UDkt Betty Radier uyiChief Executive Officer entsha yeBhodi Yezokuvakasha yaseKenya kusukela ngoDisemba 1, 2016. Lokhu kulandela ukucwaningwa okunzulu ekuqaleni konyaka okwenze uBetty wadlula abanye abafake izicelo zalesi sikhundla esibalulekile.
Ememezela ukuqokwa kwakhe, uSihlalo we-KTB uMnu uJimi Kariuki uthe iBhodi inesiqiniseko sokuthi uDkt Radier unazo iziqu ezifanele zokuqondisa i-KTB kanye nomkhakha wezokuvakasha ezweni emingceleni emisha emikhulu. Uletha amakhono amakhulu obuholi ahlanganiswe nobuchule beqhinga ngemuva kokusebenza njenge-CEO yeScanad, inkampani ehamba phambili yezokukhangisa eKenya isikhathi esithile.
Ngenkathi ubonga i-Ag ephumayo. U-CEO uNkk Jacinta Nzioka ngokubamba inqaba izinyanga eziyi-9, uSihlalo we-KTB uJimi Kariuki uhalalisele uJacinta ngomsebenzi owenziwe kahle ngalesi sikhathi. 'Ibhodi le-KTB liyalithokozela iqhaza oselilibambile ngalesi sikhathi lapho i-KTB nomkhakha bebelokhu beqhubeka nokuzibandakanya okuningi okuhlose ukuthuthukisa ibhizinisi'.
Ngokuqokwa kukaBetty, uSihlalo uphinde wachaza ukuthi inqubo yokukhetha ngokuphelele yabona uBetty eza phambili. 'Siyajabula ukuthi uDkt Radier uthatha ubuholi be-KTB njengoba siqhubeka nokwenza inqubekelaphambili ohambweni lokubuyisa ezokuvakasha. Angingabazi ukuthi ungumuntu ofanele ukuthatha izintambo zokuhola eKTB njengoba le nhlangano igubha iminyaka engu-20 kulo nyaka 'esho.
Emcimbini wokunikezela obubanjelwe emahhovisi e-KTB, uNks. Jacinta Nzioka-Mbithi, obesebenza njengebamba le-CEO ye-KTB, wamukele ngemfudumalo uDkt Radier ngenkathi engena ngokusemthethweni. UNks. Nzioka uqokwe ekuqaleni konyaka nguNobhala weKhabhinethi Yezokuvakasha uNajib Balala ngalesi sikhathi soguquko futhi manje uzobuyela endimeni yakhe yangaphambili njengoMqondisi Wezokumaketha we-KTB.
UDkt Radier uletha ku-KTB iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-18 isipiliyoni sokuphatha kwezokumaketha, amasu nokusebenza. UDkt Radier uneziqu zeDoctoral in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development, University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business, Master of Business Administration (MBA) kanye neBachelor of Arts (BA) degree kanti uzithole nase-University of Nairobi.
Ngaphambi kokuqokwa kwakhe, uBetty wasebenza njengeManaging Director yeScanad Kenya, JWT kanye neScanad Advertising Tanzania, iMcCann Kenya Ltd, neLowe Scanad Uganda Limited.
'Ngiyajabula ukuqala le ndima entsha futhi ngibonga iBhodi ngokukhombisa ukuzethemba kwabo. UNkk Jacinta-Mbithi wenze umsebenzi omkhulu futhi ngibheke phambili ekusebenzeni naye kanye nethimba lonke le-KTB ezweni lonke nasemazweni omhlaba ukwenza indawo yezokuvakasha yaseKenya ibe yindawo yokuzikhethela 'esho ekuqaleni kwalolu suku.
UDkt Betty Radier uphinde waveza ukuthi iKenya Tourism Board inethuba lokusebenza ngokubambisana namaKenya ukuqhakambisa iKenya njengendawo yezokuvakasha, ukukhombisa ubuhle beKenya nokuheha izivakashi eKenya. Uphinde waveza ukuthi ubudlelwano nababambiqhaza beKTB, ikakhulukazi umkhakha wezokuvakasha. kufanele yamkelwe njengoba idlala indima ebalulekile ezinhlelweni zenhlangano.
