Board of Trustees
From 1987-99, MYSA benefited from the advice and assistance of an informal “Friends of MYSA Group”. However, with the rapid growth in the scope, scale and funding of MYSA activities in the late 1990s, it was evident MYSA needed a more formal and officially registered Board.
In May 2000 the first meeting of the new MYSA Board of Trustees approved a draft Trust Deed for the “Mat-hare Youth Sports Association Trust”. It also approved the 1999 Audited Accounts and 2000 Programme Budget and appointed the external auditors and legal advisers. The MYSA Trust was legally registered in February 2001.
The Board presently consists of nine Trustees. The Chairman of the MYSA Executive Council and MYSA Executive Director are both ex-officio members.
The Board meets at least once a year. A quorum consists of the Chairman or, if absent, one of the two Vice Chairmen plus four other members of the Board. Decisions are normally and preferably made by consensus.
The Executive Committee of the Board consists of the Chairman, both Vice-Chairmen and one other Trustee.
The Executive Committee meets several times a year with MYSA management to review progress on the implementation of the annual programme budget and on their longer-term strategic plans. It also meets periodically with the Executive Committee of the MYSA Executive Council.
Bob has worked for over four dec-ades on national to global environ-mental issues. Since moving to Kenya in 1985, he served as a sen-ior adviser on sustainable development for many UN agencies, African regional bodies, governments and NGOs. He has carried out UN and other missions in over 50 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. In 1994 he founded MYSA’s professional extension, Mathare United FC. He is also a founding Director of the Kenyan Premier League. Among other awards, he received the 1999 Help for Self-Help Prize and since 2008 has been a Senior Fellow in the Ash-oka global network of social entrepreneurs.
John is the founder and CEO of the Inuka Trust, a grassroots social movement dedicated to inspiring self-belief, mutual respect and unity among all Kenyans. He is a former Director of Transparency Internat-ional and the founding Executive Director of Transpar-ency International in Kenya. Before that he served as a columnist for the East African and a correspondent for The Economist and other publications. During 2003-05 he served as Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President of Kenya. Among other appointments, he is a member of the Advisory Council of Transparency International and the Chairman of the Board of the Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG).
Mike is a Professor of Sports Science in the Faculty of Exercise and Sports Science at Kenyatta University. In the 1970s he was one of the first Kenyan runners to earn international recognition. Among other achievements, in the 800 metres race he won silver at the 1972 Olympics and silver and gold at the Commonwealth Games in 1974 and 1978. Among other awards, he was the 1981 Kenyan Sportsman of the Year, is an Honorary Life Member of Athletics Kenya since 1985 and received the Order of the Grand Warrior of Kenya in 1995. Among other appointments, he is a Director of the Athletics Academy of the International Assoc-iation of Athletic Federations (IAAF).
Moses is the General Manager, Life Insurance (East Africa) at Sanlam Pan Africa in Kenya. But he is also a former top MYSA goalkeeper and the first MYSA alumni to join the Board. After struggling financially through high school, he studied mathematics at the University of Nairobi and won many awards, including the Chancellor’s Gold Medal as the best overall student. He then earned a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University and graduated with a MBA. He then worked in London as a Senior Con-sultant for Actuarial and Insurance Solutions at Del-oitte (2007-11) and in South Africa as their Man-ager of Actuarial and Insurance Solutions (2011-12). He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (UK).
Ingrid is the founder and Managing Trustee of the Jamii Bora Trust and Managing Director of the Jamii Bora SACCO for the urban and rural poor in Kenya. Prior to that she was the first Executive Director of the African Housing Fund (1988-99); Director of the UN International Year of Shelter for the Homeless (1985-87); Director-General of the Swedish Council for Building Research (1978-85); President of the Nordic Council for Building Research (1982-84); and Assistant State Secretary in the Swedish Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning (1975-78). Among other appointments, since 2008 she has been a Senior Fellow in the Ashoka global network of social entrepreneurs.
Patriciah is the elected member of the Nairobi County Assembly for Mlango Kubwa Ward and chairs the NCA Ward Development Fund Committee. Patriciah is also the Business Director of Trishiris Limited and Tenneh Enterprise. During her teenage years, she was involved in many MYSA community initiatives as a football player and volunteer leader. In 2009 she became the CEO of Mathare United FC and first female CEO of a top KPL club. Patriciah is skilled in IT, sports for social change, mentorship training, entrepreneurship reproductive health training, marketing, public relations and conflict resolution. Patriciah has worked as a consultant for many community development organizations as a trainer and on project planning and implementation.
Gladwell is the founder and Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG). Among other activities, AfriCOG convenes the network of Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice which monitors the 2008 post–election crisis agreement. She is a former Executive Director of Transparency International in Kenya and previously worked for Trans-parency International in Berlin. Among other appointments, she is the Vice Chair of the Board of the African Leadership Centre and the Coalition Coordination Committee for the United Nations Convention Against Corruption as well as a member of the international Steering Committee of the global Open Government Partnership.
Atle is a top management consultant, especially with Hartmark Consulting AS which he co-founded in 1994 and served as CEO and as a member and then Chairman of the Board. Since 2001 he has also carried out major consulting assignments for companies and projects in Africa, including in Angola, Kenya and Sudan. Among other appointments, he held many senior and voluntary positions sports and humanitarian organisations such as the Bekkelagets Sportsklub. International Orienteering Federation, Norway Cup, Norwegian Confederation of Sports, Norwegian Orienteering Federation and Norwegian Red Cross. He is also the Chairman of MYSAs Venner i Norge (MViN: MYSA Friends in Norway).
Martin currently works as a management consultant based in Holland. From 1970-90 he worked as a group therapist in several youth care institutions. He then started his own company providing advice and training on improving management skills and performance in Holland’s largest bank and other organisations, including a major ongoing assignment with the Central Bank of Surinam. With KNVB support, he also recently founded another company focused on improving the skills of top football coaches. From 2000-12 he also chaired the Union More Than Soccer Foundation which raised the funds for both the MYSA libraries in Githurai and the Mathare Valley.
Certified Public Accountants Member, Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya
Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) Kenya, along Kangundo Road, Nairobi