Ronald is the Managing Partner at Momentum, where he helps clients see around corners in systems shaped as much by politics and power as by policy and economics. He works with boards, CEOs, public officers, founders and investors who need more than surface-level insight and where they need a clear political economy reading, stakeholder strategies that actually move people, and navigation through the murky overlap of politics, bureaucracy and markets.
With over 20 years’ experience across government, telecoms, technology and international development, Ronald has advised Heads of State, senior ministers, regulators and C-suite leaders on reform, risk and execution. In the last four years alone, he has worked with leaders in more than a dozen African governments at Head-of-State level, helping them think through political risk, citizen expectations and delivery. He previously served as Senior Political Advisor – Africa and Regional Director, East Africa at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, and held senior public sector leadership roles at Safaricom and Oracle, as well as leading FCDO funded programmes such as the Kenya Catalytic Jobs Fund and Sustainable Urban Economic Development (SUED). In 2013, Ronald ran for Deputy President of Kenya, an experience that gave him first-hand insight into electoral politics, coalition-building and the hard realities of campaigning versus governing.
Ronald is also an entrepreneur and public sector innovator. He founded and led iGov Africa, a boutique innovation house working with the African innovation ecosystem to leverage technology for public good and the transformation of public services, experience that now underpins Momentum’s focus on practical, tech enabled delivery in complex political environments.
His governance and commercial work is complemented by significant board and fiduciary experience. He is Chairman of the Board of KCIC Consulting, the commercial arm of the Kenya Climate Innovation Centre; a Trustee of Uzima University and Vice Chair of the Uzima University Foundation; a Board Member at ACT, where he chairs the Board Resource Mobilization Committee; and the former Chairman of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund, a USD 50m fund that has financed thousands of SMEs. He has also served on the Managing Committee of Starehe Boys’ Centre & School. His work spans climate and green growth, youth employment, urbanisation and infrastructure, and digital transformation, giving him a rare cross-sector view of how politics, policy and markets interact.
Academically, Ronald holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Moi University and is advancing his studies with an MBA in Digital Transformation and Innovation Leadership from IE Business School and a Master of Development Policy and Practice at the University of Cape Town’s Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance. He is an Archbishop Tutu Leadership Fellow, an Aspen Institute alumnus, and a Crans Montana “Leader of Tomorrow”, reflecting his long-standing engagement with global leadership and governance networks.
Beyond formal roles, Ronald is a mountain climber, storyteller and curator of spaces where people can think, laugh and speak honestly. He brings that mix of altitude, reflection and grounded everyday experience into his advisory work, supporting leaders to make better, braver decisions in difficult contexts.