Susan Mboya
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Susan Mboya is a corporate executive and philanthropist who is the Principal and International Advisor for Navigators Global a Washington DC based consulting firm. Susan has been a corporate executive for over 25 years and has held a number of senior executive positions at global multinational firms. Susan was the Global Director for Oral B Oral Care at Procter and Gamble for 5 years and was the General Manager of Coca-Cola South Africa from 2008 to 2011. Susan is the immediate former President of the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation and the group director of the Eurasia Africa Group (EAG) for women’s economic empowerment at Coca-Cola.
Education and personal life
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Susan Mboya attended
Mboya is married to Governor
Career
Susan Mboya has been a senior executive on the global stage for over 25 years, holding a series of positions in General Management. Susan started as a Brand Manager at Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio, and became an Associate Director and then a Director working in the Paper Division and in the Oral Care Division. Susan moved to the Coca-Cola Company as the General Manager for the Southern Africa region in 2008 and then became the President of the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation, where she successfully forged public-private partnerships to help resource, fund and provide technical expertise for the foundations initiatives, raising over $120 million in funding towards the 5by20 initiative and working with international partners including
Zawadi Africa
Mboya is the founder and president of the Zawadi Africa Educational Fund, a non-profit organization modeled on her father’s famed student airlifts of the 1960s which took over 800 East African students to American universities and colleges.[5]
Nairobi County First Lady
In her role as First Lady of
Achievements and awards
Susan was inducted into the American Advertising Federation (AAF) Hall of Achievement in 2003 and was awarded African American Marketer of the year by Ebony Magazine in 2004.In June 2009, Mboya was awarded an honorary doctorate in humanities by Lakeland University and was the commencement speaker at Meredith College in 2016 in recognition of her humanitarian activities with the Zawadi Africa Education Fund.[11][12] In 2016 The University of Massachusetts (UMASS) in Boston awarded Mboya an honorary doctorate for her work with the Zawadi Africa Education Fund and with women’s economic empowerment and philanthropy in Africa [13][14][15]
References
- ^ "Dr. Susan Mboya-Kidero appointed President of the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation". New Vision. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ "Airlift to America".
- ^ "Friends Salute Mboyas American Airlifts 50 Years Ago".
- ^ "Meredith College 2014 Commencement speaker information". Meredith College. Archived from the original on 2014-04-27.
- ^ "Friends salute Mboya's American airlifts 50 years ago". Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ "The Truly Inspiring side of Evans Kideros Wife".
- ^ "Dr Susan Mboya flags off Race for Survival".
- ^ "Dr Susan Mboya takes Beyond Zero Campsign to Kibra".
- ^ "Governors Wives visit Huruma tragedy Families".
- ^ "Mrs Susan Mboya Kideros Beyond the Classroom Program at Dagoretti Training School".
- ^ "Dr Susan Mboya-Kidero Lakeland College Commencement Address".
- ^ "Susan Mboya to Deliver 2014 Commencement Address".
- ^ "Kideros wife Susan-Mboya Gets Honorary Degree".
- ^ "Susan Mboya gets Honorary Degree".
- ^ "Two Days of UMASS Boston Commencement Celebrations Begin With Grad Ceremony".