPS K) and a member of the Institute of Directors (Kenya). He is an alumni of the Cambridge University Advanced Leadership Programme.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. He was appointed on 5 June 2015. He is a member of the Editorial and the Strategy and Investments Committees. He worked for the Nation Media Group as a journalist rising to the position of Managing Editor of the Daily Nation before joining UNICEF as an editor in New York. He also served as UNICEF’s chief of communications in its Nigeria programme. He worked as the Chief Executive Officer of the Standard Media Group before taking up appointment as the Managing Director of Monitor Publications Limited and subsequently at Nation Newspapers division.

Group Human Resources Director. He joined NMG in March 2014. He has over 13 years’ experience in HR leadership and management in the East African region gained mainly from the manufacturing and financial services sectors. Prior to joining NMG, Mr. Kiambi worked with NIC Bank Group as the director, Human Resource from 2006 – 2014. Before that, he worked with BAT from 1994 – 2005 in several capacities as the Group human Resources Manager responsible for BAT Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and the Horn of Africa. He was additionally the Head of HR of Bat Kenya, factory Engineer and manufacturing Manager. Mr. Kiambi holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering, MBA – Employee Relations and professional certifications in various specialized areas in HR.

Managing Director Broadcast Division. He has previously held senior positions in African Media Group Limited (AMGL), Tanzania, TV Africa Kenya & Uganda, Sanyu Television, Uganda and Kenya Television Network (KTN), Kenya. He holds a Masters in Science from University of Liverpool. He joined the Group in 2018 from Aljazeera Media Group where he was the Head of Sales and Distribution, Sub Saharan Africa.

Group Head of Digital. She joined the Group on 15th January 2016 from HT Media India, where she was the Business Head and Publisher for their news websites. She has considerable experience in Digital Media having worked in several capacities in other companies such as Business Head Livemint.com, C.O.O CMYK Multimedia, Group online Editor The Pioneer and Editor HT Estates, Hindustan Times to mention a few.

General Manager Circulation & Distribution. Mr. Walekwa is a Commercial Professional with over 17 years work experience. He has worked in key commercial roles with FMCG companies in the region rising to the level of Director with one of the global telecom companies, (Airtel), Road Masters cycles, as the Regional Marketing Manager for the great lakes region (East Africa & DRC/ Rwanda), Diageo (East African Breweries) as the Brand Manager and also as the divisional Sales Manager.

Group Financial Controller. Hejoined Nation Media Group in 1997 from Deloitte & Touch. He has since then worked as the Group Chief Accountant and the Group Internal Audit Manager before being promoted to Group Financial Controller in June 2008.
Gabriel Chege

http://Group IT Director. He joined the group in 2002 from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC); Global Technology Solutions (GTS) division and the industry experience spanning 15 years that has seen him work for a variety of companies within Eastern Africa.

Managing Director Newspaper Division. He joined the Group in 2018 from Standard Group where he was the Managing Director, Print Business and Director of Innovation. Prior to Standard Group, he served in PepsiCo as Business Intelligence (BI) Director, Europe and the The Coca-Cola Company as Global Business Change and Performance Manager.

Managing Director Monitor Publications Limited. Has worked in various management roles in the media industry in South Africa and Uganda. From 2003 to mid - 2014, he was the Chief Commercial Officer at New Vision Printing and Publishing. He joined Monitor Publications in March 2015. He was also instrumental in setting up the Uganda Media Owners Association (UMOA) and served as the chairman for three years, until June 2014.

Managing Director Mwananchi Communications Limited, Tanzania. He has over 12 years of Senior Leadership role in sales. Marketing & General Management. He joined Mwananchi Communications Limited as Chief Operating Officer in August 2013 before being appointed to his current position in August 2014. His role entails ensuring that the business is running professionally, efficiently and profitably while maintaining market leadership kin the print media industry in Tanzania. Previously, he worked with Lafarge Tanzania as Commercial Director and as marketing Manager at Coca-Cola Kwanza.

Head of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs. He joined NMG in January 2016 from British American Tobacco where he served in several senior roles in corporate and regulatory affairs responsible for various countries including Indian Ocean Islands (Mauritius, La Reunion, Comoros), Rwanda, Uganda, Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Somali/Somali Land, Eritrea, South Sudan and Djibouti) and Kenya. He has experience in trade bloc management with emphasis on WTO, EAC, COMESA & AU, regulatory affairs management including general and tax policy formulation, corporate communications, media, reputation and stakeholder management. Clifford is a lawyer by training.

Group Head of Production. Is a qualified mechanical engineer in 1995 having previously worked for Thomas De La Rue (K) LTD and East African Breweries Ltd. He is the Chairman of the Kenya Association of Manufactures, Machakos County Chapter.

GROUP HEAD OF INTERNAL AUDIT. Prior to being appointed the Group Head of Internal Audit, he was the Finance Manager at Mwananchi Communications Limited (NMG’s subsidiary in Tanzania), served as the Management Accountant at the Nation Couriers Division (NCD), the Revenue Accountant and Financial Accountant at NMG among other roles within the Finance Department.

Marketing Manager. She joined Nation Media Group in May 2013. She has over 15 years’ experience in Sales and Marketing, 10 of which have been in Brand and Marketing Management for leading brands in East Africa. Prior to joining Nation Media Group, she worked for Nestle Foods Kenya Limited, PZ Cussons and Haco Tiger Brands.

Chairman. He retired from NMG as the Group CEO on 31st October 2006 after working for the Company for 13 years. He was appointed a non-executive director in December 2006 and was elected the Chairman of the Board in September 2009. He is a non-executive director and is a member of the Nominations and Governance Committee. Dr. Kiboro is the Chancellor of Riara University and the Chairman of Family Bank Limited and Wilfay Investments Limited, a family owned enterprise.

Director. He was appointed to the board in March 2009. He has worked at NMG as the Group Finance Director and the Chief Operating Officer and is now a non-executive director and chairs the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and is a member of the Editorial Committee. He is a Partner at Helios Investment Partners, an Africa focused private equity firm. He was previously the Chief Operating Officer at Industrial Promotion Services (East Africa) and. He is a non-executive director of Telkom Kenya Limited and Vivo Energy Kenya Limited.

Director. He was appointed to the Board in April 2018 and is a member of the Strategy and Investments Committee. He is the President, International of the New York Times Company and is responsible for the oversight and strategic development of the companys international digital and print business. Previously, he was the Publisher of the International Herald Tribune.

Director. He is the Group Finance Director and was appointed to the Board in March 2008. He previously worked as a Finance Director with East African Breweries Limited. Mr. Gitagama is a director of the Group’s Subsidiary Companies and is a member of the Strategic Planning Committee.

Director. Holds a Ph.D and an MA from Harvard University and a Bfrom Northwestern University (USA) and is a Professor of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. (USA). He joined the board in December 1995. Prof. Huebner is a non-executive director and is the Chairman of the Nominations and Governance Committee and is a member of the Strategy and Investments Committee. He was formerly a professor at Northwestern University and has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of the International Herald Tribune in Paris for fourteen years.

Director. She joined the board in September 2009 as an independent non-executive director and is the Chairman of the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee, and a member of the Strategy & Investments Committee. She is currently a non-executive director on the boards of The Royal Bank of Scotland Ring-Fenced Bank Entities and also Guardian Media Group in United Kingdom. During her executive career, she was Chief Information Officer at Bupa and prior to that Chief Operating Officer at the Financial Times. She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Leicester in 2005, and was made an honorary Fellow of the University of Bedfordshire in 2011.
Dr. Simon Kagugube

http://Director. He joined the Board as an independent non-executive director in September 2011 and is the Chairman of the Board of Monitor Publications Limited in Uganda. Dr. Kagugube is a member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee.He is the Exec

Director. He joined the Board as an independent non-executive director in September 2012 and is the Chairman of the Strategy and Investments Committee. He is the director of digital development at BBC News which publishes one of the worlds leading English language websites as well as digital news and features in 29 other languages. He previously worked as an Assistant Editor for the Financial Times. Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Philosophy (Hons) from the University of Durham (UK).

Director. Prof. Mugenda joined the board as an independent non-executive director in September 2010 and is a member of the Editorial and the Human Resources and Remuneration Committees. She was the Vice-Chancellor of Kenyatta University from 2006 until her retirement in March 2016, and has also held various senior lecturing positions at the University from 1984.

Director. Mr. Mwangi was appointed to the board as a non-executive director in July 2017 and is a member of the Editorial Committee. He is a media professional with more than 30 years experience in journalism. He previously worked for NMG rising to the position of Editorial Director. He is currently serving as a senior advisor to the African Media Initiative , a Pan African organization, which seeks to strengthen the media section to support National and Continental efforts to achieve economic growth, democratic governance and social developments. He is a member of the Media Complaints Commission of Kenya.

Director. He was appointed to the NMG board as an independent non-executive director in March 2015. He is a member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance as well as the Human Resources and Remuneration Committees and is the Chairman of Mwananchi Communications Limited in Tanzania. He is also a director of ARM Cement Limited and Chairman of its subsidiaries in Tanzania, a director of National Microfinance Bank Plc (Tanzania), Tanzania Breweries Limited and Reliance Insurance Company (Tanzania) Limited

Director. He joined the board in December 1995 as a non-executive director and is the Chairman of the Editorial Committee. He is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Barclays Africa Group Limited and the immediate former Chairman of Barclays Bank of Kenya. He is the Chairman of TPS Eastern Africa Limited (Serena Group of hotels and lodges). He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Strathmore Business School, Strathmore University and is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the Aga Khan University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences- East Africa. He is the Executive Director in charge of Legal and Corporate Affairs at Industrial Promotion Services (East Africa) .

Director. Was appointed to the board as an independent non- executive directors in July 2017 and is a member of the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee. He is a software developer by training. Mr Otieno began his professional career in the USA, rising to the position of Assistant Vice President at EEC Financial Services in New York. He joined Microsoft in 1997 and is currently the Director in the Middle East and Africa team responsible for Corporate Affairs with Microsoft 4 Africa. Mr. Otieno promotes innovations such as the use of white spaces to provide high speed, affordable broadband connectivity in the unserved rural areas. He is a non executive director at Barclays Bank Kenya Limited.

Director. He joined the board as a nonexecutive director in June 1989. He has been associated with the Aga Khan Development Network for over thirty years and retired in 2006 as the director of Industrial Promotion Services based in Paris, France. Mr. Poonawala is a director of AKFED. He is a member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance, the Nominations and Governance and the Human Resources and Remuneration Committees.

Director. He was appointed the Company Secretary in July 1998 and is the head of the Legal and Administration department. He is a director of the Group’s subsidiary companies. He is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and is also a Certified Public Secretary of Kenya (CPS K) and a member of the Institute of Directors (Kenya). He is an alumni of the Cambridge University Advanced Leadership Programme.

Director. He was appointed the Editor-In Chief on 5 June 2015 and appointed to the Board as an executive director in July 2016. He is a member of the Editorial and the Strategy and Investments Committees. He worked for the Nation Media Group as a journalist rising to the position of Managing Editor of the Daily Nation before joining UNICEF as an editor in New York. He also served as UNICEF’s chief of communications in its Nigeria programme. He worked as the Chief Executive Officer of the Standard Media Group before taking up appointment as the Managing Director of Monitor Publications Limited and subsequently at Nation Newspapers division.