Our Team
Akinyi E. Odongo, O.G.W ~ President and Founder
Akinyi Odongo is a Fashion household and a brand name in the global fashion industry. As a leader and talent nurturer, she has attained high stakeholding forte in mentoring fashion leaders and entrepreneurs locally regionally and globally.
Akinyi has over 20years successful experience in leading and managing within the fashion industry while administering and applying her blue print principles in her work ethics.
She is a strategic & innovative business owner and partner with expertise in managing cross sectional areas in fashion industry, including entrepreneurial, technical, academia mentoring, coaching and business engineering and reengineering process with a high relationship stakeholding management in both corporate, SME’s, public, private and international bodies.
Akinyi brings a wealth of experience in Fashion Creation, leadership and management, coaching and speaking engagement, mentoring and directing in business strategy, board and institutional formation &management.
Akinyi holds multiple leadership roles as the First & current Chairperson of Kenya Fashion Council, she has founded Fashion Agenda Africa, Akinyi Odongo KENYA TM, MEFA Institute of Designs, Wana Watindo including other start ups.
In her latest active role with Kenya fashion Council as the first Chairperson of the council she has been credited with the formation and pioneering the Council’s agenda, advocacy of the vision, forging partnership and creating awareness of its goal in the past 4 years till to date.
Paul Ndirangu Simiyu ~ (CPAK) Finance
Currently pursuing Masters in Business administration (Finance) JKUA, and Certificate in Human Resource Management (CHRM). Holds Bachelor of Art degree in Sociology and History. Over 15 years’ experience in Finance and administration. Consulted vastly in Business projections, Set-up in accounting systems, a Trainer in accounts related fields. He has worked with private firms, Not for profit entities, churches and startups. He is an active member of ICPAK.
Ciruma Angela Mbare ~ Special programmes
Ciruma is one of Kenya’s most formidable Fashion Stylists. Ciruma is educated in Fashion Styling & Communication and Entrepreneurship in London from undergraduate to Masters level. She opted to return to Kenya to play her part in helping the fashion industry grow into an internationally competitive one.
Since her return 8 years ago, she has worked in film as a costume designer, winning an international award as Best Costume Designer at the Africa Film Festival 2018 in Dallas, Texas. More recently she was nominated for Best Costume Designer Award by Women in Film Awards.
Ciruma delivers Image Training workshops for groups like the National Women’s Football Team, among others. She has had the privilege of styling notable men and women of the society including Her Excellency Honorable Governor Anne Waiguru and Mr. Jimmy Wanjigi, just to name a few.
One of Ciruma’s many other achievements includes being the first administrator for the Kenya Fashion Council. She has represented Kenya Fashion Industry internationally at the Intra-Africa Trade Fair in Durban, South Africa and also as a special international guest representing Kenyan filmmakers at the Zuma Film Festival in Abuja, Nigeria.
To give back to the society, Ciruma runs a Girls and grooming outreach program empowering girls from Kiandutu Slum.
In addition, following the Presidential directive for Kenya to plant 15.8 Billion trees, Ciruma has single-handedly mobilised about 50 youth to plant over 3,000 trees in Tharaka Nithi County.
