Geoffrey Odundo
Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Geoffrey Odundo
Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Dennis Aluanga
Director
Dennis Aluanga
Director
Mr. Dennis Aluanga holds an MBA from the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) and is a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya. He was appointed to the board in March 2009. 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 has also worked at NMG as the Group Finance Director and the Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Aluanga is a non-executive director and is a member of the Nominations and Governance, Strategy and Investments and the Editorial Committees.
Sultan Ali Akbar Allana
Non-Executive Director
Sultan Ali Akbar Allana
Non-Executive Director
Sultan Ali Akbar Allana is the Head of Financial Institutions Group of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), overseeing AKFED investments in commercial banks, insurance companies and microfinance banks. With nearly 40 years of experience in retail, corporate and investment banking, he is also the Chairman of Pakistan’s largest commercial bank, Habib Bank Limited (HBL), and has been a key figure in the country’s financial landscape since 2004. He led the board of HBL and led the successful privatization bid for AKFED. Post privatization, HBL has made significant progress, enhanced its footprint and registered impressive growth rates. He is committed to financial inclusion and has been awarded the Sitara-e-Imtiaz and Hilal-e-Imtiaz by the Pakistani government for his services in financial inclusion and economic challenges.
Fayyaz Nurmohamed
Non-Executive Director
Fayyaz Nurmohamed
Non-Executive Director
Fayyaz Nurmohamed is the Director of Communications for His Highness the Aga Khan and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). He oversees global communications for His Highness and the AKDN. He has served His Highness the Aga Khan for nearly 25 years, responsible for the coordination of policy, strategy, and planning across all the agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network, His Highness’s diplomatic relationships, the AKDN’s institutional partnerships, and the institutions of the Ismaili Muslim community. He serves on the governance bodies of several AKDN agencies. Prior to joining His Highness’s secretariat in 1998, Fayyaz was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in Toronto. He received his BA from Stanford University and MPhil from Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
Nancy Matimu
Independent Non-Executive Director
Nancy Matimu
Independent Non-Executive Director
Nancy Matimu is the Founder and CEO of Serrari Group. An accomplished marketing executive and business leader, Nancy has previously held several senior management positions including, Managing Director at MultiChoice Kenya, Vice President, Sub – Sahara Africa, Market Development at Mastercard, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer & Director of Mobile Financial Services at HF Group and Head of Safaricom Home and Content, amongst other senior positions at Safaricom and Airtel. She is the Vice-Chairperson, University Council Board, KCA University, a Global Board Trustee at Education Sub-Saharan Africa (ESSA) and Director at Rapyd (previously PayU Company) She holds an MBA from Strathmore Business School and IESE Business School, a Bachelor of Environmental Studies, Planning and Management, from Kenyatta University and a diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK.
Stephen Dunbar-Johnson
Director
Stephen Dunbar-Johnson
Director
Mr. Stephen Dunbar-Johnson is a graduate of Worth School and Kent University in the United Kingdom. He has attended an Executive Management program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (USA) and has undertaken the Sulzberger program at the Colombia School of Journalism (USA). He is the President, International of the New York Times Company and is responsible for the oversight and strategic development of the company’s international digital and print business. Previously, he was the Publisher of the International Herald Tribune. He was appointed to the Board in April 2018 and is a member of the Strategy and Investments Committee.
Joe Muganda
Independent Non-Executive Director
Joe Muganda
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Muganda is an accomplished business leader with an illustrious career and vast experience gathered from over three decades of service in several multinational corporations across Africa and the UK. His previous roles include top leadership (CEO) positions at VIVO Energy Kenya (Shell Licensee), Kenya Breweries Limited and British American Tobacco, all market leaders in their respective sectors. He also served in the position of Group Chief Executive Officer at Nation Media Group between 2015 and 2018. He holds an MBA from the University of Leicester and a B.Sc. in Accounting and Financial Management from the University of Buckingham. He currently chairs the Board of Stanbic Bank Kenya in addition to serving on several other boards.
Dr. Yasmin Jetha
Director
Dr. Yasmin Jetha
Director
Dr. Yasmin Jetha holds a Master’s degree in Management Science from Imperial College (London), and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. 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. She is currently a nonexecutive director of NatWest Group PLC and also Guardian Media Group in the United Kingdom. During her executive career, she was the Chief Information Officer at Bupa and prior to that Chief Operating Officer at the Financial Times. Dr. Jetha joined the board in September 2009 as an independent non-executive director and is the Chairperson of the Human Resources Committee, and a member of the Strategy and Investments Committee.
Louis Otieno
Director
Louis Otieno
Director
Mr. Louis Otieno holds a Masters of Business Administration from Long Island University and a Bachelor of Science from Mercy College (USA). 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 Corporation in 1997, leading the business in Africa in different capacities for 21 years. An ICT for Development leader, Mr. Otieno promoted innovation such as the use of TV white spaces to provide high speed, affordable broadband connectivity in the unserved rural areas. He is a non-executive director at Absa Kenya Limited and chairs the boards of Airtel Networks Kenya Limited and Absa Asset Management Limited. Mr. Otieno was appointed to the board as an independent non- executive director in July 2017. He chairs the Strategy and Investments Committee and is a member of the Human Resources Committee.
Al-Noor Ramji
Director
Al-Noor Ramji
Director
Mr. Al-Noor Ramji retired as the Group Chief Digital Officer for Prudential PLC where he was responsible for developing and executing an integrated long- term digital strategy for the group. Before joining Prudential PLC, he worked at Northgate Capital, a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley where he ran technology focused funds. Prior to that he worked as Chief Executive Officer of BT Innovate and Design, and Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer at BT Group PLC. He then led Misys Banking PLC which was a banking software company. Mr. Ramji has served as the CTO and CIO for Qwest Communications, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and UBS (then SBC). He was the founder and CEO of Webtek Software Pvt Ltd and is on the board of Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. and Tata Motors of India. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of London and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He was appointed to the board as an independent non-executive director on 27 March 2020 and is a member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and the Strategy and Investments Committee.
Prof. Samuel Sejjaaka
Non-Executive Director
Prof. Samuel Sejjaaka
Non-Executive Director
Prof. Samuel Sejjaaka is a partner at Sejjaaka, Kaawaase & Company, Certified Public Accountants in Uganda and also serves as the Country Team Leader/Principal of MAT ABACUS Business School. He has over 25 years’ experience in management and leadership, including governance and oversight of public interest companies, supervision of assurance functions and strategy formulation for growth. Prof. Sejjaaka is the current Chairman of the Petroleum Revenue Investment Reserve Advisory Committee, Old Mutual Investment Group Uganda Limited, Pristine Foods Limited and also sits on the Board of UAP Old Mutual Life Assurance Limited. He served as Chairman of Uganda Development Bank Limited (2012- 2018), Board Member of Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited (2007-2017), and Biyinzika Poultry Industries Limited (2016-2021). Prof. Sejjaaka previously lectured at Uganda’s oldest tertiary institution, Makerere University (later the Makerere University Business School) and rose to the position of Deputy Principal (1991-2014). He was appointed as a non-executive director of the board on 1st February 2022. He is a member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and Chairman of the Company’s subsidiary in Uganda, Monitor Publications Limited.
Prof. Nancy Booker
Non-Executive Director
Prof. Nancy Booker
Non-Executive Director
Prof. Nancy Booker is the Dean and is an Associate Professor of Journalism, Media, and Communications at The Aga Khan University’s Graduate School of Media and Communications. Previously, she held the roles of Associate Dean and Assistant Professor at AKU. Nancy's extensive leadership experience includes serving as Head of the Journalism and Communication Programme at Multimedia University, Kenya, and founding the Department of Media and Communication at ABC University in Liberia. Additionally, she has taught journalism and communication for many years at Daystar University. Nancy holds a PhD, MA, and BA in Media Studies and Communications from Daystar University, Kenya, and has completed leadership development training at Harvard. She is a Certified Professional Mediator, Vice President of the African Journalism Education Network (AJEN), a board member of the East Africa Communication Association (EACA), and a former Commissioner at the Media Complaints Commission.
Paul Kasimu
Non-Executive Director
Paul Kasimu
Non-Executive Director
Paul Kasimu is a distinguished Human Resource (HR) thought leader with extensive experience in organizational design, strategic leadership, and change management gained across diverse sectors and several markets. He is currently HR Transformation and Change Adviser at Safaricom Group Plc. and has previously served in other senior executive roles including, Director Resources and Chief HR Officer at Safaricom Plc., Group HR Director at East African Breweries, HR Business Partner, Barclays Africa, Regional HR Business Partner, Barclays, East Africa, and Group HR Director at Kenya Airways, amongst others. He has also served on and led several Boards in business, academia, and social service. He holds an MSc. in Management and Organizational Development from USIU and a BA in Economics from the University of Nairobi. He is a Fellow of the Institute of HR Management, Kenya and is currently pursuing a PhD in Business and Management at Strathmore University.
David C. Nchimbi
Independent Non-Executive Director
David C. Nchimbi
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Nchimbi holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Dar es Salaam and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He is currently the Managing Director of Pemandu Associates Limited, a multi-disciplinary consulting firm. Prior to his current role, he worked at Deloitte for over seventeen years, where he held various senior positions including Managing Partner, Deloitte, Tanzania, and Leader of the firm’s Financial Services Industry practice across East Africa. He also served as a member of the Deloitte Global Advisory Council between 2017 and 2019. Mr. Nchimbi previously worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers and later at Standard Chartered Bank, Tanzania, where he served in the position of Head of Risk and Compliance. He has over 23 years’ experience in advisory, accounting, audit, risk management and corporate governance gained whilst serving in leading global institutions and servicing a broad range of clients in both the public and private sector, across Sub-Sahara Africa.
Richard Tobiko
Chief Financial Officer
Richard Tobiko
Chief Financial Officer
Richard Tobiko is the Chief Financial Officer at Nation Media Group. He holds an MBA from Warwick Business School, University of Warwick (UK), a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting Option) degree from the University of Nairobi and he is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA - K). Richard’s experience spans serving in several senior executive positions, including, General Manager (Finance and Strategy) at KETRACO, Centre Leader, Sub Sahara Africa Shared Services Hub at General Electric, Finance and Administration Director at Al Jazeera Media Network and Financial Management Consultant at the African Development Bank. He is also currently a non-executive director and the Chairman of the Audit Committee at Property Development and Management (PDM). He was appointed Group Finance Director at Nation Media Group in 2018, Chief Financial Officer in 2022 and Interim Group Chief Executive Officer on 1 August 2024.
Angela Namwakira
Company Secretary