REA VIPINGO PLANTATIONS - Key Persons
Brown Ondego has over 50 years experience in diverse international, geographical, and cultural business environments with extensive background in the Maritime Industry. He has served as Executive Chairman and Group Chief Executive of Rift Valley Railways and on various boards as non-executive director including Absa Bank Kenya, Grain Bulk Handlers and MJ Group and has served as Chairman of Kenya Railways Corporation, Kenya National Ferry Services Limited and Kenya National Shipping Line Limited.
He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kenya Civil Aviation Authority.
Job Titles:
- Certified Public Secretary ( Kenya )
Neil Cuthbert, has been Group Managing Director since 2000 having previously been group General Manager. He has had overall responsibility for the Kenya estates since the formation of the company and has worked for the REA group in Kenya since 1979.
Oliver Fowler, Chairman, was involved in commercial legal practice as a Partner in Kaplan & Stratton for over 30 years and remains a consultant with the firm. He is a director of a number of companies in Kenya and is Chairman of I&M Group PLC.
Job Titles:
- Director of R.E.a. Holdings Plc
Richard Robinow, has been a director of R.E.A. Holdings plc since 1978. He and his brother together own R.E.A. Trading plc, the parent of REA Vipingo. After an initial career in investment banking, he has been involved in the plantation business since 1974. Until his retirement from such positions, having attained the age of 70, he was for many years a non executive director of M P Evans Group plc and of Sipef SA. R.E.A. Holdings plc, M P Evans Group plc and Sipef SA are European public companies which own and operate plantations in various parts of the world.
Stephen Waruhiu, is a licensed valuer and estate agent. He is the managing director of Lloyd Masika Limited and a non-executive director of Kakuzi PLC and International House Limited and has been practising as a valuer and estate agent for over 40 years.