Mr. Ian Gateru Njuguna has over 10 years of experience managing projects and people in hostile regions such as Somalia, South Sudan, Northern Uganda, and North Eastern Kenya. He has extensive experience in financial management, project management, marketing, and people management. He held roles such as Regional Manager for Open Doors International EA Office and Business Manager for Art of Living Company. He has managed budgets up to USD 10 million and led teams of up to 200 staff. Currently, he is pursuing a graduate degree in Business Management from Strayer University.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
MR. IAN GATERU NJUGUNA
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: 5th
April 1968
Nationality:Kenyan
Passport Number:A2449686
Cell Phone: +254 718 041787
E-mail:iann1084@gmail.com
Languages: English,Kiswahili
Status: Married
Availability:Immediately.
SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE.
 I have more than 10 years experience in projectsand people management.As team leader,
my role was to ensure peaceful and conducive work environmentto achieve and maintain
productivity.In my previousemployment,Iworked inhostile regionslike Somalia, South
Sudan, NorthernUganda and North eastern Kenya. My duty includedmaking sure that our
team and projects are safe throughout the year. In South Sudan, we had 10 projects spreadin
the Country withabout 200 staff. In Northern Uganda, we had 3 projects with about 10 staff.
In North eastern Kenya,we had 5 projectswith about 20 staff.
 Familiar withaccounting proceduresup to final accounts and financial audit level.
 Experiencedinfinancial management of projects and entire organization as leaderof a big
organizationswith International offices.
 Experiencedinprojectmanagement as the manager in charge of various constructionand
training projects.

2.  Experiencedinmarketingand salesapproaches as manager requiredto fundraise for various
developmentandbusinessprojects withinmy region ofoperation.
 I have recentlybeencontacted by South WesternPetroleumCorporation(SWEPCO),basedin
Texas, USA,to be part of the team to expand theirmarket inEast Africa and beyond.
 Iam a memberof CSR Middle East Organization, whose task isto promote Corporate Social
Responsibilityprogramsamong the businesscommunityin Middle East region.
SUMMARYOF PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES.
 Strategic,visionaryleaderand askilledManager.Culturallysensitive withbroadexperience.
 Honest. Hard working. Reliable. Punctual. Passionate. CommittedChristian.
 A goodteam playerwithstrongorganizingandcoordinationskills.
 Highstandard of personal integritywithgreatflexibility.
 Good decision makerwithgoodcommunicationandinterpersonalskills.
 Abilitytomulti taskandworkunderpressure.
 Good performance trackrecord.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
 2015 JWMIat Strayer UniversityinVirginia,USA.
Iam currentlya studentatJack WelchManagement Institute,atStrayerUniversity,pursuing
graduate degree inBusinessmanagement.
 1991 Nyeri Institute of Technology,Kenya
GraduatedwithCPA (CertifiedPublicAccountant) Certificate,andACNC(AccountsClerk
National Certificate).
 1986 Tarasaa High School,Kenya
GraduatedwithAdvancedLevel Certificate withpassesinEconomics,GeographyandEnglish
Literature.Equivalentof HighSchool DiplomainKenyaandUK.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
2009 – 2017.Business Manager. Art of Living Company.
 Art of LivingCompanyisalsoa Foundation,whichisa Social and developmentOrganization,
whose missionistopromote disasterriskreductionprogramsamongcommunities.The

3. companywas formedinyear2009, andworksin collaborationwithbothprivate andpublic
sectorsto achieve itsobjectives.
 The objectivesandactivitiesof ALFinclude the following:
 Provisionandpromotionof trainingprogramsondisasterrisksandprotectionoptions;provision
of informationtoencourage communitiestobe proactive onriskreduction,andtofacilitate the
involvementof the mediatostimulate andsustainthe culture of riskreductionanddisaster
preparedness. ALFhasdevelopedcertaintrainingmaterialstoenhance copingcapacityand
mechanismsamongthe vulnerable communities.
 As business manager,myrole includescoordinationandsupervisionof all financial,
administrativeandoperationalactivities.Iinteractwith the relevantorganizations topromote
of ouractivities.
 I have alsoworkedas a consultantforACROSSwhichisa developmentorganization,andan
implementingagencyformultiple donors,withnumerousprojects,and workinginSouthSudan.
ACROSSemploysabout200 staff and has an annual budgetof aboutUsd. 10m. Asan active
memberof the Board of Directors,I wasinvolvedincertain tasksasoperational policy reviews,
project managementandfinancial audits,underthe instructionsof the Boardof Directors. I
was a Board Memberand Chairmanof the Finance sub-committee of the Boardfromyear2009
up to year2015.
2003 – 2009.Regional Manager. Open Doors International EA Office.
OpenDoorsInternational isa humanitarianand developmentOrganizationwithOfficesall over
the world. The core objective of ODIisto supportthe persecutedchurchbyprovidingvarious
interventions,rangingfromsupplyof bibles,toconstructionof schoolsandchurches. The East
AfricaOffice coordinatesthe activitiesinthe region,withthe headoffice inNairobi.
My jobresponsibilitiesanddutiesincludedthe following:
 Oversee finance,HR,programdesigns,implementationandreporting,donorrelations
and governmentliaisonfunctions.
 Directingthe operationsof ODIinKenya,Uganda,Somalia,Zanzibar andComoros.I
grewthe overall annual operationalbudgetfromUSD0.5m toabout USD 1m during
the period.
 Provisionof effectiveandenablingleadershipinoffice andpeoplemanagement;
modelingthe core valuesof the organizationacrossthe strategyteamandworking
groups.I was incharge of a total workforce of 50 people.
 Coordinationandsupervisionof all financial,administrative andoperational activities,
inline withthe ODIoperational guidelines.

4.  Formulationof short,intermediateandlongtermoperational plans,backedupby
active researchinthe area of responsibility.
 Workingincollaborationwiththe HeadOffice toensure the timelydeliveryof strategic
objectives.
 Preparationof strategicplansandthe regional annual budgets,andthe supervisionof
regularreviewsandevaluationprocedurestoensure timelyachievementof objectives.
 Supervisionanddeliveryof advice andmotivationof all regional staff,includingthe
buildingandstrengtheningof internal workingrelations.
 RepresentingODIinvariousnational,regional andinternational forums,inlinewith
ODI global mission.
2000 – 2003. Accountant. Open Doors International EA Office.
My jobresponsibilitiesanddutiesincludedthe following:
 Preparation,supervisionandmaintenance of properfinancialrecords.
 Maintenance anddeliveryof monthlyfinancial reportsonatimelybasis.
 Supervisionandcompilationof income andexpenditure budgets.
 Supervisingthe annual external financial audit function. Maintenance andcontrol of
office assetsandequipmentregisterforthe organization.
1991 – 2000. Senior Accountant. NEGSTnow Africa International University.
NEGST is Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology. It is a post graduate theological
seminary, with an International body of students. The seminary has since grown into a full
University with other courses and faculties.
My jobresponsibilitiesanddutiesincludedthe following:
 Overseeingthe receiptingandbankingprocessesforthe Institution.The University had
about200 studentswithabout20 organizationssponsoringdifferentstudents.Some
studentswere self-sponsored.The annual budgetwasaboutUSD. 0.4m.
 Overseeingthe paymentprocesses,andensuringthatenoughfundswere always
available forthe monthlyexpenditures.The school mainlyreliedonschool feesincome
to run operations.
 Processthe final monthlyaccounts,foruse bythe management.

5.  Overseeingthe staff payroll system, includingtimelydeductionsandremittance of
statutorydeductions.ThisincludesIncome tax,hospital levyetc.
 Overseeingthe propermaintenance of financial andinventoryrecordsof the Institution.
 Analysisof the income andexpenditure and balance sheetreportsformanagement
consumption.
 Supervisionandorganizationof the annual financial auditexercise.
OTHER CURRENT INVOLVEMENTS
 A memberof the Board of Directorsfor ACROSS,anInternational NGOworkinginSouthSudan,
from2009. The organizationhasanannual budgetof about USD. 10m withsupportcomingfrom
variousInternational Organizationsincluding the UN.I wasthe Chairman of the Finance
subcommittee of the Board upto year2015.
 I alsoservedasmemberof Board of DirectorsforInternational AidServices(IAS) duringthe
years2007 up to 2009. IASisa developmentorganizationoperatinginAfrica,andsupported
mainlybythe Governmentof Sweden.
HOBBIES: Reading, Travelingand Sports.
REFERENCE PERSONS:
Available uponrequest.
SOME OF THE PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN AT ODI AND ACROSS.
Below isa summaryof some of the projects where Iwasdirectlyinvolved,duringmytenure atOpen
Doors International,andAcross.
 OpenDoorsInternational.
In Kenya,livelihoodsprojectincludingthe distributionof bicyclesandlearningmaterialsmainlytothe
Coastal regionof Kenya;Lamuand Kwale Counties.

6. TrainingprojectwhichincludedTEE(Theological EducationbyExtension).Bothdiplomaandcertificate
coursesrun inintervalsof 3 yearsindifferentpartsof Kenya.
Educationprojectfordestitute children.Thisincludedthe constructionandrehabilitationof 4nursery
schoolswithabout200 children.
In Uganda, the trainingprojectasmentionedabove,wasmuchbigger,withatargetof 1500 church and
communityleadersfromacrossthe Country.
Distributionprojectfor10,000 Biblesacrossthe country, forvariouschurch leadersinpoor
neighborhoods.
The constructionof a rehabilitationcenterinKampalatohouse needyfamilies.The centerincludesa
safe house,adulttrainingcenterandnurseryschool.
In Tanzania,the mainprojectwasthe leaderstrainingprogram, whichhadatarget of 50 students.
In Somalia,the mainprojectwasthe constructionof a primaryschool,andhealthcenterinlowerJubba
regionof Somalia.
A school feedingprogramwasundertaken,benefiting1000 studentsdaily.
In SouthSudan,the mainprojectwas the constructionof a traininginstitutioninYei (BibleCollege),
complete withclassroomsanddormitoriestohostabout1000 students.
 ACROSS.
In Across,as part of the interimmanagementteam, appointedbythe Boardof Directors,we supervised
the followingprojectsinSouthSudan.
Acrossis an implementingagency,relyingonvariousdonorstofundthe projects.ApartfromUNHCR,
whichisthe biggestdonor,the othersinclude TearFund,DFID,USAID, DCA andNCA.Across works
exclusivelyinSouthSudan.
Refugees(IDPs)settlementprogram.Thisinvolvedthe constructionandmanagementof 2 refugee
camps inLasu and Gorom areas.
The developmentof livelihoodprojectswithinthe settlementcamps,andinotherregionsof the
country.Thisincludedfarming,small businessesandvocational trainingprograms.
WASH and educationprojectsaroundthe Country,whichincludesconstructionof variousprimary
schoolsindifferentregions.
Community basedhealthcare programs andCommunity basedrehabilitationprograms.
Agricultural andRadioprogramsat communitylevel.Developandoperate agribusinessprojectsthat
empowersmall holderfarmerstoincrease theireconomicpotential.
Emergencyresponse programandteacherstrainingcollege project.
Managementandfinancial auditexercises forprojectsandthe entire organization.