Some of the doctors would come in the office every time
seeking all sorts of help but this year they just come and tell
me please come and grace us with the honor of opening the
meeting because it’s running so smoothly.
That’s great feedback! Unless you have any
other comment regarding the convention
centre, I would like to move on to ask you
questions about yourself, tell us briefly
about yourself?
Am a very strong believer that brands sell themselves
not people. People are transit and the mistake we do in
our market, yes, people become brands while actually The
Nairobi Hospital is the brand, not Gordon Odundo, am just
privileged and honored to work for such a wonderful brand.
We are curious for the young minds
because some of the young minds like my
colleague here is looking at you and saying
this is my role model, this is what he has
done over time, where has he come from,
what input has he put for the Hospital, I
want to be like him.
I have worked for more than 30 years and part of that I
worked in government as a clerk for my first job, I think for
almost 2 years. Then I went to Hospitality industry where I
worked for about 11 years with various hotel groups.
I made a decision around 1999 to just move out of the hotel
business. I started working at Gertrude’s Hospital as COO
and Deputy CEO then after 4 years the board recognized
my talent and appointed me as the CEO and I served there
for 13 years as a CEO prior to coming now to The Nairobi
Hospital where am the CEO.
What was running through my mind right
now was I wanted to tap my colleague and
tell her, he didn’t just wake up and ask for
the corner office, he worked hard for it,
that is very encouraging, eye opening. We
really appreciate your time, thank you so
much. I think we have come to a closure of
our discussion.
Pauline Mwatu is a Marketing and Market Research
specialist and a director at Tried Approach Limited, a
research outfit defining and providing custom market
research solutions. You can engage her on this or related
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