Linus Gitahi
Linus Wang’ombe Gitahi is currently the Chairman of the Board of Tropikal Brands Afrika Limited. Mr. Gitahi served as Group CEO of Nation Media Group, the biggest media firm in East and Central Africa from November 2006 to June 2015. He had joined NMG after a long career as a senior executive with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline in East and West Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
He was Managing Director of GlaxoSmithKline for West Africa since 2003, based in Lagos, and served the company previously in Nairobi as General Manager for Consumer Healthcare for East Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands. He was also head of African Consumer Marketing and has held other marketing posts in the company, which he joined in 1989. He also served as a Director of Equity Bank Limited until March 26, 2009. He is the national chairman of the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) Board, the Chairman of the board of trustees of the United States International University (USIU), a director of Allianz Insurance Company, Simba Motors Group. Mr. Gitahi holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting Major) from the University of Nairobi, a Master of Business Administration from the United States International University and a Diploma in Management from the Kenya Institute of Management.