Nairobi County, Kenya
I specialize in helping businesses secure the capital and debt financing they need to grow and thrive, with a strong focus on renewable energy, microfinance institutions, and agro-processing enterprises. With a proven track record in investment and financial advisory, I bring deep expertise in: 1. Capital Raising: Guiding businesses and institutions to secure funding for expansion and innovation. 2. Debt Financing: Structuring tailored financing solutions that align with strategic growth goals. 3. Financial Advisory: Delivering insightful analysis to drive informed investment and management decisions. 4. Transaction Management: Overseeing smooth and successful deal execution from sourcing to closure. With over 20 years of leadership experience spanning the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, I have served in key roles such as Country Director for Mercy Corps Uganda and Regional Business Development Manager for Oxfam International (Horn, East, and Central Africa Region). My career has included work with international development firms and leading humanitarian organizations, focusing on private sector development, governance, and economic growth. I have managed multi-million-dollar projects, led diverse teams in dynamic humanitarian and development settings, and built partnerships with bilateral and multilateral donors, governments, INGOs, and private investors. My experience includes resource mobilization, high-level representation, and innovative programming at the humanitarian-development nexus, with a strong emphasis on renewable energy access, financial inclusion, and enterprise growth. I have contributed to impactful projects funded by FCDO (DFID), EU, USAID, and the World Bank, working across more than 20 countries, including Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Africa, India, the UK, and the USA. Let’s connect to explore how we can unlock finance, drive sustainable growth, and deliver high-impact solutions.
• Provide strategic leadership and management of Oxfam’s program in country including all development, and humanitarian programming to maximise our influence and impact • Ensures overall leadership of disaster preparedness, mitigation and management including humanitarian response activities for Category 1 / 2 / 3 emergencies. • Manage the Country Leadership Team and Line manages the work in the country: staff, budget, funding and program. • Ensure that the HR Management in the Country is in line with Oxfam Human Resource Policies and procedures including but not limited to the Code of Conduct, Security and Health and Safety. • Create and supports an environment which results in strong partnerships, government relations, knowledge sharing and innovation. • Lead in representing Oxfam and the country program nationally and globally. Builds influential relationships and is committed to developing networks for impactful change. • Work with the Country Governance Group to ensure that appropriate strategy is created to seek out and maintain new funding sources to support program implementation. Accountable for all donor relations and contract management in country. • Work closely with other affiliates with strong interest in the country in order to develop and deliver high quality programmes. • Successfully lead the design, communication and implementation of the One Oxfam Stakeholder Structure, in a participatory process with the support of the Change Management Task Force. • Ensure compliance with the INGOs operating requirements as per the Burundi laws and guidelines.
I was Recruited to champion fundraising strategies & growth by strategically developing investor/partner relations with both bilateral and multilateral donors for humanitarian and development programs, Oxfam affiliates, Foundations and charities both regionally & internationally. To date, I have raised over 30 Million Euros, successfully funding livelihoods and humanitarian projects across 10 countries. Furthermore, I am at an advanced stage of securing more than 10 Million Euros which will further bolster the funding of existing & new projects. I also managed to secure a new window for funding in Switzerland for Oxfam which hither to had not been achieved Line manages Three Countries-Burundi, Uganda & DRC with 40 technical staff, Chairs Regional Institutional Funding Group (RIFG) and Country Funding Group (CFG), Quality Assure Project Proposals as well as donor compliance requirements. Presented a report reveal how Govt could seal loopholes in Oil Revenues for Uganda to HE the president of Uganda in October 2018. Met with Senior Advisor to President of DRC introducing International IFI to support new Govt development initiative to restore rural infrastructure in May 2019. Leads operational strategies, oversees internal processes to advise improvements, sets staff performance delivery targets and closely follows performance indicators to actualize performance delivery of more than 50 staff across HECA. Facilitates building of strategic consortiums and strategic engagement with INGOs, Bi/Multilaterals and Governments seeking to invest in specific sectors of common interest to reduce poverty and inequality in the region.