Gina Din-Kariuki is a Kenyan-born mentor, strategic communications and PR authority and revered business woman. Gina built her reputation as an award-winning founder and former executive chair of East Africa’s most awarded communications group, the Gina Din Corporate Communications, which she started after leaving her job as head of communications at Barclays Bank of Kenya in 1997 and was acquired by Edelman PR out of New York in 2020.

With over 30 years of management service and experience providing state of the art media and communication strategy to corporates, governments and NGOs both in Africa and abroad, Gina has built a reputation as a leading authority in the communications field in Africa and has been named one of Africa's 100 Most Influential People by New African magazine.

An experienced corporate leader, Gina served as a director of Erin energy in Kenya. Erin Energy is an oil and gas exploration and production company listed on the NYSE with energy interests in Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia and Kenya. Gina is the Chair of Boma Pan African, a holding company that has the following companies under its umbrella, namely Boma Hotel, Boma International Hospitality College, Switch TV and Eplus Ambulance. She also serves as the Chair of Boma International Hospitality College and is currently focused on building the brands under Boma Pan African Holding Company on a Pan African basis. Gina also serves on the board of following organizations: Kakuzi Board, Royal African Society (RAS) Based in the UK and Science, Technology and Innovation-British High Commission and recently appointed to the Equity Group Foundation.

As a philanthropist, Gina serves as a Goodwill Ambassador for the Kenya Red Cross and runs her foundation the Gina Din Foundation. The Foundation was established to empower youth and women with high potential by connecting them to global resources and mentors. In 2016 Gina was appointed honorary ambassador for UNFPA with a specific mandate for women issues, with a focus on lending her voice to the gender agenda of the United Nations.

Based in Kenya, Gina is now the group Executive Chairperson and East Africa CEO for Africa’s leading branding, strategic communications and intellectual property firm, Brand Leadership.

Gina has recently written and published her best-selling memoir, Gina Din – Daughter of Africa.

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