MEET THE DIRECTORS

Jeremy Block

  • Mr. Jeremy M. Block holds a BSC in Agri. Economics as well as an MBA in Finance from Cornell University. He began his career at Salomon Brothers where he was an Associate and later joined Prudential Bache Securities as a Vice President in the Eurobond division.

    He moved on to form his own marketing company in Chile, South America, Promociones Inventivas. He returned to Kenya in 1984 where he served a stint at the Blocks Hotel as a Sales and Marketing Manager. He moved to C.Dorman Ltd in 1986 in the capacity of Managing Director and Licenced Coffee Liquorer. He is currently the Chairman of the Dorman Group and holds several Directorships in various companies across the East African region.

Robert Whitwam

  • Robert Whitwam is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 14 years post-qualified experience in both external & internal audit as well as Financial Management and Reporting. He is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and holds a BA Honors in Accounting & Financial Studies from the University of Exeter.

    He began his career as an Audit Senior/Assistant Manager at Arthur Andersen/Deloitte & Touche, London in 2000. In 2004 he joined ED&F Man Holding Ltd, London as an Internal Auditor. He later moved to Volcafe Ltd (coffee division of ED&F Man), Winterthur, Switzerland as a Regional Controller.

    He was then posted to Kygalanyi Coffee Ltd (member of Volcafe Group) in Uganda, towards the end of 2005, as Chief Financial Officer. He held this post for 7 years before joining the Dorman Group in 2012 as Group Chief Financial Officer. In 2019 he was promoted to the role of Chief Executive Officer.

Rozy Rana

  • Rozy holds a Bachelor of Education (Honours) Degree from Kenyatta University, an MBA from Strathmore University and a Doctorate of Business Administration from the United States International University.

    She joined C. Dorman Limited in 1992 as a PA to the Managing Director and progressively rose up the ranks. She is currently a Director of the Company and the Managing Director of Dormans Coffee Limited, the groups Roasting Company. She also holds Directorships across the East African region.

    The rich mix of senior leadership experience that Rozy has had serving as Chief Operations Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Human Resources has given her a wealth of exposure to in Strategic Management, Information Technology, Finance, Administration, and Human Resources. She is an inspiration to many women. She is a registered trainer for the Rhetoric Module of the Female Future Program (FFK), a program designed to help women in senior managerial positions develop skills and competencies to grow into Board positions. The program was introduced to Kenya by the Norwegian Enterprise Confederation, and Rozy played a pivotal role in customizing the content to the Kenyan context.

    Rozy is passionate about developing leaders and is a member of Toastmasters International, a global organization devoted to empowering individuals to become better communicators and leaders. She was the first member in East Africa to attain the Distinguished Toastmasters (DTM) recognition, the highest distinction awarded to a member by Toastmasters International.

Kennedy Keya

  • Kennedy holds a master’s degree in strategic management and business administration.

    He has worked for C. Dorman since 1993. He started as an assistant in the shipping department and later became the shipping manager.

    In 2007 he moved to the trading desk as a trading assistant and was later confirmed as a trader in 2010.

    He is a certified licensed liquorer by the Kenya Coffee Directorate and a Certified Arabica Q-Grader.