• Wanjiku is no stranger to rugby, and KRU, having previously served as the Kenya Sevens nutritionist and a member of the Safari Sevens Organising Committee.
• Thuo is a consultant and a founder partner of Viva Africa Consulting LLP and Viva Africa Consulting Limited.
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The Kenya Rugby Union have co-opted Alice Zawadi, Nisha Van Hoek, Wanjiku Wairia and Kairo Thuo to their board of directors.
Zawadi is a World Rugby-certified match official and currently serves as the national treasurer of the Kenya Rugby Referee Association.
She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Communication from the Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology. She boasts vast experience in the public relations, communications, and administrative sectors and seeks to add value to KRU.
Van Hoek is the founder and managing director of Advance Public Relations and Marketing. She has extensive experience in the public relations and marketing space which has played a crucial role in the growth of brands such as Saj Ceramics, Galaxy Paints and Coatings, and Mabati Rolling Mills among others.
She was also instrumental in launching brands including, Evolution and Style-Jaquar World showroom in Kenya, Doshi Group of Companies building Hub, Saint Gobain, and PG Bison among others.
Nisha successfully organised the merger of Mace Ymr, MML and Turner and Townsend and prides herself in having managed media campaigns for Nikon, HP, CFAO and British Airways.
Wanjiku is no stranger to rugby, and KRU, having previously served as the Kenya Sevens nutritionist and a member of the Safari Sevens Organising Committee.
She is an accomplished enterprise strategist with over two decades of experience in providing corporate advisory services to organizations in Eurasia and Pan-Africa.
Her experience spans government and corporate environments ranging from regulatory authorities, U.N. Partner Agencies, NGOs, and players in financial services, aviation, manufacturing, ICT, hospitality, sports, and media sectors.
Thuo is a consultant and a founder partner of Viva Africa Consulting LLP and Viva Africa Consulting Limited.
He is both a lawyer and accountant by profession and was previously responsible for establishing and running the Tax Transaction Advisory Group at Deloitte.
An alumnus of Strathmore College and the University of Nairobi, Thuo has undertaken numerous merger and acquisition transactions, assisted many organisations in their structural re-organisation as well as assisted in structuring many private and public transactions.
He currently serves as a director at NCBA Bank, Kenya Power and Lighting Company, ICEA-Lion General Insurance Company, ICEA-Lion Life Assurance Company, ICEA-Lion Assets Management and NCBA Investment Bank.
He is also a member of the Capital Markets Financial Law Reform Panel and KEPSA Tax Law Reform Panel. He has previously served as director of the Special Economic Zones Authority.