Kathryne Maundu

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Kathryne Maundu
Born1979 (age 4546)
NationalityKenyan
Citizenship Kenya
Education
Alma mater
Occupations
Years active2002 – present
Known forProfessional competence
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Kathryne Maundu is a Kenyan lawyer, corporate executive, counselor and mentor, who is the Corporation Secretary of Safaricom, [1] Kenya's largest mobile network operator. [2]

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She also concurrently is a Senior Manager at the Nairobi office of Deloitte, the multinational professional services conglomerate. [3] [4]

Background and education

Maundu was born in Kenya, circa 1979. [1] She obtained her High School Diploma from Alliance Girls High School, in the town of Kikuyu, in Kiambu County, in 1996. [3]

She was admitted to the law school of Nairobi University, where she earned a Bachelor of Laws degree in 2002. She went on to attend the Kenya School of Law, where she successfully underwent the Advocates Training Programme. As of December 2018, she is enrolled in the Master of Laws degree course at the University of London, with a graduation date in 2022. [3]

Joyce Maundu is registered by the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya, as a Certified Public Secretary and as an Accredited Governance Auditor. [3]

Career

After graduating with her law degree, Ms. Maundu worked as an in house lawyer for Wainaina Ireri Advocates LLP for a year, from 2003 to 2004 then as an associate lawyer at Livingstone Registrars Limited Kenya. [3]

Mwangi joined Deloitte as a consultant from 2007 to 2009. She transitioned to assistant manager in 2010 and she was posted to the Tanzania office in Dar es Salaam, where she worked for over two years. In Sep 2012, she was then transferred to the Uganda office, based in Kampala, working there as principal consultant for two years, until August 2015. She was then moved to the Kenya office, rising to senior manager in September 2015 till December 2018. [3] In 2016 she was appointed as corporation secretary at Safaricom PLC where she resigned on September 30th, 2023. [5] [3]

In March 2020 she was appointed the company secretary of East African Breweries Limited (EABL). [6] [7] On June 27, 2020, Mwangi was also appointed the company secretary of British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya by the board of directors. [8] [9] She was also a partner at Stamford Corporate Services LLP—Bowman's from January 2019 to October 2023. [10] She quit all four firms in October 2023. [11] [12]

On November 15, 2020, the NCBA group chief executive officer, John Gachora announced her appointment to the position of company secretary. [13] [14]

Other considerations

Ms. Maundu mentors young girls at Safaricom's Mpesa Foundation Academy. She is single. In September 2018, Business Daily Africa, an English-language daily newspaper, named Kathryne Maundu among the "Top 40 Under 40 Women in Kenya 2018." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Business Daily Staff (September 2018). "Top 40 Under 40 Women In Kenya, 2018" (PDF). Business Daily Africa . Nairobi. Retrieved 7 December 2018.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. Muno, Muthoki (1 October 2017). "Safaricom's share of calls market hits 5-year high". Business Daily Africa . Nairobi. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Maundu, Kathryne (8 December 2018). "Kathryne Maundu: Company Secretary, Safaricom & Senior Manager at Deloitte Limited". Linkedin.com . Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  4. Kiplagat (30 April 2025). "Top 25 Most Impactful C-Suite Executives Leading Business with an Edge 2025". The Knowledge Warehouse. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  5. "Safaricom Company Secretary Kathryne Maundu resigns". Daily Nation. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  6. "EABL appoints Kathryne Maundu as Company Secretary". The Star. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  7. newsroom@frontierafricareports.com, Frontier Africa Reports. "Frontier Africa Reports – Africa's Financial & Business News Hub". www.frontierafricareports.com. Retrieved 30 September 2025.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. Indeje, David (24 October 2023). "BAT Kenya Announces Board and Company Secretary Changes". Khusoko - East African Markets. Archived from the original on 21 June 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  9. "Kathryne Maundu: From a note-taker to a multiple boardroom figure - VIDEO". Daily Nation. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  10. "Former Safaricom Board secretary lands new role after quitting 4 plum jobs | Pulselive Kenya". www.pulselive.co.ke. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  11. "Lawyer Kathryne Maundu Lands Another Job At NCBA". 29 April 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  12. Reporter, B. T. (25 October 2023). "Lawyer Kathryne Maundu Reveals Why She Quit 4 Top Corporate Jobs At Once" . Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  13. "Kathryne Maundu lands top NCBA job weeks after quitting Safaricom". 15 November 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  14. "Lawyer who exited four listed firms joins NCBA - Business Daily". www.businessdailyafrica.com. Retrieved 30 September 2025.