Professional Experience:
Global Execution Leader (Johnson & Johnson)
•As the Global Execution Leader and program director, I contributed to J&JGPH’s overall strategic framework across several domains and was part of the Africa Leadership Team overseeing projects in multiple countries including South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Ghana, and Nigeria.
•As a Member of the African Implementation and Impact leadership team, I directed the implementation of key programs across diverse areas (TB, HIV, Mental Health, Youth and Adolescents, and Covid pandemic response across multiple countries on the African continent.
•I developed a framework for collaboration in a Pan African Strategy to drive access to mental health services and essential and innovative medicine framework and the Launch of a mental health program in novel (public health markets)
•Carried out mental health research using a first-of-a-kind Intervention trial on the economic benefits of Long-Acting Treatment for Schizophrenia in a Sub-Saharan African county.
•Head of a team that conducted the first-of-its-kind National Mental Health Survey in SSA, shaped decentralization of Mental Health services, and oversaw large-scale Ebola vaccination and research programs across DRC & Rwanda
2015-2016
Interchurch Medical Assistance Inc. Part of the key personnel that prepared and bid for 35 million USD Afya Jijini contract. Oversaw the critical startup of the project achieving more than 90% across all project targets and deliverables.
2011-2015
University Research Company (URC). Successfully piloted the application of ‘improvement science’ in Kenya Health Sector. Actively and through results demonstrated to the client (USAID & Ministry of health & GoK) the value proposition in funding improvement as part of integrated service delivery support for Maternal-Newborn and HIV|AIDS program. From a seed funding of only 250,000 USD, this enabled URC to get buying from USAID in Kenya and 20 million USD for national scale up. Was involved in the national scale and capacity building National Ministry of health and of all the 47 counties in Kenya. Throughout was in charge of a team of seven advisors, five senior doctors, and two senior social scientist among others.
2010
Led a team of seven senior medical researchers to establish Afya Research Africa. Won an initial 100,000USD for health enterprise. ARA has grown and was recently awarded a 1million UK pound for scale up under the DFID funded county innovation challenge fund.
2004-2009
Medical researcher. Managed and led a dynamic team at the premier Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), publishing extensively and part of the global burden of disease study group. Wrote and managed research grants in excess of 2 million UK pounds
2002-2004
Resident medical doctor and later district medical officer in-charge. Management of an entire District Health System with over 100 health facilities and excess of 1,000 staff (doctors, nurses, support staff) reporting directly and indirectly to me.