Margaret Munene

Margaret Munene is an entrepreneur, business leader and philanthropist with over 25 years of experience in Kenya’s Dairy industry. Margaret is the co-founder of Palmhouse Dairies, a milk processing plant based in Githunguri Kenya. She is an Ambassador of the Dairy Global Platform and has addressed various international forums. She is the founding trustee of the Palmhouse Foundation, an education trust whose mission is to finance the secondary education of needy and deserving students. Margaret is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of HEART Africa - a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to empowering the people of Kenya to survive the HIV/AIDS pandemic. She is an active Rotarian, has served as a president of the Rotary Club of Karura and is an incoming Assistant Governor for Rotary District 9212, which comprises Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and South Sudan. In 2011, Margaret received a presidential award ‘Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (MBS)’ for distinguished service to the republic of Kenya. Margaret holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Nairobi and a Masters Degree in Crop Protection from Bath University. Margaret worked as Research Scientist for the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (now Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization) for 10 years before going into business in 1997. She is an active member of Ridgeways Baptist Church and a past chair of the deacon ministry. Margaret lives in Nairobi with her husband and has three grown up children.