As the resident finance expert for Sinapis East Africa, Joel serves in two capacities: leading the team’s regional financial management and directly advising next-stage growth entrepreneurs. As an integral part of both the Finance and Acceleration & Advisory Teams, he brings over two decades of experience to Sinapis.

Joel is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA-K) and a GiANT Worldwide Certified Coach whose guiding values are godliness, excellence, integrity, and courage (Psalm 78:72). He views his career as that of a marketplace minister and has worked as a general manager, finance director, and strategic planning and operations leader. He also brings experience from the hospitality industry and has served as a business turnaround coach. Joel holds a BA in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Nairobi.

A born-again believer, Joel is husband to Sarah and devoted father to Comfort, Azarel, and Hiel. He is anchored by 2 Corinthians 3:5—“Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God.” His volunteer commitments include discipling men, premarital couples, married couples, and entrepreneurs.