Denis Denis
Nairobi
Summary
At Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority, I spearheaded innovative fundraising and strategic financial initiatives, enhancing resource mobilization by 30%. My leadership fostered strong stakeholder relationships, leveraging my advanced planning skills and interpersonal acumen to drive project success and sustainable growth.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Investments Officer
Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority
03.2012 - Current
- Develop proposals for Funding of TARDA projects and programmes;
- Gathering information on donor policies and priorities, and subsequently, update donor
- Profiles, strategies and policies and to better direct its resource mobilization efforts;
- Establish and maintain networks and actively engaging in knowledge sharing, information
- Dissemination of priorities and promotion of technical cooperation programme
- Draft donor specific strategy papers, providing inputs for regular reports on technical
- Cooperation;
- Participate in internal/external meetings, including annual review meetings with multilateral donors, thematic meetings and resource mobilization events, governing body committees, programming meetings and missions;
- Facilitate the negotiation and signing of new Funding agreements; Implementation of
- Review Public-Private Partnership resource mobilization strategy;
- Archive both successful and unsuccessful concept notes and proposals for future use;
- Contribute to and review of strategy documents and knowledge management products to help best position the institution for resource mobilization;
- Develop business plans; Manage and upgrade the existing enterprises; Value addition of products;
- Identification and initiation of new businesses;
- Liaise with marketing department to brand the enterprises;
- Technology transfer to communities;
- Operations and maintenance of infrastructure;
- Preparation of initial concept notes on resource mobilization;
- Quality assurance of products;
- Undertake market surveys and business intelligence;
- Advice TARDA enterprises on market trends;
- Undertake product promotion and marketing;
- Identify potential partners who can collaborate with TARDA in business strategies;
- Develop marketing strategies for TARDA products and services to raise revenue
- Undertake strategic environment and social impacts studies for proposed development, plans and policies for the County governments and other relevant stakeholders;
- Undertake environmental and social impact assessment studies for County governments and other relevant stakeholders.
- Undertake project management for stakeholders.
Education
MBA - Project Management - Since Year 2022 Decemeber
Kenyatta University
NairobiBachelor of Science - Finance
University of Nairobi
Nairobi12-2011
Skills
- (Fundraising
- Planning
- Strategic financial analysis
- Leadership and mentorship
- Problem solving and innovation;
- Advanced stakeholder management
- Risk analysis and mitigation;
- Interpersonal and communication skills;
- Report writing skills
- Presentation skills
- Team player
Accomplishments
Faccilitated Joint Mous with the following institutions
1. Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) -On climate smart Agriculre
2. Strathmore Business School-Leadership and training
3.National Mining corporation - Mining opportunities within TARDA region
4. Plan Vivo foundation - Carbon market
5. Attended 17 no conferences and actively participated
6.Machakos County-MOUof implementing community projects
7. Nominated to 8 internal Committees within TARDA
8. Development of investment pitchdecks and pitching 22 no investment opportunities to local and international investors
9 Nominated to the negotiation committee on TARDA -Agri All Africa company limited Privately initiated Partnership Proposal for 20,000Hectors for rice production under PPP.
Affiliations
- CPA section 4
Certification
CPA Section 4
Additional Information
Participated in Budget MTEF cycle 2022-2023
Timeline
Principal Investments Officer
Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority
03.2012 - Current
MBA - Project Management - Since Year 2022 Decemeber
Kenyatta University
Bachelor of Science - Finance
University of Nairobi
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