Chairman of Global Standards Resources & Institute (USA). He is a certified global standards lead auditor, for various accredited audit schemes including Quality Management Systems (QMS), Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS), International Organization of Standardization (ISO), Global Food Safety Initiative GFSI’s SQF, PrimusGFS and FSSC among others.
Former Principal Secretary in the Government of Kenya and an Agricultural Scientist who has held key senior positions in public and private sector. Has a Master of Science degree in Crop Science at Wageningen University, The Netherlands, and a PhD in Plant Pathology at the University of Reading, UK.
Lead Agroecology and Food Rights Programme at the Heihrich Boell Foundation in Nairobi, Kenya, he provides strategic leadership and oversees projects like the Route to Food Initiative.
Executive Director of the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) Nairobi, Kenya where he has worked for 12 years.
Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Nairobi. She is Steering /Advisory Committee Member, of Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), Rome and Board member of Center for Corporate Governance (CCG, Kenya).
Sector Leader – Agri-food Systems
SNV Kenya and Burundi. He is a program management, market system, livelihoods and business development specialist, with over 20 years’ experience.
