Mr. Mugo Kibati is the Group CEO of Telkom Kenya and the former Chairman of Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP), a distinguished business executive, electrical engineer, and a leading technocrat in Kenya’s corporate and public policy sectors. He has worked in organizations like East African Cables PLC, Sanlam Kenya PLC, the Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat, Lucent Technologies (USA), and Bamburi Cement. Mugo is a student of Electrical Engineering, Technology Management, and Business Finance, and serves(ed) effectively on several International, Regional, and local boards, among them; I&M Bank, Apollo Group, the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE), the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), and the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA). He is an opinion shaper in the areas of industrialization, digital infrastructure, and renewable energy, evidenced through his leadership of major corporate turnarounds and the national development blueprint. He has vast experience working with both private enterprise and government bureaucracy to deliver complex, large-scale infrastructure projects. He has been a business leader for over three decades and has received high-level state honors, including the Elder of the Burning Spear (EBS) and Moran of the Burning Spear (MBS). From 2009, he offered his deep management skills to the national development agenda through his work at the Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery Secretariat—propagating the vision to transform Kenya into a globally competitive and prosperous nation by laying the structural foundation for long-term economic growth and social development.

Winnie is a former Diplomat having recently worked as the Program Manager in charge of Economic Development, Regional Integration and Social Issues for the Forum of Parliaments of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. She has over 30 years of experience in various fields including and not limited to Coordination, Administration, Gender mainstreaming, Capacity Building and Training, Mediation, Counselling and Psychology. She has worked in several organizations and places ranging from UN agencies on humanitarian work and International NGOs working in Northern Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan, the Media and much more.

Ms. Anne Gathumbi is a feminist human rights lawyer and international development practitioner with over 20 years of experience as a social justice advocate and senior leadership expert in the philanthropy and fund management sectors. She has worked in organizations like the Open Society Foundations (OSF), where she served as the Director of the Sexual Health and Rights Program (SHARP), Trocaire as the Deputy Regional Representative for East Africa, and the Legal Resources Foundation. Anne is a graduate of the University of Nairobi Law School and holds an Executive MBA from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). She serves(ed) effectively on several International, Regional, and local boards, among them; LVCT Health, Raising Voices (where she served as Board Chairperson), and the Red Umbrella Fund as a member of the International Steering Committee. She is an opinion shaper in the areas of gender-based violence (GBV), sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR), and community-led social change, evidenced through her extensive grantmaking and advocacy work. She possesses vast experience in facilitating collaborations between communities, social movements, and government institutions to tackle structural inequality. She has been a human rights defender for her entire professional life, specializing in the rights of historically marginalized communities. From the mid-1990s, she offered her leadership as a founder member and Director of the Coalition on Violence Against Women (COVAW), where she spearheaded landmark law and policy reforms to protect women and girls in Kenya. Currently, she leads the What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls program at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), identifying and scaling evidence-based models to eliminate violence globally.