Clement Tulezi

Clement Tulezi, the Chief Executive of the Kenya Flower Council (KFC) oversees the accomplishment of the trade association’s mission. He has a 23-year track record of driving marketing and communications at local and international levels. He has an excellent understanding of linkages within agricultural market systems & value chains, cross functional team management and policy advocacy.

Bobby Kamani

Bobby (Aditya) Kamani is the Managing Director of a family – owned and run multinational conglomerate enterprise with interests primarily in Hospitality, Floriculture, Real Estate Development and in Kenya, India and the United Kingdom (Zuri Group Global).

Art Wright

Art Wright, General Manager, Perishables – Panalpina has spent 24 years working in logistics. He has started his career with the British Army covering air, ocean and land-based logistics, before moving into Perishables at Panalpina, Kenya in 2015.

Ken Mbogo

Jeroen van der Hulst

Jeroen van der Hulst is the founder and owner of FlowerWatch with offices and laboratories in Amsterdam, Nairobi and Tokyo. FlowerWatch is recognised worldwide as an expert in standardising, monitoring and ensuring the quality and lifespan of fresh-cut flowers and potted plants.

George Mathew

George Mathew is the Group General Manager at PJ Dave Flowers Group (PJ Dave Flowers, Isinya, PJ Dave Timau, PJ Dave Logistics, PJ Dave Fruits, PJ Dave, Singapore & PJ Dave Australia). Prior to this, he was the Regional General Manager of Flamingo Horticulture Kenya (formerly Homegrown Kenya & Finlays Horticulture Kenya) for ten years.

Eric Gysen

Mohan Choudhery

R. Mohan Choudhery serves as the CEO of Black Tulip Group, Kenya since October 2011. He has over 15 years of experience in heading operations in project planning for a new farm set up; project plan implementation-roses and various other floriculture crops; plant propagation; and production, sales & client management.

Faith Ndanu

Faith Ndanu is a business strategist who is passionate about providing solutions. She serves as the General Manager at Fox International Logistics overseeing day-to-day operations, working with existing clients and winning new accounts.

John Kibira Mathenge

John Mathenge is the Executive Director of Federation of East African Freight Forwarders Associations (FEAFFA) for the last 8 years with experience spanning over 22 years in the freight logistics industry.

Elizabeth Kimani

Elizabeth Kimani, General Manager, Sian-Masaai Flowers has a background in post-harvest management. She has worked as a quality and standards manager for Sian Roses for ten years, before joining Sian-Maasai Flowers.

Christo van der Meer

Christo van der Meer, Senior Consultant Supply Chain Innovation, Royal FloraHolland holds an MSc in Horticulture. He has professional experience in flower logistics to improve the flower supply chain in terms of product quality, efficiency and sustainability, through his work at Royal FloraHolland.

Pier Luigi Vigada

Pier Luigi Vigada is the Director of Eastern and Southern Africa for Air France KLM Martinair Group, leading one of the most important markets in the network. For the last 24 years, he has been associated with the group serving various positions in different countries and markets.

 Wico Santbulte

Wico Santbulte is the Director Cargo Development at AFKLM Cargo. He is also a founding member of the Holland Flower Alliance. He holds a graduation in biochemistry and a post-graduation in Information Management.

Maarten Klijnstra

Maarten Klijnstra is the General Manager of Siginon Aviation and a seasoned aviation and air cargo industry professional - with varied experience in international stations notably Johannesburg and Cape Town in South Africa and Lagos in Nigeria. He has provided regional oversight in strategic African markets such as DR Congo, Zambia, Ethiopia and Nigeria.

Therese Puetz

Therese Puetz is the CEO of Karavan Management Consulting, based in Dubai, UAE. She has been instrumental in delivering innovation in temperature-controlled logistics and airfreight over the years.

Peter Musola

Parit Shah

Parit Shah, Director of Silpack has more than 10 years of experience in the packaging industry, specialising in cold chain management and product innovation.He has been instrumental in changing the packaging of flowers, and enabling growers and importers to benefit from reduced losses through efficiency engineering of freight. The developments have reduced the total cost of ownership of their packaging and freight costs.

David Dass

David Dass is the General Manager at FlowerWatch in Kenya. He is responsible for the commercial development and project oversight in East Africa and the Middle East.

Victoria Kung’u

Victoria Kungu is the Sales and Marketing Manager at Magana Flowers. She has more than 8 years of experience in sales and marketing of floriculture products. She has an excellent understanding in perishable logistics segment.

Kabaka Martin Kimathi

Kabaka Martin Kimathi is the Kenya Representative of Cargolite. He is an enthusiastic postharvest manager with determination and a proven ability to oversee the efficient harvesting, transport, intake, cooling, grading, processing, packing, pre-cooling and dispatch of flowers.

Evans E. Michoma

Evans E Michoma, Manager Cargo, Kenya Airports Authority is a cargo marketing professional with over 25 years in aviation sector. He is responsible in developing, initiating, and implementing cargo business activities at Kenya Airports Authority. Evans formulates and executes strategies for general freight, perishables, courier and mail.

Eline van den Berg

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