OUR TEAM

STEVEN OTHORO - REGIONAL DIRECTOR

Steven has been the Head of Vision 21 Sports Management and consulting for the past 5 years, working in 8 countries across Africa. He manages the Aspire Football dreams program and has been the Regional Director for 6 years.
Before founding Vision 21, Steven was an Account manager at Ogilvy One Worldwide, specifically in Sports and Experiential Marketing for two years. He was in charge of a number of sports events for leading brands in Kenya e.g. Tusker Athletics, Nairobi Marathon, Sprite Basketball, Tusker Safari Sevens, Barclays Soccer, Kenya Golf Open.
He was also the Head of Sports at Omicron Sports and Entertainment for two years where among others he planned and executed Slamfest (An international High School Basketball Tournament) and The Jump 4 Life Program in association with Land ‘O’ Lakes and USAID. Steven is a former US Professional Basketball Player having played for The Texas Rimrockers, Juarez Galos, Kansas City Knights and Harlem Strong Dogs. He has a Marketing and Finance Degree from Baylor University where he studied on a full basketball Scholarship.

SHIELA MURIITHI - ACCOUNT DIRECTOR

Sheila started off in the Customer Service arena and worked at various positions within the FMCG industry before moving into the advertising arena where she honed her marketing and communications skills.
Her work experience has broadened her knowledge in marketing, event and brand management, public relations and media management across several diverse industries. She also flexes her creative skills through graphic design. She is an Account Director at Vision 21 Sports Consulting as well as a director of Quintessentially Lifestyle Services Limited. Sheila has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from USIU-A and a Masters degree in Advertising from RMIT Australia.

ROSEMARY WAMBUI - PROGRAMS DIRECTOR

Rosemary Wambui is a consultant/trainer mainly in the areas of Conflict Management, Resource Development, and Drug Dependency Counselling.
She has over twenty years experience in the corporate, non-governmental, and religious sectors, in areas of leadership and training skills in corporate and NGO setting, facilitating small groups, rapporteuring in the area of diplomacy, conflict and conflict management; mentoring young people, training in mentoring and interpersonal & faith-based conflict management; counselling, project co-ordination, and resource development and communications. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, a Certificate in Chemical Dependency Counselling Psychology, and a Master of Arts in International Relations with a focus on issues of Conflict and its Management.

PATRICK SHIVAIRO - PROGRAMS MANAGER

Patrick joined Vision 21 Sports Consulting in 2010. With a strong background in Sales and Marketing, he is in charge of the Aspire Football Dreams program in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania). His achievements include, setting up of Aspire recruitment centers across the region in conjunction with the various football federations as well as the setting up of Protege Football Club. Over the past three years, Patrick has overseen the recruitment of 10 young boys who got the opportunity to attend the prestigious Aspire Academy of Sports Excellence in Senegal through soccer scholarships. A resourceful and creative individual, Patrick’s dream is to create a positive difference in the lives of young and aspiring football players and assist them to achieve their dreams.

CHALO MBUTI - PROGRAM MANAGER

Chalo is an IT expert. He is highly innovative in his approach to making business flow more efficiently and effectively. Chalo loves coming up with new ideas and delivering strong customer satisfaction. Chalo’s long term goals address the need to build strong networks between businesses and IT. Chalo loves sports, with a particular penchant for basketball.