Mr. Naikuni is married to Josephine and together they have four children; two adult daughters, a son  and a daughter.  He graduated with a BSc (Honours) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nairobi in 1979 and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School's Management Development Programme. 

He joined the Magadi Soda Company in 1979 as a trainee engineer and rose to the positions of Managing Director of that company in 1995 and Managing Director of the Magadi Railway Company (a subsidiary of Magadi Soda Company) in 1996.  Between August 1999 and March 2001 Mr. Naikuni was a member of a team of World Bank sponsored Kenyan technocrats, known as the "Dream Team" who were engaged by the President Moi to turn around the Kenyan economy.  In this capacity Mr. Naikuni served as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Information, Transport and Communications and was a member of the Board of Kenya Airways during that period.

He returned to Magadi Soda Company in April 2001 where he continued to serve as Managing Director a position he held up to his present appointment with Kenya Airways in February 2003.

Mr. Naikuni has had extensive boardroom experience having served on various company boards including as a member of the board of Brunner Mond (South Africa), as Chairman of Kenya Power & Lighting Company and as Chairman of Housing Finance Company Limited.  He received the Manager of the Year Award in Kenya in 2002.

He is currently a board member of Maersk Kenya Ltd, CFC Bank Kenya Limited, and deputy Chairman of Magadi Soda Company Ltd, a member of Unilever Africa Advisory Council. He is also a trustee of Mpala Wildlife Foundation in Nanyuki, Kenya.

 

Mr. Nuttall holds a Master of Arts degree in Mathematics from Oxford University and a Sloan Masters degree from London Business School. He has 18 years airline and transport industry experience spanning multiple roles and geographies.

He joined the Swire Group in 1987. After a year in Australia as a trainee with Transwest Haulage, he then spent the next 11 years with Cathay Pacific Airways in various positions including airline planning, revenue management, internal consultancy and country management.

In 1999 he left to join Philippine Airlines as Senior Commercial Advisor, one of a small team successfully tasked with rescuing the airline from receivership and restoring it to profitability. More recently, from 2003 to 2007, Mr. Nuttall was based in Los Angeles with Polar Air Cargo as Vice President Sales and Marketing for the Americas.

In addition to developing and leading execution of commercial strategies for various organizations, he has vast experience in turnaround management and organizational and cultural transformation.

 

He joined Kenya Airways on 16 June 2008.

Mr. Kinyanjui has had over 18 years experience in the Information Technology field.  This includes 6 years at a management consulting firm Price Waterhouse, 6 years at Bamburi Cement Ltd and a total of 4 years in the banking sector, most recently at Housing Finance.  He has attended many technical IT and management courses both locally and abroad.

As an IT management consultant he carried out numerous management consultancy assignments in the finance, hospitality, manufacturing and service industries in both private and public sector organisations.  These organisations were spread out beyond Kenya, in other African countries including Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, and Ethiopia.  The assignments included performing IT health checks, facilitating strategy formulation, running IT management workshops and project management.  At Price Waterhouse he also had the unique experience of not only conducting IT assignments but also running performance improvement training for managers of various organisations.

At Bamburi Cement where he was the head of IT, initially for the cement company alone, and thereafter for all group companies in Kenya and Uganda, he was instrumental in strategy formulation, shifting the group to an end user computing environment, integrated ERP systems and putting in place a complete IT organisation. Kevin was the first IT Director at Housing Finance where he oversaw similar planning and implementation activities for banking business systems. This included the evaluation and selection of a completely new banking system platform. He also has experience in formulating and implementing strategies for all other IT areas like infrastructure and communications, office automation and IT security. He was also a member of the company's executive committee that oversaw the running of the company.

In 2001 the Computer Society of Kenya awarded Kevin the Chairman's Achievement Award in recognition of his achievements in the IT field.

 

 

He is an MBA graduate with specialization in Corporate Finance and Investment Banking; a Certified Public Secretary; Certified Public Accountant; and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya. He has previously held several board positions at AngloGold Holdings (UK, RSA and 5 African Countries); Bain Hogg and Norfolk Holdings (K) Ltd.

With regard to his professional experience, Mr Mbugua has since 2003 been the Chief Finance Officer of AngloGold Ashanti’s Africa Open Pit Mine operations based in South Africa. Between 2000 to 2003, Alex was the Chief Executive Officer of Combined Systems Group, Africa Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of  PricewaterhouseCoopers, South Africa. Prior to going down to South Africa, Alex was the Finance and Administration Director of Bain Hogg Insurance Brokers, Kenya between 1997 and 1999; Chief Financial Officer, Express Kenya (1992 – 1997); Financial Consultant, International Air Transport Association (1990 -1991) and Audit Consultant, KPMG, Kenya (1985 – 1989). 

Joined Kenya Airways  on 14th July 2008


Paul Matata Kasimu
Human Resources Director

Mr. Kasimu, holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Sociology from the University of Nairobi and is currently pursuing a Masters in Business Administration from Cambridge University.  He has over 17years Human Resources experience across Africa and the UK, initially with the Office of the President and then the Barclays Bank Group.

In January 1989, he joined the Directorate of Personnel Management, Office of the President and worked as a Management Analyst.  In August 1992, he joined Barclays Bank of Kenya as Manpower Planning and Development Officer and thereafter served under various capacities.  These included HR Change Programme Manager between August 1999 and September 2000 and Head of Human Resources Barclays Southern Africa between May 2002 and December 2002 where he was responsible for the effective running of the HR function in Barclays Bank of Botswana, Mauritius, Zambia and Zimbabwe.  Between January 2003 and December 2003, he worked as the HR Business Partner, Barclays Bank Africa in the  London office, where he provided HR Consultancy services to Barclays Africa Finance and Service Delivery Directors respectively and their senior management teams in support of business strategy cutting across the 11 African businesses.  From January 2004 to January 2006, Paul served as Regional HR Business Partner, Barclays Bank, East Africa.

He joined Kenya Airways on January 10th, 2006.

Captain Paul K. Mwangi, aged 49 years, is an alumnus of Alliance High School and a firm believer in the school’s motto “strong to serve”.  He has served Kenya Airways in various capacities since 1984.  As the Director of Flight Operations, he is responsible for the training and operations of crew (pilots and cabin crew), the Operations Control Centre and also for In-flight Management.

He joined the airline in 1984 at the age of 25 initially as a cadet officer and then as a co-pilot.  He underwent progressive training in the flying of various fleets and is currently a Captain of the Boeing 767.  During his extensive flying career, he has flown a number of aircraft including Fokker 27s and 50s, Boeing 737s, the Airbus and now the Boeing 767.  He not only serves Kenya Airways as a Captain but also plays the role of instructor and examiner for the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority and is a part-time lecturer in Airline Operations for the Moi University MBA Program.

Capt. Mwangi joined Kenya Airways management in 1998 as the Manager of Quality Systems and Standards.  Since then he has served in various diverse roles including Fleet Manager for the Airbus A310-300, B767-300s, Head of Fleets Management, Head of Operations Control Centre and is currently the Director of Flight Operations.  In addition to obtaining his Airport Transport License (ATPL) in Oxford UK, he also holds an MSC degree in Air Transport Management from the City University of London.  He has complemented his training with IATA Diplomas in Airline Operations and Airline Strategic Management in Geneva.

 

 

Mr. Allan Fullilove, aged 47 started an Engineering Apprenticeship with British Airways in 1978.  Over 13 years with them, he acquired a considerable amount of experience covering all aspects of aircraft maintenance in the areas of planning, technical support and heavy and line maintenance.  Thereafter, he worked for British Midland as Hangar Foreman.  After developing various roles within the company, he moved to KLM UK working first as the Line Maintenance Manager and then as the Head of Base Maintenance introducing change management processes and engineering development ideas.  He then joined Monarch Aircraft Maintenance in the role of Head of Aircraft Maintenance in the UK looking after seven major maintenance lines generating 400,000 man-hours per year and additionally covering third party aircraft.  He looked after world wide line stations and introduced effective production planning ideas with cross functional team working and change management ideas.

Allan is a holder of UK CAA licenses in all disciplines of aircraft maintenance and carries a vast amount of aircraft and engine-type approvals from the large variation of aircraft he has worked or managed – everything from the smallest Fokker 50 to the largest Boeing 747.

He is vastly experienced in the engineering field linked with shop floor activities and support units and has been instrumental in implementing planning related processes.  He offers a very in-depth knowledge of engine and aircraft management.

He joined Kenya Airways in January 2008.