He is the Executive Director/CEO of the Eastern Africa Grain Council –EAGC, since March 2011. Gerald holds an MSc Agricultural Economics degree from Egerton University, Kenya and is currently pursuing his PhD in Project Planning & Management at the University of Nairobi. He has also received extensive training and international exposure including attending the Executive program on Commodity Exchange operations at the South Africa Future Exchange of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, in 2012, Agriculture Trade and Food Safety Systems in USA, in 2012, Food Processing & Packaging Systems in Sweden in 2005 among others. He serves as a Board member of the Strategic Food Reserve Fund Oversight Board of the Republic of Kenya, representing private sector. Gerald had over 20 years’ experience in sales, marketing, distribution, and general management in fast moving consumer goods(FMCG), agribusiness value chains management and commodity trading having worked in a number of sectors in agribusiness related organizations including tobacco, dairy, coffee and wine and spirits beverages. Gerald previously served as the Managing Director of the Kenya Wine Agencies Limited (KWAL – 2006-2009), Managing Director of Kenya Planters Cooperative Union (KPCU - 2009), Head Sales & Marketing, New Kenya Cooperative Creameries (2004-2006) and held various management positions in Trade Marketing & Distribution and Corporate & Regulatory Affairs at the British American Tobacco (1996-2004).