He is a media and communications expert who has trained and worked as a journalist, a development communications specialist for the UN, and a senior media manager in Kenya and abroad. Mr. Mshindi has more than 20 years of experience working in the media. He worked for the Nation Media Group in Nairobi as a journalist and rose to become the managing editor of its flagship newspaper, the Daily Nation, before joining UNICEF as an editor in New York. He then served as UNICEF's chief of communication in its Nigeria programme, its largest in Africa. After the stint at the UN, he worked as the managing director and chief executive officer of the Standard Media Group in Kenya, and later the managing director of the Monitor Publications Ltd in Uganda (which is owned by the Nation Media Group). In between the two assignments, he managed Lovelife Media Africa Ltd and Words Warehouse, two firms that offered a wide range of consultancy, training and publishing services in communication strategies and management. He also helped set up Kenya’s television station Channel 2.

Holds a Bsc. Electronic Engineering from the University of Nairobi. He joined NMG in 2005 and has more than 17 years experience in the media industry having previously served as Technical & Production Director at the Standard Newspaper Group and as the Managing Director of KTN. He spearheaded the re-launch of Nation Television as NTV and Nation Fm as EasyFm. He was instrumental in the design and conceptualization of NTV Uganda and the launching of e-Africa, the latest addition to NMG’s television stable.

Holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) from the University of Sheffield (United Kingdom) and a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) from York University (Canada). He is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and is also a Certified Public Secretary of Kenya (CPS) and a member of the Institute of Directors (Kenya).  He was appointed the Company Secretary in July 1998 and heads the Legal and Administration department.  He is a director of the Group’s subsidiary companies.

Sam Shollei has 20 years corporate leadership experience in diversified sectors including media, banking, energy and consultancy. He is the Managing Director of Mwananchi Communication Limited, the Tanzania NMG subsidiary and previously headed the Business Development function at NMG. He has also served as the General Manager at the NMG Uganda subsidiary, Monitor Publications Limited. Sam started his career as a consultant with Price Waterhouse before joining the Petroleum industry as a senior Accountant. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and BCom and a Certified Public Accountant – CPA (K).

Charles Onyango-Obbo, a Ugandan citizen, has been Nation Media Group’s Executive Editor for the Africa & Digital Media since March 2008. Previously, Mr Onyango-Obbo was managing editor of The Monitor in Uganda. He is a Nieman Fellow from Harvard University and a holds a BA degree from Makerere University, Uganda, and a Master’s degree in Journalism from the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Mr Onyango-Obbo, has published three books: Uganda’s Poorly Kept Secrets (Fountain Publishers, Third Edition 2003); Inside the Soul of a Nation and Its People (Fountain Publishers, 2007) and; It Never Happened: The Story of the Last Days of Idi Amin (Oxford University Press, 2008). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Economic Affairs, Nairobi, Kenya.

Ann Gitao - Kinyua joined NMG in May 2008 as Head of Marketing Nation Broadcast Division. In August 2009, she was promoted to the Group, Head of Marketing function. Ann has more than 10 years executive experience in mining consumer insights, shaping strong brand positioning strategies and crafting successful communication strategies and has played a lead role in the development of communication strategies for a multitude of clients spanning several categories including: foods, banking, airlines, social marketing, media and alcoholic drinks. She holds a BCom Degree in Marketing and is currently studying for an MBA at Henley Business School – University of Reading, UK.

Gideon holds an MBA in Finance from University of Leicester and is a qualified Mechanical Engineer. Gideon joined NMG as a mechanical engineer in 1995 having previously worked for Thomas De La Rue (K) Ltd. and The East African Breweries Ltd. He is the Chairman of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers, Athi River Chapter.

David joined the group in September 2009 from the Kenya Film Commission, where he was the Chief Executive. He has more than 15 years experience in International Development, Marketing, Strategic Communications and Public Relations gained in senior management roles in the public, private and international development sectors. He holds an MBA Marketing degree and an MA Mass Communications degree from the University of Leicester, UK. He is also a fully qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), UK and has undergraduate and professional qualifications in Public Relations and Communications Design.

Charles joined NMG in 2011 as the General Manager – Innovation and Business Development. He previously worked with Celtel Ghana and Malawi as Marketing Director; Diageo UK and Nigeria as Innovations Manager and Diageo Kenya as Brand Manager. He holds an undergraduate Degree from Moi University and is an alumnus of the London Business School’s Advanced Management Programme.

Agastee joined NMG in June 2010. He holds a Masters Degree in Finance and Strategic Human Resources Management from the Oxford Brookes University and an Engineering Degree, from RVCE, Bangalore. He has over 8 years experience of Digital Marketing and Product Management experience having previously worked in the digital divisions at Yahoo Jagran, Financial Times and The Times of India.