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Johnny is an accountant by training and has over 30 years project finance, corporate finance and strategy development experience. He has led teams advising on major Government infrastructure projects, with contract values of up to USD8bn. He has also undertaken many market research and due diligence assignments in the UK and East Africa, and has advised on the restructuring of Government owned businesses. John married into Kenya in 1994 and has lived here for the last 10 years. He is a trustee of the Vanessa Grant School Trust, an educational charity that supports five schools and educational facilities in Rongai, Nakuru. He is also the treasurer of the Kenya Museum Society.
Fiona graduated with a law degree from Glasgow University in 1973 and practised in Edinburgh before moving to Kenya in 1978. Whilst raising a young family of two boys she studied to become a qualified Company Secretary and joined Chunga Associates, the Certified Public Secretaries affiliate of PricewaterhouseCoopers as manager where she practiced for 18 years. She retired in 2008 but was persuaded to set up her own business to provide Company Secretarial services for several high-profile businesses. She finally retired in 2015. Fiona actively participates in the ladies golfing scene and enjoys tennis and bridge. With more free time available she enjoys travelling and keeping in close touch with her family and now two grand-daughters.
Ben was born in Kenya and educated in Tanzania & Yorkshire, England. He read Agricultural Management at the University of Natal and went on to manage farms in Zimbabwe and Zambia before migrating to Western Australia with his wife Fiona. They lived in Perth for the next 24 years, building up a wholesale bakery business, bringing up two boys, and Ben did an MBA at Murdoch University. In December 2013 they moved back to Kenya when Ben was appointed Manager of Fairseat Foundation – a position he has held since.
Rachel Mbai, a partner of Kaplan & Stratton, heads the firm’s Real Estate department, Private Client, Trusts and Estates. She is a Kenyan Advocate, Commissioner of Oaths and Notary Public. After admission as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, she joined Kaplan & Stratton in 1991 and is a well-known name in the real estate sector. She joined as a Friend of Fairseat in 2021. She is a member of MCC and sits on the Main Committee and their Governance Committee.
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