Events that will shape 2021
Friday January 01 2021
By BD TEAM
Locals take over top EABL, BAT jobs
East African Breweries Limited (EABL) and British American Tobacco (BAT) will from January 1 be managed by new chief executives following the changes announced in December.
Jane Karuku will assume office as the new EABL group managing director while Crispin Achola will also start a similar role at BAT.
The changes come after the respective companies announced that the term of the current managing directors both being foreigners are expiring December 31.
In the last four and a half years Andrew Cowan has steered EABL while BAT was in the hands of Beverley Spencer-Obatoyinbo.
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Jane Karuku is the new Group MD for EABL
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The Board of East African Breweries Limited (EABL) has announced Mrs. Jane Karuku as the new Group Managing Director for EABL.
Mrs. Karuku has been a member of the EABL Board and is the current Managing Director for Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL). She will replace Mr. Andrew Cowan who has been in EABL for four and a half years. Mr. Cowan is taking up a new role in Diageo’s global business as Managing Director for Africa Regional Markets.
Mrs. Karuku will be replaced in the role of Managing Director, Kenya Breweries by Mr. John Musunga. Mr. Musunga has more than 25 years of experience in general management, sales, and marketing.
KBL partners with Purko Development Trust to increase forest cover in Mau Narok
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Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) has donated Ksh.1.5 million to fund the fencing of 1000 acres and purchase of 100,000 seedlings in the Mau region. This was in collaboration with the Purko Development Trust and other stakeholders in the barley growing sector.
In knowledge of the challenges that barley farmers in the Mau region face as a result of climate change, the partnership aims to plant 1,000 acres of forest in the Purko community farm in the next 3-5 Years. The Mau region entirely depends on rainfall from the East and the Western Blocks of the Mau Forests. However, these blocks of forests have been depleted and sub-divided into human settlement areas causing drastic changes on the rainfall pattern and interfering with the growing seasons of barley and other crops.