Cynthias with Christine Ng’ang’a, Managing Director at Strategia Advisors

Christine Ng’ang’a is Managing Director at Strategia Advisors, a boutique advisory firm serving East African clients, and has accumulated over 20 years’ experience in corporate and project finance, strategy and economic development advisory work. She is also the founder of KendiArt.com - the first online marketplace for Contemporary East African Art, and an angel investor in the fintech and renewable energy sectors.Previously she worked in Deals Advisory at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Kenya where she managed M&A, capital raising, Public Private Partnerships, valuation and due diligence assignments. Christine has served as Assistant Vice President at the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC). In this role, she managed municipal bond issuances for a portfolio of infrastructure development projects and helped structure PPPs in the manufacturing, real estate, healthcare, rail, education and leisure sectors. She also structured a pooled loan guarantee program for New York City which was designated by Mayor Bloomberg as a flagship project for enhancing SME access to capital during the Great Recession of 2008/9. Christine has consulted for USAID, CIDA, the World Bank and various Eastern African governments. Christine is an Eisenhower Fellow (2021). She currently Chairs the Board of Sanlam General Insurance (Kenya) Limited and has served on the boards of Revolution Analytics, Strauss Energy and Carolina for Kibera. She is a former board member of the Regional Economic Development Assistance Corporation (New York) and also served as Assistant Secretary of the New York City Industrial Development Agency (NYCIDA), a bond issuing authority. Christine holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Studies (Honours) from Trent University, Canada, a Post Graduate Diploma in E-commerce Technologies from Seneca College, Canada and a Master of Public Administration from New York University, USA.https://www.strategiaadvisors.com/