Justus Mutahi was the pillar lead for ‘Programme and Fund/Grant Management’ services for KPMG’s Development Advisory Services (IDAS) department based in Nairobi, Kenya and covering the wider East African region as well as supporting IDAS regional hubs in Southern and West Africa. KPMG IDAS is a department that provides development advisory services to major donors and funding agencies, government and the public sector. www.kpmg.com/das. He relocated to Canada to deliver the 2 year, CAD 16.5 million ESDC funded Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program  where he is currently based.

Justus works with a multitude of bilateral and multi-lateral donor/development funds on programme coordination, design and delivery, oversight including financial, fiduciary and procurement management. His experience includes:

1. Trust fund management and oversight for large donor funded programmes in several sectors including: climate change and renewable energy, governance and accountability, civic education, financial sector deepening, private sector development and public health. Donor/partner coordination for the KPMG managed development programmes.
2. Over ten years of experience predominantly in the field of bilateral and multi-donor fund/grant management, fiduciary assessments, procurement management, capacity and organisational development, programme performance reviews and oversight, organizational reviews, project/programme evaluations, value for money reviews, corporate restructuring, financial advisory and accountancy/audit services;
3. Good donor networks and deep knowledge of grant funding rules and requirements for donor institutions. He has worked with programmes from DFID, USAID, the European Union, SIDA, JICA, Netherlands, Norway, Finland as well as other donors through bilateral and multi-donor pooled basket fund management;
4. Extensive regional assignment experience in Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania and North America.