Gladys has over 19 years’ experience in various management and leadership roles in Kenya,
Botswana and South Africa. She has industry knowledge in various sectors – financial, banking,
investment, manufacturing, ICT, horticulture and real estate – where she garnered extensive
experience especially in the areas of accounting & finance, management & leadership and
governance. She has been acknowledged for her capacity to harness enthusiasm and talent of
others, to streamline less-than-efficient procedures to boost productivity, and also credited for
significantly impacting the bottom-line profitability wherever she has worked.

Her most recent professional experience was with Olympia Capital Holdings PLC where she
served as the Group CEO. She served in the same organization as Finance Director from
September 2011 to July 2017. She has had stints as Head of Finance with Equatorial Investment
Bank, Accountant with Suntra Investment Bank, Accountant (Receivables) with Kenya Data
Networks (now Liquid Telecoms Kenya), amongst other notable organizations. She made the
decision to fully shift from corporate service to the knowledge sharing space in September 2019.
She is an adjunct faculty member with Strathmore University, an independent facilitator with
Raiser Resource Group and Enwealth Financial Services, and is a coach and a mentor.

Over the last 3 years, Gladys also been actively running Zueric Limited, a consultancy firm that
helps address and resolve short and long term strategic issues that confront organizations today.
A seasoned Personal Finance Coach since 2011, she has authored two personal financial
management books – ‘Managing Your Finances God’s Way’ (that comes with a workbook by the
same title) and ‘Smart Money Habits’. Since the inception of her coaching career, she has been
providing quality, unbiased personal finance education, advice and guidance to various
corporates, groups as well as to individuals. She has been invited to speak on a variety of finance
and non-finance topics.

Gladys has participated in various projects as a consultant, coach and facilitator. She participated
in developing coaching guidelines, writing case studies and curriculum development for the
Business Advisory Service Providers (BASP) Network Capacity and Ecosystem Development
programme, a programme that seeks to establish and institutionalize a framework for BASPs to
serve the needs of Kenya’s national and county-level investment growth goals. She also formed
part of the team of facilitators that trained 40+ business operators living with disabilities in various
sectors (including light manufacturing, apparels, retail, hospitality, etc.) with the basic business
skills to enable them accelerate the growth, expansion and profitability of their businesses.

Gladys has served on the boards of Olympia Capital Holdings PLC, Mather & Platt (K) Limited,
Meatons Limited, Avon Rubber Co. Limited and AWAK (Association of Women Accountants of
Kenya). She is also the founding director of Zueric Limited. She currently serves on the board of
Brooms Limited and Resource Global where she continues to share extensive knowledge to
impact profitability and growth of these organizations.

She holds a Master in Business Administration in Strategic Management (UoN), a Bachelor of
Commerce degree in accounting (CUEA) and is a certified public accountant of Kenya. She is
also an ICF Certified Coach, a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya
(ICPAK), the Association of Women Accountants of Kenya (AWAK) and the Institute of Directors
of Kenya (IoDK). She is an ICF certified coach (Associate Certified Coach - ACC) and on course
to complete her CIFA (Certified Investment Financial Analyst) certification. Over the course of her
career, she has attended several other leadership and proficiency trainings