User:Kenya News

Joel is an award-winning strategic, integrated communications and marketing expert. As an ex-journalist, he understands the African market and its various cultures, languages, and media landscape. Over the years, he has developed and implemented successful campaigns tailored to each country’s unique needs.

He is part of Portland Communication's international team operating in Nairobi, London, Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Washington DC., Doha and Singapore. He leads the African regional hub to provide strategic insights, high-quality delivery and advising multinational investors, corporations, and prominent development and policy-focused groups on the African continent. 

He has over a decade of experience in the communications industry having worked as a reporter at Standard Group, as Account Director at Ogilvy Public Relations and as General Manager and Chief Strategist of Tell-Em Public Relations until recently before he joined Portland Communications as a Director.,  

His work reputation has been critically acclaimed, earning him major industry awards, including the Superior Achievement in Brand Building award, Best Media Relations Campaign, and Best Overall PR Campaign of the Year.

He serves as a corporate board member representative for the Marketing Society of Kenya (MSK), chair of the media relations experts panel at the Public Relations Society of Kenya (PRSK), and this year he was also named PRWeek Global Awards jury for the second time.  

His industry work and experience include Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Mastercard Foundation, Alwaleed Philanthropies, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) International Finance Corporation (IFC), Visa, Safaricom, Telkom, Airtel Africa, Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), Kenya Airways, Qatar Airways, and Procter and Gamble. As a self-proclaimed philomath, Joel spends his free time researching new ideas, concepts, and technologies.