Job Title: CHRO
Company: AutoXpress Group
Josephine Mwaniki is the CHRO at AutoXpress Group.
Before joining AutoXpress in January 2025, Josephine served as HR director, people and organisational transformation and change consultant at Thawabu Consulting, advising organisations on HR strategy, culture change and transformation initiatives. Prior to that, she was group executive general manager, human resources at I&M Bank Kenya.
Earlier, Josephine worked as a human resource leader and transformation consultant at Thawabu Consulting LLP, supporting private sector and non-profit organisations through change programmes. During this period, she also served as change lead on the Diageo Transformation Project with Deloitte Consulting.
Josephine spent more than seven years at The Nielsen Company, holding several senior HR leadership roles across Africa. She was HR director East and West Africa, HR director North, East and West Africa and HR director and leader for Africa Operations and Technology. Earlier, she served as human resources director for Sub-Saharan Africa, providing strategic HR leadership across multiple markets.
Her career began at KPMG East Africa, where she spent over eight years as senior manager, people and change, supporting organisational change, talent development and HR advisory services for clients across the region.
Josephine holds an MBA in HR and strategic management from The University of Nairobi, a MA in human resources management from the University of Northampton, CIPD Level 7 certification and the certified human resource professional (CHRP) qualification.
Work Experience
2025 – Present: chief human resource officer (CHRO), AutoXpress Group
2024: HR director, people & organisational transformation and change consultant, Thawabu Consulting
2021 – 2024: group executive general manager, human resources, I&M Bank
2019 – 2021: human resource leader / transformation consultant, Thawabu Consulting LLP
2019 – 2020: change lead – hr consultant, Diageo Transformation Project, Deloitte Consulting
2011 – 2018: HR director / HR leader Africa operations & technology / HR director SSA, The Nielsen Company
2003 – 2011: senior manager, people & change, KPMG East Africa
Education
2021 – 2023: certified human resource professional (CHRP), College of Human Resource Management
2019 – 2020: MA, human resources management, University of Northampton
2016 – 2018: CIPD Level 7, Human Resources Management
2006 – 2009: MBA, human resources & strategic management, University of Nairobi
1991 – 1993: BA, economics, University of Nairobi
About the company:
AutoXpress Group is a regional automotive services company operating across East Africa, offering tyre retail, auto care, and fleet services to both individual motorists and corporate clients through a network of service centres.
