Mendi Njonjo is an experienced philanthropy and non-profit leader with over two decades of experience in driving high-performing global and regional teams working on socio-economic development, gender and climate justice. She specializes in the implementation of high-impact programs in Sub Saharan Africa covering gender and women’s empowerment, climate change and environmental justice.
Her competencies include fundraising, strategy development, risk management, operational excellence, civil society, global non-profit programming, philanthropy and nonprofits, and global team management. She has a Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA, and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Geography from the University of Nairobi, Kenya.
As Director of the KCB Foundation, she oversees philanthropic, education and employment programs in the East and Central African countries that KCB Group operates in.