{"id":67613,"date":"2024-07-19T08:03:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/07\/19\/eabl-md-jane-karuku-appointed-kam-chairperson-for-2-years\/"},"modified":"2024-07-19T08:03:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:03:47","slug":"eabl-md-jane-karuku-appointed-kam-chairperson-for-2-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/eabl-md-jane-karuku-appointed-kam-chairperson-for-2-years\/","title":{"rendered":"EABL MD Jane Karuku Appointed KAM Chairperson for 2 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 19 \u2013 The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has announced the appointment of Jane Karuku as its new chairperson.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Karuku, who previously served as Vice Chairperson of KAM since July 2022, will now lead the Association\u2019s Board of Directors for a two-year term, succeeding Rajan Shah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe outgoing Chairman, Mr. Rajan Shah, will remain an Ex-Officio member of the Board, playing an advisory role in directing the growth of the Association,\u201d KAM noted.<\/p>\n<p>In her inaugural address, Karuku expressed her enthusiasm for the role and commitment to the Association\u2019s goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I take up the mantle, I am looking forward to contributing to the growth of the Association in line with our purpose of creating prosperity for the Nation through sustainable industrialization,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCognizant of our ambition to grow the contribution of manufacturing to Kenya\u2019s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to 20% by 2030, it is clear we have a lot to do to lead the manufacturing sector towards this ambition,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Currently the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of East African Breweries Limited (EABL), Karuku highlighted her focus on driving membership growth, and Kenya\u2019s industrialization agenda while enhancing stakeholder engagement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur first agenda is to industrialize this country and make sure that through KAM, industrialization is more significant than it has ever been. The second agenda is to meet members\u2019 needs, thereby supporting them realize our purpose for industrialization. Thirdly, is to engage all our stakeholders in realizing our industrialization agenda. I am looking to build an organization that is inclusive internally and externally, including our membership and all other stakeholders,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p>Hitesh Mediratta, the Managing Director for PG Bison (Kenya) Limited was appointed as the Vice Chairperson of KAM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has served on the KAM Board in various capacities, including providing strategic guidance on trade and tax matters affecting the manufacturing sector,\u201d KAM said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 19 \u2013 The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has announced the appointment of Jane Karuku as its new chairperson. Karuku, who previously served as Vice Chairperson of KAM since July 2022, will now lead the Association\u2019s Board of Directors for a two-year term, succeeding Rajan Shah. \u201cThe outgoing Chairman, Mr. Rajan Shah, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}