Hi, I’m Liz Kariuki

A Chartered communications professional and strategic communications leader, advising institutions across complex, regulated, and donor-funded international environments.

With over a decade of senior leadership experience, she has shaped integrated communications, public affairs, and reputation strategies across multi-country and multi-industry portfolios involving governments, development organisations, foundations, public and private sector partners. Her work has strengthened institutional positioning, enhanced stakeholder confidence, and supported executive teams in navigating growth, transformation, and reputational sensitivity.

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  • Operating at the intersection of strategy and execution, Liz partners closely with executive leadership and boards to translate organisational ambition into credible narrative, positioning, and stakeholder alignment. Her approach integrates reputation stewardship, executive advisory, structured planning systems, and data-informed communications performance across integrated channels. Her work has supported institutional growth, enhanced stakeholder confidence, and enabled organisations to navigate periods of transformation and growth with assurance.

  • Liz has played a defining role in strengthening internal communications infrastructures. She has designed and implemented digital intranet platforms, encouraged cross-organisational contribution, and embedded communication practices that improved transparency, engagement, and alignment, particularly during periods of organisational change. She views internal communication as foundational to institutional credibility.

  • Known for measured judgement and executive maturity, Liz advises leadership during high-stakes and industry-sensitive moments. She has institutionalised crisis communication protocols, strengthened safeguarding reporting systems, and supported organisations in managing reputational risk while maintaining stakeholder trust and credibility.

  • As a co-founding leader of an entrepreneur and innovator support organisation, she established communications functions from the ground up, strengthening her expertise across communications functions. Liz combines strategic foresight with operational discipline.

    She builds communications infrastructures that endure beyond immediate leadership cycles, embedding governance, standards, talent development, and performance frameworks that position communications as a strategic leadership function rather than a support service.

  • Liz is particularly energised by organisations operating at the intersection of global impact, institutional credibility, public accountability, and societal progress. She is open to senior leadership and advisory appointments where her expertise in executive counsel, multi-market coordination, reputation management, and institutional positioning can support organisations navigating complexity and heightened stakeholder expectations.

  • Liz holds a Master’s Degree (Distinction) in International Public Relations & Global Communications Management from Cardiff University and a Master’s in Development Communication, alongside a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing Management from Daystar University. She holds professional certification in Strategic Marketing & Digital Strategy from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and is a Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR).

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