Dr. Wilfred Kiboro (75) holds a Bachelor of Science (Civil Engineering) from the University of Nairobi. He retired from NMG as the Group Chief Executive Officer on 31st October 2006 after working for the Company for thirteen years. He was appointed a non-executive director in December 2006 and was elected the Chairman of the Board in September 2009. Dr Kiboro was awarded an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree by Kenyatta University in December 2015. 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
Dennis Aluanga
Mr. Dennis Aluanga (52) 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. He is a non-executive director of Telkom Kenya Limited and Vivo Energy Kenya Limited. Mr. Aluanga is a non-executive director and is a member of the Nominations and Governance and the Editorial Committees.
Director
Stephen Dunbar-Johnson
Mr. Stephen Dunbar-Johnson (57) 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.
Director
Stephen Gitagama
Mr. Stephen Gitagama holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from the University of Nairobi and is a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya. He is the Group Chief Executive Officer and was appointed to the Board in March 2008. He previously worked as a Finance Director with East African Breweries Limited. Mr. Gitagama is an executive director and is a director of the Group’s Subsidiary Companies and is a member of the Strategy and Investments, the Nominations and Governance and the Editorial Committees.
Director
Prof. Lee Huebner
Prof. Lee Huebner (79) holds a Ph.D and an MA from Harvard University and a BA from 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 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. 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.
Director
Dr. Yasmin Jetha
Dr. Yasmin Jetha (68) 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 non-executive 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 and Remuneration Committee, and a member of the Strategy & Investments Committee.
Director
Wangethi Mwangi
Mr. Wangethi Mwangi (63) holds a Masters of Business Administration in Strategic Management from Strathmore University and a Bachelor of Arts in Literature in English and Political Science from the University of Nairobi, a Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication and a Certificate in professional mediation. 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. Mr Mwangi was appointed to the board as a non-executive director in July 2017 and is a member of the Editorial Committee.
Director
Leonard Mususa
Mr. Leonard Mususa (66) is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK) and the Certified Public Accountants of Tanzania. He was the Country Senior Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Tanzania until his retirement in June 2014 and also served as Regional Head of Risk and Quality of the PwC Assurance business covering the East African Market area. He was appointed to the NMG board as an independent non-executive director in March 2015. He is the Chairman of the Audit, Risk and Compliance, a member of 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
Francis Okomo Okello
Mr. Francis Okomo Okello (69) holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. He is an Albert Parvin Fellow of Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (USA) as well as a Fellow of the Kenya Institute of Bankers (FKIB). He joined the board in December 1995. Mr. Okello 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). Mr Okello is a non-executive director and is the Chairman of the Editorial Committee.
Director
Louis Otieno
Mr. Louis Otieno (56) 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 board of Absa Asset Management Limited. Mr. Otieno was appointed to the board as an independent non- executive directors in July 2017. He chairs the Strategy & Investments Committee and is a member of the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee.
Director
Sumayya Hassan
Mrs. Sumayya Hassan (46) holds a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from the University of Bristol and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from Lancaster University. She is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and has a Postgraduate diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law. She was previously the Company Secretary and thereafter Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Oil Corporation of Kenya. She was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive director in September, 2019 and is a member of the Editorial Committee and the Strategy and Investment Committee.
Director
Al-Noor Ramji
Mr. Al-Noor Ramji (64) is the Group Chief Digital Officer for Prudential PLC where is he 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 run technology focused funds. Prior to that he worked at BT Group PLC as Chief Information Officer, Qwest Communications, Dresdner Kleinworth Benson and Sweiss Bank Corporation. He is the founder of Webtek Software Pvt Ltd. Mr. Ramji is on the board of Virtusa Corp. and Argo Group International Holdings Ltd and was previously a board member at Netnumber.com Inc. and iSoftStone Holdings Ltd. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of London. He is a member of the Audit Risk & Compliance Committee and the Strategy & Investments Committee.
Chief Finance Officer
Richard Tobiko
Mr. Richard Tobiko holds an MBA from Warwick Business School, University of Warwick (UK) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting Option) degree from the University of Nairobi. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA - K) and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK). He has previously worked with several local, regional and global organisations in the manufacturing and services sector; most notably KETRACO where he was General Manager, Finance and Strategy and General Electric (GE) as Centre leader in charge of Sub Sahara Africa business services hub. He was appointed Group Finance Director in October 2018 and joined the Board as an Executive Director on 1 March 2019.
Non-Executive Director
Prof. Samuel Sejjaaka
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 the MAT ABACUS Business School in Uganda. He has over 25 years’ experience in management and directorship, 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, UAP Financial Services, African Queen No.1 Limited and Pristine Foods Limited. He also sits on the Board of UAP Life Insurance, 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 and as Chairman of the Company’s subsidiary in Uganda, Monitor Publications Limited on 1st February 2022.
