Joyce Wanderi

Chief Executive Officer

Joyce Wanderi is the Chief Executive Officer of PS Kenya. She has over 13 years’ experience in social/private sector marketing including 10 years in public health managing large-scale national health programs in Maternal and Child Health, Malaria, Reproductive Health, and HIV. She is responsible for providing strategic direction, health program development, technical oversight and management of a team of over 300 staff. In the last 5 years, she led the scale-up of social franchising to a countrywide Tunza franchise. Her expertise also extends to health financing, strategic planning, marketing planning, social behavior change communication, brand development, and performance improvement facilitation. In 2014, she led the formation of an association that brings 6 leading franchises under one umbrella body. The Association of Social Franchising for Health is the first of its kind in Africa, and Ms. Wanderi is currently the chair. She is also a board member of the Kenya Health Federation (KHF), a founder member of the International Social Marketing Association, and country lead for the 5-year multi-country AHME project. Specific contribution in the health sector includes coauthoring a toolkit for policy makers and service providers on Mainstreaming Emergency Contraceptives in developing countries; consultation in the development of a global communication strategy for WHO on communicating sensitive topics in SRH – HIV and hormonal method and facilitation of a public-private sector forum towards FP commodity security in the country.

Joyce Wanderi

Dr. Anne Musuva

Dr. Anne Musuva

Chief Operating Officer

Dr. Anne Musuva is the Chief Operating Officer and previously worked as the Director of the Maternal and Child health unit. Dr. Musuva has 9 years of extensive experience in the design and implementation of health programs in the areas of HIV, Malaria, Child Survival, Nutrition and TB at the national level.

Dr. Musuva’s previous roles include working for the government as a District Medical Officer of Health, where she gained experience in the management of health systems at the district level and as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Belgium.

Dr. Musuva has a Master’s in Public Health- Disease Control from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Belgium and a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine from the University of Nairobi. Dr. Anne has also participated in various short courses from the London School and the University of Washington.

Joyce Wanderi

Lucy Maikweki

Lucy Maikweki

Director HIV TB Dept

She joined the organization in 2004 as an HIV Communication Manager after working as a Media Account Director with Advertising Limited. She rose through the ranks to become the Sexual and Reproductive Health Director in 2011. She is an expert in behavior change communications and is currently the holder of a Bachelor’s degree in International Business Management

Dr. Anne Musuva

Angela Ngetich

Angela Ngetich

Director Malaria and Child Health

Angela Ngetich is the Director of Malaria and Child Health. She has more than sixteen years’ experience in Clinical Practice and Health.

Prior to joining PS Kenya, Angela worked as the Country Programme Manager at Aga Khan Foundation East Africa. She has also been a Public Health Manager at Kenya Red Cross Society, and a Programme Officer at the National Malaria Control Programme. Angela began her career as a Clinical Practitioner at the Ministry of Health.

She holds a Master of Science in Leadership and Responsibility from Lancaster University, a Master of Public Health from Moi University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa. Additionally, Angela holds a Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery from the Kenya Medical Training College.

Angela has published several papers on Malaria in international journals and has contributed to the development of key Ministry of Health strategies in the country.

Lucy Maikweki

Josephine Mbiyu Kinyua

Josephine Mbiyu Kinyua

Project Director/Team Leader – DESIP

Josephine Mbiyu Kinyua joined PS Kenya as the DFID – Delivering Equitable and Sustainable Increases in Family Planning in Kenya (DESIP) Project Director/Team Leader. Prior to joining PS Kenya, she was working for Palladium USAID County Learning Measurement and Accountability Project as the Chief of Party. She has also worked as a Health Systems Strengthening Director with USAID Afya Jijini Project in addition to a short stint as the Chief of Party for the same project. Her first working experience was at the Aga Khan Hospital before she joined Management Sciences for Health (MSH) as a Training and Curriculum coordinator.

She is a holder of a Master of Science in Public Health from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of Nairobi.She also has a post graduate diploma in HIV/AIDS from the University of Nairobi.

Angela Ngetich

Kate Nkatha Ochieng

Kate Nkatha Ochieng

Director Commercial Dept

Kate joins PS Kenya with over fourteen years in sales and marketing experience acquired from leading Multinational Organizations based in Kenya. After graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce degree (marketing major), Kate begun her sales career in 2000 at Nation Media Group, Nation Broadcasting Department. Her main accountability was to market then then new Nation FM to prospective advertisers. In 2001, she joined Cadbury Kenya Limited as an Area Sales Supervisor covering Nairobi, including regions within a radius of 200kms from Nairobi as well as Key Accounts like Tuskys Supermarkets. She later also moved on to Brand Management handling all Cadbury Kenya confectionary category.

In 2006, SC Johnson & Son recruited her to manage its East Africa business mainly Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and later included Ethiopia and Zambia. As the Business Development Manager and later Consumer and Customer Marketing Manager, she had profit and loss responsibilities and worked with diverse team in the East Africa region as well as sister companies in South Africa, Egypt, Europe and America. The key skills acquired during her eight year stay at SCJ include distributor management, customer and consumer marketing, brand management, pricing, route-to-market development, category management, new product development and Board of Director Management. During this period, Kate earned her Master’s Degree in Strategic Management. In 2014 Kate Joined Safaricom briefly as Senior Manager – Data & Messaging Portfolio before joining PS Kenya in April 2015.

Josephine Mbiyu Kinyua

Dr. Margaret Njenga

Dr. Margaret Njenga

Project Director/Deputy Chief of Party, HCM.

Dr. Margaret Njenga has a wealth of experience in Malaria and Child Health programming. She has had the responsibility of managing high-level coordination and relationships with public sector entities, donors and other NGOs. Prior to working at PS Kenya, she worked at World Vision as the Associate Director of Health and the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops AIDS Response Program as the Deputy Chief of Party. Margaret is a holder of a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery Degree from the University of Nairobi and a Master of Public Health from Moi University in Kenya. She is currently pursuing a doctorate degree in Management and Leadership at the Management University of Africa.

Kate Nkatha Ochieng

Sylvia Wamuhu

Sylvia Wamuhu

Director Franchise & Partnership

Sylvia joined PS Kenya in 1995 and has risen through the ranks to the position of Director of Sales and currently the Director of Partnerships and Outreach. Prior to joining PSI, she had short stints with World Vision International and International Organization for Migration. She has a vast experience in the management of sales and is an expert in the concept of Total Market approach. She is a holder of a Master’s degree in Business Administration.

Dr. Margaret Njenga

Dr Hildah Essendi

Dr Hildah Essendi

Director Research and Metrics

Dr. Essendi is the Director of the Research and Metrics Department. She has more than 10 years of postgraduate experience in research and M&E on various health and development issues in developing countries. She has extensive experience working in Kenya and the United Kingdom on research on sub-Saharan Africa and on South Asia.

Dr. Hildah has previously worked at BBC Media Action on health and development research on Tanzania, India, and Bangladesh; at M&C Saatchi World Services on development research on Kenya and Somalia; at the University of Southampton on health and development research on Kenya and at the African Population and Health Research Center on health research on Kenya and Ethiopia. Hildah has published several research articles in peer-refereed journals and is a reviewer for some journals.

Dr. Essendi has a Ph.D. in Social Statistics and Demography from the University of Southampton, a Master of Arts degree in Anthropology from the University of Nairobi and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Cultural Studies from Moi University.

Sylvia Wamuhu

Allan Ngunze

Allan Ngunze

Director – HR and Operations

Allan joined PS Kenya in 2008 as the Human Resource Director. Prior to joining PS Kenya, he was working for the Aga Khan Education Services. Allan also worked for Sameer Africa, Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in Rift Valley Region, Unga Limited and Kakuzi Limited.

He is a member of the Institute of Human Resource Management and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration with a bias in Human Resources. He has an Academy of Executive Coaching Practitioners Diploma in Coaching and is a Certified Human Resource Professional having finalized the professional exams in 2018. Allan has over 15 years’ experience in Senior HR roles

Dr Hildah Essendi

Dorcas Odondo

Dorcas Odondo

Director Supply Chain

Dorcas joined PS Kenya in 2008 as the Supply Chain Director. She has vast experience in supply chain management having worked for a National Oil Corporation as their Procurement Manager. Dorcas also previously worked at the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation. She is a member of CIPS and is a holder of a Master’s degree in Business Management.

Allan Ngunze

Nelly Odoyo

Nelly Odoyo

Director Risk Comlpiance

Nelly joined PS Kenya as the Risk and Compliance Director responsible for directing and leading financial, operational and compliance audits. She is also responsible for the submission of audit reports on operations and financial conditions to the Chairman, Board of Directors, the CEO, and Management.

Nelly’s experience spans over 13 years in the commercial and financial service industry. Prior to joining PS Kenya, she worked for Opportunity Kenya Micro Finance, rising through the ranks from a junior staff in the finance department to mid-level before deciding to expand her knowledge through a lateral move to offering assurance as an Internal Auditor. This move saw her grow to Senior Auditor and eventually to senior management level as Head of Audit.

She has extensive experience in operations, finance, risk management and control, audit and investigations. During her tenure in the Micro Finance Industry before moving as head of Audit, she doubled up as Risk Manager in charge of maintaining the risk register and keeping management abreast of the general risk health and enhancing a risk awareness culture.

Nelly is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants ICPAK and a usual participant in the Institute of Internal Auditors forums (IIA). She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Finance Option from KCA University, a CPAK and Certified Systems Information Auditor (CISA) graduate from Strathmore University and a Diploma in Business management from Kenya Institute of Management (KIM).

Dorcas Odondo

Wawira Nyaga

Wawira Nyaga

Director, Strategy and Innovation

Wawira has over 10 years experience in the design and implementation of programs addressing public health issues. She has a deep understanding of Social Marketing (SM) and Social behavioral theories and models to guide in the design and development of SM and Social and Behavior Change Communications (SBCC) interventions. She also has significant experience in providing organizational performance consulting, budget development and management, capacity building in SBCC and developing strategic partnerships.

Wawira has been working with PS Kenya since 2008 and has served in various capacities. She has a Master of Arts in Social Communications.

Nelly Odoyo

Alex Njeru

Alex Njeru

Finance Director

Alex joined PS Kenya in 2009 as the Internal Audit Director. He has vast experience in audit work with leading private sector companies like Serena and YU. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and is a Certified public accountant. Alex is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor

Wawira Nyaga

Rachel Mwende Mutuku

Rachel Mwende Mutuku

Director Reproductive Health

Rachel is a Marketing and Communications specialist working with Population Services Kenya (PS Kenya) as Director for the Reproductive Health Program. She has a Bachelors in Marketing and Communication and a Master’s degree in Strategic Management from United States International University (Africa).

Rachel has worked in the field of Marketing and Communication for ten years, including five years of ensuring scale-up of social marketing and communication strategies that improve Reproductive Health and Maternal Health outcomes of populations in different contexts. Her skills include developing and execution of demand creation strategies at various levels, creative media and communication campaigns, public-private sector coordination and service delivery innovations.

She lives in Nairobi, Kenya with her husband and daughter. In life and at work, she is passionate about enabling people to make informed decisions for better outcomes. Her passion is singing and traveling. She believes both singing and traveling are powerful tools for enriching her life and those of others.

Alex Njeru

Rachel Mwende Mutuku