Dr Olweny is an experienced healthcare, leadership, and management professional with academic qualifications in the medical, business and leadership fields and a career spanning over 25 years in the public, private, and not-for-profit health sectors.

Over the years he has been a consumer of healthcare services, delivered clinical care as an individual and institutional healthcare provider, and occupied leadership positions in health institutions, professional and other membership organizations. Consequently, he has actively engaged with the Ministry of Health, its regulatory bodies, semi-autonomous government agencies, and parastatals, and the legislative arms of the Kenyan government. This interaction has shaped his understanding of the demand and supply ends of the Kenyan Healthcare system, the organization and functions of government, and the policy and implementation shortcomings that hinder the realization of Kenya’s national health goals, policies, and development objectives.

Catherine Wachira is a legal practitioner of over 23 years standing and a passionate cancer patient rights advocate for over 10 years, pushed by the call that a unified approach to cancer control will help in the fight against cancer in Kenya. In the past six years Catherine has served as Vice-Chair and Board Chair respectively of Kenyan Network of Cancer Organizations, the national umbrella body of cancer civil society organizations active in various aspects of cancer control. Catherine’s dream is a Kenya where quality cancer treatment is accessible and affordable to every Kenyan irrespective of their financial circumstances.

Dr Samuel Gathere is a Senior Clinical Research Scientist at KEMRI. He has interests in various facets of Cancer Research.He is currently the focal person of the African Cancer Caribbean Consortium (AC3) that focuses on disparity in Cancer research.He is also a trained ENT and Head and Neck Surgeon.

Prof. Walter O. Oyawa, is currently the Director General of the National Commission for Science, Technology & Innovation (NACOSTI). He is a Professor of Civil Engineering, a holder of a PhD in Civil Engineering, and a holder of Executive MBA. He is a Registered Professional Engineer, a Lead Expert-NEMA and a reviewer of several international journals.

In addition to his current position as Director General of NACOSTI, Prof. Oyawa has served in various senior leadership/management positions including having been the Principal/CEO of Multimedia University College, Deputy Commission Secretary at the Commission for University Education (CUE), pioneering Ag. Principal of the College of Engineering & Technology at JKUAT, Director of a Research Centre-SMARTEC at JKUAT, Chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering at JKUAT, Board member of several boards, among others. He is endowed with vast experience in research/scholarly work, as evidenced by; extensive publications in peer reviewed journals, several awards and research grants, keynote lectures and conference papers, and supervision of numerous postgraduate students. His research interest is in the area of sustainable construction materials and technologies.

Dr Bor is a public health specialist with a special interest in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and 15 years professional experience in the Kenyan public health sector, including over 10 years in clinical care and hospital management.

She is currently the Lead for the Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Pillar in the National Cancer Control Program (NCCP), Ministry of Health. Her role involves developing and implementing policies and programs towards the achievement of the National Cancer Control Strategy. She coordinated the development of the National Cancer Screening Guidelines in 2018 and is keen to see through the advancement of a harmonized cancer screening program nationwide. She also coordinates the National Technical Working Group on Cancer Prevention, Early Detection & Screening. Dr Bor holds a Master of Science in Global Health & Non-Communicable Diseases from University of Edinburgh.

Dr. Kenrick Ayot is an economist at the National Treasury with over 15 years of experience in the field of Economic Policy and Public Finance Management. He has experience among others in forecasting both domestic and external resource inflow in the annual national budget, providing technical support to MTEF Sector Working Groups in preparation of Medium-Term Budget Proposals, developing resource mobilization policies and strategies from the developing partners. Dr. Ayot holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Cape Town and a Masters and Bachelor Degree in Economics both from the University of Nairobi.

Agnes Kalekye Nguna is an accomplished business leader with over 18 years experience driving growth and profitability in leading companies across East African region. Currently she serves as the Chief Operating Officer at the Star Newspaper in Kenya where she is in charge of providing strategic leadership and management to the Media House. Agnes also sits on various local and global boards. She is the Vice Chairperson of Media Owners Association an umbrella body drawing membership from leading media houses in the country. She sits on the supervisory board of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN - INFRA) a global organisation of the world press whose mission is to protect the rights of journalist and publishers across the world to protect independent media.

Dr. Francisca A. Ongecha is a consultant psychiatrist, lecturer in the department of Psychiatry & Mental Health and Ag. Dean School of Medicine, Kenyatta University. She worked with the Ministry of Health for 12 years. She is a Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellow having spent four years engaged in clinical research through National Institutes of Health (NIH) before joining Kenyatta University. She's done extensive work in the area of substance use with UNODC spanning over 15 years. Her other areas of research/program interests are in Psychological trauma following sexual and gender based violence, chronic/terminal illness, genocide/war/disaster trauma, mental health and HIV& AIDS, Medical education, Policy and Ethics. She’s been a member of several committees including the university Ethical Review committee among other responsibilities.

Mary-Ann Musangi is a highly experienced General Manager who has strong technical and business qualifications with an impressive track record of more than 25 years of hands-on experience in strategic planning and business development. She has demonstrated the ability to lead diverse teams of professionals to new levels of success in a variety of highly competitive industries, cutting-edge African markets, and fast-paced environments. Her experience spans advertising, pharmaceuticals, financial services, hospitality and FMCG Industries. She has a proven ability to successfully analyze an organization’s critical business requirements, identify deficiencies and potential opportunities, whilst also developing innovative cost-effective solutions to enhance brand equity, increase revenues, and improve customer service offerings. Mary-Ann’s ambition is to see Africa prosper and with this belief, she advocates for the companies that she works with to drive “Sustainable African operations championed by Africans to offer Africa superior and affordable products and services.

Patrick Mathagu is a long serving educator at the Technical University of Kenya where has served as a lecturer in mathematics & statistics and currently as the senior assistant student registrar. He is cancer warrior who is passionate in ensuring that impactful measures are undertaken to prevent and control cancer in the country and that persons living with cancer and their care givers are appropriately advised and provided service in a humane and affordable environment.

Medical Doctor and Cancer Expert, Dr. Melly is highly skilled and knowledgeable with experience at the local, regional, and global levels in clinical care, training, research, and program development and growth, He believes in value-based, transformative leadership and governance. Dr. Melly is gifted in building partnerships and collaborations. He is a true advocate of service to humanity without fear or favor.