Take a look at our esteemed conference speakers from Propak East Africa 2023
Sam K. Mwangi
Socialmeds Digital Limited
Digital Marketing and Social Media Marketing Trainer, Masterclass Facilitator, and Coach. An experienced Digital Marketer with over 8 years of experience running successful campaigns for over 80 brands both local and global. A Speaker and Masterclass. Trainer on Personal Branding on social media, Digital Marketing, and social media for Business Growth. Worked with brands in sectors spanning Manufacturing, Retail, Insurance, FMCG and Non-Profits. A believer in the power of #brandlove and #brandloyalty on social media to grow brand recognition, affinity, and sales. A Business Leader, continuously growing through learning, partnerships, mentorships, and collaborations.
Andrew Muiruri
Buhler Group
Andrew Muiruri is a Professional Engineering Technologist in Food processing and Packaging. He has extensive expertise and experience in industrial food processing technology, engineering in process design, implementation, and support.
Shollay Ramlaul
BASF
Shollay has a degree in Microbiology & Business Management Certificates from various business Schools in Germany & South Africa. She has worked for companies such as Brenntag South Africa Crest Chemicals. Ms. Ramlaul has been with BASF for 10 years, 7 of which were at BASF South Africa (PTY) Ltd, as Sales and Industry Manager and Local Sales Manager Chemicals Cluster Sub Sahara Africa, and 3 years at BASF East Africa Limited as Head of Sales and Business. She now has a new role from 1 May 2021 as Country Cluster Head and Head of Sales and Business Development East Africa
Col. Edoardo Campora
Carabinieri Group NAS of Southern Italy
Lieutenant Colonel Edoardo Campora, Commander of the Carabinieri Group NAS of Southern Italy.He was Commander of two different local commands of law enforcement Carabinieri and officer at the Defense General Headquarter. He was also Commander of the Military Police of national military contingent in Afghanistan (IFOR) in 2011.
Alessio Cadau
NAS Headquarters
Chief Warrant Officer Alessio CADAU, joined NAS Carabinieri in 2009. Currently works at NAS Headquarters, which ensures cooperation with national and international authorities and issues guidance notes to local NAS units. Contact point for the Food Fraud network of the European Commission and for various operations managed by Europol and Interpol.
Francis Gachagua
OnePulse Kenya
Francis Gachagua is a marketing professional with a global perspective and an aggressive entrepreneurial mind. He has a deep understanding of how various levels of consumers relate with brands across different categories having worked in general business management, experiential marketing, and consumer research for over 15 years. His experience spans industries; FMCG, banking, airline, consumer electronics, and communication just to mention a few.
Francis is part of a global OnePulse team that is spread across markets in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. He heads the OnePulse team in Sub-Saharan Africa. OnePulse leverages real-time consumer insights to enable agencies to evaluate the impact of their advertising and marketing campaigns.
Marvin Trimarchi
Castel Volturno Forestry Carabinieri Station (Italy)
Responsible for repression of crimes against the environment, illegal forms of waste disposal, and management. Bachelor's degree in Law, Master’s degrees in “Legal – Forensic Field” and “Security & Intelligence”. 38 years and engaged
Cristian Modena
Arma dei Carabinieri.
After attending courses at the Carabinieri Officers School in Rome, he held various positions in Italy and abroad, up to the current position of Commander of the Ecological Operations Unit of Ancona in 2022. 45 years, graduated in Law, Master in Criminological Sciences.
Hannes Oeschger
SIDEL East Africa
Hannes Oeschger is a seasoned beverage packaging professional with over 15 years of experience in various roles from plant operator to Service Account Manager in East Africa at Sidel. He is dedicated to providing clients with exceptional support and continuously improving processes for outstanding results.
Cynthia Karungari Ndirangu
SIDEL East Africa
Cynthia’s experience in the beverage industry spans over a decade and she possesses an in-depth understanding of the beverage industry, especially in the African context. With her rich background and competent support, Cynthia has assisted customers to conceptualize, design, implement and manage projects for a new production facility and/or optimize operations in existing plants.
Vishal Gupta
SIDEL East Africa
A highly motivated and result-oriented business executive with 15+ years of diversified work experience in the food and beverage industry ranging from Quality Assurance, Plant Operations, Cost Accounting, Technical Sales, and Customer Management.
As MD for SIDEL in East Africa, Vishal along with his team strongly believes in providing advanced, innovative, and sustainable solutions for all their customers.
Stephen Muli
Kenya Extended Producer Responsibility Organisation (KEPRO)
Stephen Muli, currently the Area Sustainability Manager at BAT Kenya and Vice-Chairman at KEPRO, is a solutions-driven, innovative, and result-oriented sustainability professional offering the benefit of over 25 years of success in the implementation of sustainability programmes and climate change tenets, especially on waste management and circular economy in leading Global multi-national FMCGs within East and Southern Africa markets achieving Zero Waste to Landfill ideals with increased income and job opportunities in the waste recycling space.
Soha Atallah
World Packaging Organisation
Soha Atallah is an international packaging expert, with extensive experience in industrial development, packaging, marketing, branding, and food safety throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. Over the past 20 years, she has provided packaging and labeling design services to more than 200 industrial companies around the world. Ms. Atallah has partnered for more than a decade with UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) as an international expert on packaging and marketing in numerous countries, including Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan, Jordan, Oman, Egypt, Bahrain, Lebanon, and Tunisia. Her global expertise led to Ms. Atallah’s appointment in 2017 as Vice President of the WPO (World Packaging Organization), for which her mandate includes the group’s Exhibitions, Conferences, and WorldStar international packaging competition.
Robert Muchiri Mwangi
Institute Of Packaging Professionals Kenya (IOPPK)
Dennis Kinuthia
Kenya Bureau Of Standards (KEBS)
David Mulwa
Ishida East Africa
David is the Country Head in Kenya and Regional Sales Manager for Ishida East Africa. He holds a master’s degree in Strategic Management from the University of South Wales (UK) and a bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation & Control engineering from Egerton University, Kenya. He has over a decade of experience in technical sales having worked for Davis & Shirtliff, and Bamburi Cement prior to joining Ishida in April 2019.
As the regional head for Ishida, David’s mission is to help companies within the food and non-food industries Make money! Save Money! Feel Good! by optimizing their operations through automation to reduce food and packaging waste and ensure consumers get a product that is safe.”
Prof. Charles Muyanja
Institute Of Packaging Partners Uganda (IPPU)
Gladys Kivati
Sustainable Business Consulting (SBC)
Joseph Nyongesa
Institute Of Packaging Professionals Kenya (IOPPK)
