Kinya Gitonga Email & Phone Number

Nairobi

1) Kusi Ideas Festival: Key in the organizing of the inaugural Kusi conference held in Kigali, Rwanda and Kisumu, Kenya. The conference brought together over 1,200 participants in Rwanda and over 14,000 participants (virtually and in person) for the Kisumu edition. These delegates ranged from Heads of State, business leaders, innovators and creatives from across the continent to discuss the way forward for Africa 2) Thought Leadership: Project lead in the planning and execution of The Nation Leadership Forum through coordination with internal and external stakeholders. The forum has been instrumental in leading conversations of national importance while simultaneously building NMG’s reputation and bringing in additional revenue to the organization3) Event Organizing: Led the planning and execution of key NMG corporate events such as the NMG Golf Circuit, Annual General Meetings and product launches such as Nation.Africa4) Reputation Management: Project manager for the corporate reputation survey that enabled the organization to better understand its perception in the Kenyan market5) Newspapers in Education (NiE): Led the team that conducted market research to understand gaps in the program, and create a product that fills this gaps. This led to the development of the revamped strategy and the introduction of Juniorspot, a weekly pullout in the Daily Nation targeting primary school children6) Stakeholder Relations: Managed communication with, and strong relationships between NMG and its shareholders through the production of the 2016 and 2020 Annual Reports and hosting various stakeholder events7) Organization Engagement: Chaired the project teams that planned the NMG at 60 celebrations and other staff engagements such as trainings, and merchandise.

Nairobi, Kenya

1) Event & Project Management: Organized the 2014 & 2015 Mater Heart Runs as the Secretary of the Organizing Committee. The run recorded a turnout of over 50,000 participants across all the cities with over 400 schools and 180 corporate organizations taking part2) Proposal Writing: Responsible for writing donor proposals and recruiting sponsors to increase funding for the hospital's cardiac program. The 2014 run saw a 16% increase in funding for the Cardiac program3) Corporate Communication: Managed stakeholder relationships prior to, during and following the heart run through newsletters, cards, reports and events4) Website Management: Responsible for creating and updating the content (news, job opportunities, community work etc) on the hospital and heart run websites. The hospital website experienced a 177% increase in visitor session duration and a 62% increase in page views. Simultaneously oversaw the re-design od the website to a more modern and user friendly interface5) Content Management: Involved in the writing and editing of the hospital's publications such as the newsletter, information pamphlets and other marketing materials6) Social Media Management: Chared with the management of the hospital's and heart run's social media accounts, which grew by 650% and 350% respectively due to increased content and interaction7) Media Management: Acted as a liason between the hospital and its media partners* Promoted to Ag. Marketing Co-ordinator in March 2015

Nairobi, Kenya

1) Rotational training: Exposed to the operations of the different departments, creating a holistic understanding of the roles and interdependence of the different sections of the organization2) Research Project: Conducted primary research on the competitive environment in the motor service and parts sectors to inform management decisions about value delivery 3) Customer service: Mastered the delivery of value at client facing departments such as Customer Service, Parts and Sales.

Nairobi, Kenya

1) Market Research & Analysis: Responsible for research into key industries and organizations to create weekely reports for management use2) Business Development: Organized corporate events such as the PwC Corporate Golf Day, information breakfast sessions and the East Africa Business Agenda-each of which were key in identifying new business opportunities and areas of collaboration with major players in the industry. They also served to strengthen existing relationships3) Training: Offered training to new users of the client relationship management system-Clientstream-and resolved user isssues. Approximately 70% of the target audience was trained. 4) Corporate Social Responsibility: Liased between the manegement and the beneficiaries of the CSR activities such as students supported by the organization

Masters Of International Business, Gpa: 3.86

Activities and Societies: 1)International Graduate Competition: Won a week long graduate case competion.

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom.), Marketing Major, Finance Minor, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: AIESEC Kenya Organizing Committee 2010 for: 1) First ever AIESEC Career Fair 2) AIESEC 40th Anniversary