KCDF Board Members and Trustees

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KCDF Board Members and Trustees

Board Members and Trustees
Brief Biographies of the Board of Directors and Trustees' Profiles
	Janet Mawiyo CEO KCDF & Secretary to the Board and the KCDF Trust	Prof. Mohammed Said Abdullah is the Chairman of KCDF Board. He is a specialist physician at Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi and is a past chairman of the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). He is also a member of the KCDF Trust.
	Mr Aleke Dondo is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. He is the Managing Director, Kenya Rural Enterprise Programme (K-Rep), a national NGO specialising in small-scale credit and micro-enterprise development. He is also a member of KCDF Trust He is also a member of the KCDF Trust.	Arthur Namu is the African Region Special Advisor to the Chairman, ACE – Audit Control Enterprise SA, an international risk management and credit support organization based in Geneva. He is a director of the Institute of Economic Affairs and Vice Chairman of Wanjiru Kunyiha Asthma Trust Fund.
	Ms Atia Yahya is a consultant working on Health Insurance and Director of Travel Creations Ltd. She is also a member of the Rotary Club. She is Chairman of KCDF's Asset Development and Investment Committee. She is also a member of the KCDF Trust.	Mr P S Shah is a Chartered Accountant and has experience in India, England and Kenya. He is a specialist in cost control and has worked in various industries and community initiatives.
	Ms Nuriya Farah is a Senior Assistant Director of Education, head of Admissions Section, Secondary Education Division, Ministry Headquarters – Nairobi. She has played a key role in the promotion and development of Girls Education in North Eastern Province	Ms Charity Kabutha is a development consultant and has broad experience in a variety of areas including community empowerment, integration of gender in development planning and education.
	Eng. Isaac Wanjohi founded Wanjohi Consulting Engineers in 1978, the first indigenous engineering consulting firm in Kenya. He is the Chairman of the KCDF Trust. As Director of the ISO 9000 certified firm, he has influenced a number of housing and construction projects in Nairobi to provide for the special requirements of the needy.	Dr. Vijoo Rattansi is the Chairman of the Rattansi Education Trust, the Michael Blundell Trust, Jamii Zetu Africa and a Board member of the Slums Information and Development Resource Centre (SIDAREC). Mrs Rattansi is the chairman of East Africa Association of Grantmakers.
	Mr Kibuga Kariithi is the Chief Executive of Ashbhu Securities Ltd (Member of the Nairobi Stock Exchange). He is the immediate former Chief Executive Officer of the Nairobi Stock Exchange and has also previously worked as a Corporate Finance Director at Barclays Bank of Kenya responsible for Capital Market activities in East Africa.	Donald Kaniaru has joined KCDF as a Trustee. He is an advocate and the Managing Partner of Kaniaru & Kaniaru Advocates. His main interest is Public International and Environmental Law.He has worked in several ministries of the Republic of Kenya and the United Nations.

Mr.Amar R. Kantaria joined KCDF as a Board Member. He is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Prime Bank Limited (a post he has held since 1999). He has also been the Operations Manager at Hypermart Limited. Kantaria holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Coventry University, UK and an MBA in International Management from the University of Exeter in the UK.