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Our Faculty

Dr. Edward Mungai

Dr. Mungai is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Planning and Development) at Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya. The role involves spearheading the University’s strategy, fundraising, alumni, and development activities among others. He is also a faculty member at Strathmore University Business School. 

Dr. Mungai is currently a Commissioner in the Kenya Government’s Ethics Commission for Cooperative Societies. Previously he was a board member of the Kenya government’s Youth Enterprise Development Fund from 2010 – 2012, and the board chair of the Association of African Business Schools from 2016-2017 having served the same board from 2012. He was a committee member of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Deans Across Frontiers (EDAF) from 2015-2018. He is a board member of Strathmore Dispute Resolution Centre (SDRC), Kenya. Until October 2018 he was the Associate Dean (Research and Innovation) at Strathmore University Business School (SBS), Nairobi, Kenya. He was the Dean of SBS for the period 2008-2012. During that period SBS expanded its range of executive management courses and international partnerships. Before joining Strathmore University, Dr. Mungai was a faculty member at the Department of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, Kenya,for the period 1991-1996.

Dr. Mungai holds a Ph.D. in Management from IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain, a Master of Science degree in Mathematics, a Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics all from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and a Certificate in Executive Development from Sauder School of Business, Vancouver, Canada. He is a certified Change Management consultant. Dr. Mungai’s research and professional interest are on entrepreneurship, innovation, family business and mediation. He is a UK Facilit8 accredited mediator. He has published articles and written several cases related to family business, entrepreneurship and innovation. He is also a visiting faculty to Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; The University of Kigali, Rwanda and IEEM business school in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Dr. Edward Mungai is married to Dr(Mrs.) Lucy Mungai and they have five children. Edward and Lucy have a hobby which involves giving insights to professional singles on how to prepare for marriage and meet potential spouses at https://www.mediatrixhealth.com/webinar/.

Ferdinand Othieno Okoth

Ferdinand has over six years’ experience in Finance. Prior to joining Strathmore University he worked as a Corporate Finance manager at KPMG. Ferdinand has offered transaction advisory services spanning Mergers &  Acquisitions, Company Valuations, Capital Raising, due diligence and Financial Reporting assistance to clients across different sectors in East Africa.

Jacqueline Oyuyo Githinji

Jackie is the Managing Partner at Umsizi LLP, a firm of Advocates, Arbitrators, Mediators and Corporate Secretaries.  She has considerable experience in a broad range of commercial and family matters gained in her close to 20 years’ legal and governance experience. She’s committed to making organisations tick – demystifying corporate governance in a way that makes sense for each entity that she deals with – and she is adept at tackling regulatory compliance. In addition, she is a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Certified and Court-Accredited Mediator, and holds an MBA in Global Technology Management.  She also serves on various Boards including private sector, non-profit and State corporations in the capacity of Non-Executive Director, and is a member of Women Corporate Directors, Kenya Chapter.

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