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CEO & Head of Property Development and Management
Mr. Anish Doshi
Anish has served as Group CEO since 2010. He commands extensive development experience having worked on 18 projects in Kenya in that time. These include City Mall Phases 2 and 3, The Residences, Bentley Park, The Greenwood, The Avenue, Nyali Springs, Zawadi Apartments and Emirates Business Park, totalling in excess of 1.7m square feet.
Related to this, he is also involved in property management with 850,000 square feet of lettable space currently under management featuring over 200 tenants. Anish is also a Director at Ideal Ceramics and a member of YPO (Young Presidents Organisation). He graduated from the University of Oxford with an undergraduate and masters degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 2006 before working in investment banking with Rothschild in London for 3 years. He was featured in the Business Daily Top40 under 40 in December 2019.
Head of Ideal Ceramics (Retail & Wholesale of Building Materials)
Mr. Sunir Doshi
Sunir has served as head of Ideal Ceramics for over 8 years now. He holds a bachelors degree from Imperial College, University of London, in Business Administration.
He is currently a co-director in over 30 companies within the Ideal Group including Ideal Ceramics, Ideal Locations, Emirates Business Park, Sunnex Enterprises amongst others. Sunir devotes the majority of his time to sales, procurement and operations of Ideal Ceramics. He is currently spearheading efforts to expand Ideal Ceramics into the East African region.
Chief Financial Officer, Ideal Ceramics
Mr. Micheal Muema
Micheal Muema is a seasoned finance and accounting professional with over 13 years’ experience in the financial sector.
He is a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya – CPA (K), holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree (Finance Option) from KCA University and currently pursuing a Master of Science in Development Finance from the same university.
He is an active member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK). Mr. Muema is currently the Chief Finance Officer of Ideal Ceramics Limited having worked for other several companies in different capacities. He steered smooth transition in new ERP implementation (SAP) in Ideal Group.
Head of Sales, Ideal Ceramics
Mr. Vishal Shah
Vishal has been working at Ideal ceramics for over 17 years and is currently the head of sales. He defines, articulates and implements the organizations strategy for selling products. The in charge of developing forecasts and strategies to achieve sales at price levels to ensure profitability.
Currently heading three branches of which two are in Nairobi and one in Mombasa each having showroom managers who report to him. Driving a sales team of 25, he holds the responsibility to ensure top performance at all times and motivate the team through a competitive market. Handling key distributorships around Kenya of the products Ideal Ceramics stocks, setting a larger footprint is a key responsibility held. He graduated from United States International University in 2004 with an undergraduate degree, majoring in International Business Administration with concentrations in marketing & management and has been one of our most loyal employees since then.
Financial Controller & Property Manager, various Group Companies
M/s. Monicah Muthami
Monicah is well versed with over 15 years of experience in property management and finance. She has served as a Financial Controller & Property Manager for several property related companies within Ideal Group for over 9 years. Previously she served as a Chief Accountant within Ideal Ceramics for over 8 years. She has hands-on experience in this sector having overseen the initiation, execution and completion of seven projects in Mombasa and Nairobi, including Emirates Business Park, Nyali Springs, Greenwood, Bentley Park, Zawadi Apartments, The Avenue and Karen Green.
Monicah is known for her prudent financial management and negotiation skills and manages over over 100 existing tenants for the group. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Master of Business Administration, Majoring in finance from JKUAT. She is also a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya CPA(K).
Financial Controller, Accountant & Management, City Mall
Mr. Harshil Shah
Harshil has extensively served in various management positions within Ideal Group for over 14 years. He now has in-depth experience on mall management and finance functions having been the Financial Controller for City Mall for over 9 years. City Mall is Mombasa’s premier shopping mall located within the upmarket suburb of Nyali offering over 250,000 square feet of gross lettable area featuring over 90 tenants.
Harshil is a Fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (FCCA) and his contribution to the various projects and accomplishments achieved to date has been instrumental.
Group HR Manager & Coordinator
Mr. Celestine W. Mbaluka
Mr. Celestine W. Mbaluka has been the HR Manager & Coordinator for Ideal Group from 1st September 2018. Previously he was the Manager-HR & Administration of ASA International (Kenya) from July 2013.
Mr. Mbaluka is a versatile manager, with strong management experience spanning over 11 years in the private sector. Prior to his appointment to ASA International (Kenya), he was a Branch Manager at Sidian Bank Ltd (formerly K-Rep Bank) having risen through the ranks from a Business Development officer when he joined the bank May 2007.
Mr. Mbaluka holds a Bachelor of Business Management degree in Human Resources Management from the Moi University and a post-graduate Higher Diploma in Human Resources Management from the College of Human Resources Management (CHRM). He is a full member of the Institute of Human Resources Management (IHRM).