Strathmore University Business School congratulates Karen Basiye on her recent appointment as the Director, Sustainable Business, Social Impact and MPESA Foundation at Safaricom PLC.
Karen is currently the Director, Sustainable Business and Social Impact at Safaricom PLC Limited. Karen is a keen Sustainability Practitioner and a Corporate Environment Manager with 15 years’ experience.
Over the years, she has worked at the National Environment Management Authority and Safaricom PLC, where she developed competencies in Leadership, Governance, Strategic Thinking, Sustainability Reporting (both Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), Social Policy, Corporate Environmental Management, Environmental Management Systems.
Karen holds a Joint Master of Environmental Science, Policy and Management degree from Lund University (Sweden), University of Manchester (UK), Central European University (Hungary) and University of the Aegean (Greece): www.mespom.eu. She holds a Bachelor of Environmental Science degree from Kenyatta University.
She has also served at various University Councils, sits on the Governing Council of Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) as the Vice Chair of the Environment Sector Board and is a strategic advisor on various boards. She has been recognised as an SDG Pioneer by the Global Compact Kenya.
Karen is an alumna of the SBS Senior Management Leadership Programme (SMLP). Learn more about the SMLP Programme here
Article by Juliet Hinga
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