GROUP CEO

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.

Chief Financial 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 and global organizations in the manufacturing and service sectors; amongst them, KETRACO where he was General Manager, Finance and Strategy, African Development Bank (AfDB) as Financial Management Consultant, General Electric (GE) as Centre Leader for Sub Sahara Africa shared services hub and Nation Media Group as the Chief Accountant. He is currently the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Property Development Management (PDM). He was appointed Group Finance Director in October 2018 and joined the Board as an executive Director on 1 March 2019 and is a member of the Strategy and Investments Committee.

Editor-in-Chief

Joe Ageyo

Joe is a talented journalist, media manager and debate moderator, with wide experience spanning more than 24 years. He has covered major local and international news events and presided over the coverage of four General Elections and two national referenda in Kenya. He has played critical roles in Kenya’s presidential debates including co-moderating three of them. He has previously worked at Royal Media Services as Editorial Director, the Standard Group as Managing Editor (KTN News) and the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) as a Senior Reporter. He is a PhD candidate in Communication at Daystar University and holds an MSc (Environmental Governance) from the University of Manchester, a Bachelor of Agribusiness Management from Egerton University, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication from the University of Nairobi, and an Advanced Certificate in Environmental Diplomacy from the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Chief Operating Officer

Monicah Waceke Ndung'u

Monicah Waceke Ndung’u, is the Chief Operating Officer at Nation Media Group. Prior to joining NMG, she was the General Manager for Kwese Free TV Kenya Limited. She has worked with Kenya Broadcasting Corporation and Uganda Broadcasting Corporation in programming partnership building, change management and product development. Monicah is a Chevening Scholar, a holder of an MA degree in Communication from The University of Westminster (UK) and Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Electronic Media) Daystar University and other media related professional certifications.  

Managing Director-Monitor Publications Limited (MPL)

Susan Nsibirwa

Susan holds an MBA from the University of Nicosia, Cyprus and a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from Makerere University. She is a Marketing and Communications professional with over 25 years of experience with 15 years of these in senior executive roles successfully leading Corporate, Marketing and Communications teams and departments across diverse industries. She also has proven experience in successfully implementing Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility Programs and Crisis Management Plans. She is currently a member of the Strategy and Audit, Risk & Compliance Board Committees of Monitor Publications Limited and is the Board Chair at African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME), among other Boards.

Managing Director-MCL

Bakari Machumu

Mr. Bakari joined Mwananchi Communications Ltd (MCL) - a subsidiary of NMG in Tanzania - in July 2004 as the first Business Editor of The Citizen newspaper. He started his journalism career at the then leading financial and business newspaper in Tanzania, Business Times, as a Trainee Business Journalist, fresh from college, in 1998, growing to become a Senior Reporter, Features Editor of the same, and News Editor of Daily Times by 2004. Bakari is the longest serving Managing Editor of The Citizen, MCL’d English daily, having managed it from May 2006 to July 2013, where he was appointed Group Managing Editor/ Executive Editor of MCL, a position he served for seven years to July 2020. He has transited from the newsroom to managing MCL business as its Managing Director to-date. A journalist, an Editor and a learner, Bakari lead by strategic thinking. He has experience in business dynamics, embraces flexibility, adaptability and believes in evolution of thought. Bakari holds a B.Sc. in Agriculture General, (Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania); an MBA (Eastern’ Southern Africa Management Institute - Esami) and Masters in Media Leadership and Innovation (The Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communication, Kenya).

Chief Commercial Officer

Kenneth Oyolla

Kenneth joined NMG from Jumia Limited, where he served in a similar capacity. He has a wealth of industry experience, having held senior leadership positions at the Industrial Promotion Services (IPS), Multichoice, Nokia, Microsoft and Unilever. He is a seasoned profession with experience in business strategy, commercial, brand management, product marketing, business development and E-commerce. Kenneth holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Nairobi and is pursuing an Executive MBA at the London Business School.

Head of Audit, Risk and Compliance

Rachel Wanyoike

Rachel Wanyoike has extensive experience in audit, financial management, risk and compliance having worked with several local and global organizations in financial and insurance sectors such as Kenindia Assurance Company where she was Head of Risk Management and Compliance;  Old Mutual Kenya as  Group Finance Manager-Operations; Insurance Company of East Africa as Head of Risk Management and Compliance and Ernst and Young/Consultant in the capacity of Audit Senior/Consultant. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, marketing option from University of Nairobi, Executive Management Program in Leadership and Performance Management  from Strathmore Business School.  She is a Certified Public Accountant-Kenya (CPA-K) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).  She is also trained as an ISO Lead Auditor.

Head of Human Resources

Jane Muiruri

Jane holds an MBA in Strategic Management from the University of Nairobi and is a member of the Institute of Human Resource Management (IHRM). Prior to this role, she served as the Senior HR Manager responsible for the Editorial, Advertising and Production departments at NMG. She previously worked for Nestlé Kenya Limited as HR Business Partner, East Africa Cluster. She is a Prosci Change Management practitioner through Cedar Africa Group, a Certified Executive Leadership Coach through CDI-Africa Coaching Group, and an Adjunct Coach at Strathmore University Business School.