Wanja Michuki is Managing Director of Be Bold Consulting and Advisory Ltd. (www.bbold.co.ke), an independent family business advisory and coaching firm based in Nairobi. She is a former trade, investment, and multilateral diplomat, serving in the government of Kenya for 6 years. Prior to this she was an entrepreneur in New York City, where she ran a social enterprise. She began her career in finance, working for Barclays and Merrill Lynch. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, a BA from Bryn Mawr College and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. She is a Salzburg Global Fellow.