UoN Alumni Executive Committee
CHAIRMAN
MR. Isaac Awuondo
Isaac currently the Chairman of NCBA Bank Kenya PLC. Prior to joining CBA Group (more than 23 years ago) Isaac was Chief Financial Officer and director at Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Ltd operations in Kenya and the East Africa region for over 8 years. Isaac graduated from University of Nairobi in 1980 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in accounting and finance. He trained in London as a chartered accountant qualifying in 1984. On his return to Kenya he worked with the firm of Githongo and Company as an Audit Manager. In 1986 he was appointed Group Auditor of Nation Printer and Publishers Limited (now the Nation Media Group) and eventually became the Group Financial Controller and Company Secretary. Isaac is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), the Institute of Certified Public Accounts of Kenya (ICPAK) and Fellow of the Kenya Institute of Management. Isaac sits on the Board of several public and private organisations, including Bata Shoes Company Kenya Limited, ArtCaffe (as Chairman) and Kenya Airports Authority (as Chairman). he is Chairman of the Kenya Conservatoire of Music and WWF Kenya; former Chairman of The Rhino Trust and Trustee of the Zawadi Africa Education Fund. He is a keen golfer, He is a keen golfer, music enthusiast and a collector of contemporary African Art, an area of interest for more than 30 years.
VICE CHAIR
PROF. Anne Aseey
Anne is a senior lecturer in the Department of Educational and Distance Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya. She is an alumnus of the University of Nairobi, Kenya (Bachelor of Education Arts, Master of Education and PhD in Education). She is also an Alumnus of the Rights Livelihood College, University of Bonn, Germany, Centre for Sustainable Development, Rehovoat, Israel Doba Business School, Slovenia and Frantz Fanon University. Anne is a fellow of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and British Nigeria Education Trust (BNET) and patron of Women students Welfare Association (WOSWA-University of Nairobi). She is an active member of the World Society of Victimology (WSV), Australia Teacher Education Association (ATEA), and the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She is also an ambassador of Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa program (TESSA, Open University, UK) and PenPal Schools Global Ambassador Program, USA.
SECRETARY
MR. Nyandiko Mark
Mark is an Operations and Finance Professional, at KPA. Dealing with Project Monitoring & Evaluation. Finance mgmt. and Accounting Operations Management. & Strategy Budgeting/Budgetary Mgmt. Performance management Auditing System design and capacity Mgmt. Research work Problem Solving Enterprise Risk Management. He is currently a PhD (Project Management and Control) student at the University of Nairobi He is a holder of MBA (Operations Management) and Bachelor of Commerce (Finance Option) degrees from University of Nairobi, Higher Diploma (Human Resources Management) and Higher Diploma, (Electrical Engineering) from Mombasa Polytechnic. He has undertaken professional courses i.e. Senior Management course from Kenya School of Government, International Institute of Certified Forensic, Investigations Professional (IICFIP) Certified Forensic Investigations Professional (CFIP) Kenya Institute of Management, Certified Monitoring and Evaluation professional Strathmore University and Certified Public Accountant, CPA(Kenya). He is affiliate member Kenya School of Government, Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Kenya) of Kenya (ICPAK), IICFIP-USA), Engineers Board of Kenya (ERB), Kenya Institute of Management (KIM)
TREASURER
DR. Hastings Ozwara
Hastings is Director, Quaker Investment Company Limited and Director, Turathi Consultancy. He is an alumnus of the University of Nairobi, Kenya (BSc and Msc). He is also a holder of a PhD from University of Leiden in The Netherlands. He is a Part time Lecturer at Kenyatta University, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Pan Africa University of Science and Technology and Mount Kenya University. Previously he has Served as an Accounting officer (Director) Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya, State Department for Culture and Heritage, member of the sector working group on the Government budgeting process, the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) since 2016/17 Financial Year (FY), Founder Member, National Scientific and Ethics Committee and Reviewer of Research Proposals for National Commission for Science Technology and Innovation. Hastings was appointed by the Minister for Education and later Cabinet Secretary for Education to boards of Anjego High School, Bware Inter-County Secondary School, Magina Mixed Secondary School, Thimjope Mixed Secondary School and Mukuyu Secondary School where he served as the Chairman to all the Boards. He is a member of over 10 professional networks and societies.
ORGANISING SECRETARY
PROF. Julius Mwabora
Julius is a full professor in the department of Physics at the University of Nairobi. He graduated from the University of Nairobi (B.Sc. (Physics major) and M.Sc. in Physic). He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Dar es Salaam in 1999. Currently, Julius is the Coordinator, African Partnership for skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET)-Regional Scholarships and Innovation Fund (RSIF), University of Nairobi. Professor Mwabora stints as a visiting researcher at Graduate and Postdoctoral levels at the Institute of Energy Conversion, University of Delaware, USA under the Fulbright programme (1997-1998), Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden (2001 and 2002) under the International Science Programmes, and Heterogeneous Material System Section (SE2), HahnMeitner-Institute (Now Helmholtz Centre for Materials and Energy Berlin), Germany (2005 and 2009) under DAAD Fellowship exposed him to international collaboration and multidisciplinary nature of materials science, solar cells research and Energy. His current research interests are Dye sensitized solar cells, Nano materials for Energy and Environment, Thin Films, Materials, and Energy. Julius was the Team Leader in Pre-Feasibility studies for Kenya’s Nuclear Power Programme under the Kenya Nuclear Electricity Board from 2012 to 2013. Currently, he is a Board Chairman, United Kenya Club and the Country Liaison Physicist, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. Julius is a Member of many professional bodies including Kenya National Academy of Sciences (Currently Hon. Assistant Secretary, Chemical and Physical Sciences and Council Member), Physics Society of Kenya, European Physical Society, and Solar Energy Network for Eastern and Southern Africa, Kenya DAAD Scholars Association (DAAD Alumni, was treasurer for three years), Institute of Physics, Fulbright Alumni-Kenya Chapter and University of Nairobi Alumni Association (UONAA )- Bronze and currently the Chairman, Chiromo Chapter.
DEPUTY SECRETARY
DR. Fronica Ogeto
Fronica is a senior lecturer at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology in The Department of Management and Economics, School of Business and Economics. he has extensive experience in administration and management having worked at Starehe Boys Centre, the University of Nairobi and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology. She has also done a number of consultancies that have exposed her to valuable and exquisite experience. Fronica has a Master in Business Administration and PhD in Business Administration from the School of Business, University of Nairobi. She specialized in Human Resource Management. She is also a holder a postgraduate degree in Mass Communication from the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication. She has a Bachelor of Education Degree from Kenyatta University. She has undertaken other Useful Training in performance appraisal system, effective communication and report writing, management skills, scientific communication and publishing, performance enhancement strategies, quality management systems (internal quality auditing) and performance management.
DEPUTY TREASURER
PROF. Regina Mutave
Regina is the immediate past Dean of the School of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Community and Preventive Dentistry from the University of Nairobi, a Master of Research in Health Geography from the St. Andrews University, Scotland, and an MSc in Dental Public Health from the University of the Western Cape (South Africa). She graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) degree from the University of Nairobi (1993), and she is a registered specialist in Public Health in Kenya. During my tenure as Dean, I mobilized and launched the University of Nairobi Alumni - Dental Chapter (2018). Before serving as Dean of the School of Dental Sciences, she was the Chairperson, Department of Periodontology, Community and Preventive Dentistry (2013-2016), as well as a long serving Manager of the Women’s Hall Strategic Management Unit (2005 – 2018). I have served in the Board of Management of several secondary schools, and as a council member for the Kenya Dental Association. I continue to be the Lead in Oral Health collaborations with Columbia University, New York; University College, London. I sit in the think tank forum for Alliance for Oral Health Across Borders, a global organisation that advocates for better oral health for populations
DEPUTY ORGANISING SECRETARY
Ms. Mary Ojwang
Mary is a Researcher and Policy advocate at Consumer Grassroots Association Kenya having previously worked at Africa Youth Trust organization as a project officer, engaged in implementation of two projects, Access to Justice and Security Project and Hygiene Behavior Change and Communication Project. She is a Master of Development studies student at the University of Nairobi having obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Economics), University of Nairobi In 2018, Founded Women Students Mentorship Association (WOSWA) Kenya, a national platform for peer education and empowerment of girls and young women in educational institutions in Kenya. She serves as the Team Leader for the organization WOSWA Kenya. She was a volunteer at Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH) organization where she promoted access to Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights information among the youths and adolescents in Kenya. During this period, she was also a mentor to University female students in Kenya through Akili dada Organisation WASHA programme. Mary is a member of World Society of Victimology, Global Peace Citizen, All Africa Students Union, Gender Justice Department, Global Students Forum, Post Graduate Affairs Working Group, Sustainable Development Solution Network and Women Democracy Network, Movement. She is a Generation Equality Forum Commitment Maker and Accountability Champion. Mary received an award from All Africa Students Union in 2020 for promoting gender equality in educational institutions in Kenya. (SHEGAME Awards 2020)
EDITOR
MR. John Anthony Orindi
