Kenneth Thimba is currently the CEO and Lead Consultant of Sales Resource Africa and its subsidiary SRA Consulting. Sales Resource Africa is a management consultancy that focuses on helping companies realize their revenue goals through recruitment of sales teams, sales training, business planning and use of outsourced sales teams.
SRA Consulting specializes in providing end to end management consulting services to companies which includes strategy, business planning, operations, finance, sales, marketing and training.
Ken has over 20 years’ experience in various senior management positions in some of East Africa’s largest financial services providers. These positions have mainly encompassed handling the following: Formulation and implementation of company strategy, recruitment, training, staff retention, motivating and management of staff in order to meet set organizational goals, sales targets, formulation of marketing promotion campaigns, organization of operational activities aimed at maintaining customer loyalty, attainment of high performance revenue targets as well as overall company profitability.
His previous work experience includes
- Board Member Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya
- CEO/Lead Consultant Sales Resource Africa
- Vice President-Sales Aquavita Ltd.- Regional provider of Point of use water purification Solutions
- Co-founder and Business Development Director- Smartfellas
- Sales & Marketing Director- Abercrombie & Kent Global Health; Regional provider of medical tourism & patient advocacy solutions
- General Manager- AAR Health Services-East Africa’s top medical insurance provider
- Head of Sales & Marketing; APA Insurance; Kenya’s 2nd largest insurance company
- Head of Sales - Resolution Health East Africa
- Sales Director- Medigen Insurance Brokers
Ken is a Strategic management graduate of–Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Business, a Leadership Fellow Sales and Distribution-Limra (Life Insurance Management Research Association) Leadership Institute/Wharton University, Chartered Insurance Agency Manager- Life Insurance Management Research Association and a has attended a host of other sales, management and distribution courses and seminars. OTHER INTERESTS
Ken’s management experience is not limited to the corporate environment. He is an accomplished sportsman and has had the opportunity to lend his skills to various sports listed below
- Director Vet Lab Golf club
- Convenor insurance golfing society
- Head Coach Kenya Rugby Union 2001-2004
- Head Coach Kenya Harlequin Rugby 2000-2004
- Player Kenya Rugby 1988-2000
