Mwenda K. Makathimo
M.A. (Valuation and Property Management), B.A. (Land Economics).

Managing Director, responsible for the overall management of the company.Mwenda holds a Masters Degree in valuation and property management in addition to B.A. (Land Economics) Hons.He is a full member of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (MISK), and is currently serving as its chairman. He is also a member of the International Facilities Management Association (IFMA) African Real Estate Society (AFRES) besides being a Registered Practising Estate Agent. Makathimo is both a Registered and Practising Valuer.

Mr. Makathimo is a trained and widely experienced Land Economist, Valuer and Administrator. He has over 10 years experience in issues relating to assets and property valuation, land policy, land management and administration, investments appraisal and facilities management. He has served as a member of the Nairobi City Valuation Court and has been a Valuation and Property Management Examiner with the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya. He also served the institution as Hon. Treasurer.

Some of the relevant professional assignments undertaken include:-

• Valuation of plant and machinery for E.A.B.L (East African Breweries Limited) year 2003
• Valuation of K.M.T.C (Kenya Medical Training College) Assets year 2002
• Valuation of A.I.C Kijabe Mission Hospital Assets year 2005
•  Valuation of assets for Methodist church assets year 2005
•  Valuation of MEDS (Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies)
• Facilities management Standard Chartered Bank Limited year 2000
• Facilities Management Kenya Commercial Bank year 2006

The Directors of Vidmerck Limited are members of International Facility Management Association( IFMA).

DAVID M. GITAU,
Dip. (Estate Agency & Property Management), University of Nairobi, Dip. (Hotel Management) Kenya Utalii College.

DIRECTOR, responsible for Marketing, Estate Agency Services and Property Management. David has been involved in the hotel industry both in the UK and locally having worked with Trust House Forte Hotels Group in London, Lonrho Hotels and African Tours & Hotels in senior management positions for over 10 years. He is responsible for Marketing, estate agency and property management and ensures that uncompromising integrity and high standards of the company’s portfolio are achieved and sustained.

In addition to the above experience, he has over 8 years experience in the real estate industry. He is a Registered and Practising Estate Agent, an associate member of the Kenya Institute of Management (AMKIM), the Marketing Society of Kenya (AMSK) and a full member of International Facility Management Association (IFMA).

GODFREY L. MUTUMA
A Full Member, Institution of Surveyors of Kenya
(ISK) and a graduate of the University of Nairobi
in B.A. (Honours) Land Economics.

DIRECTOR responsible for Valuation and Property Management.
Godfrey is a land economist with over 10 years experience in issues relating to site acquisitions for development projects, maintenance management, land administration, project management, land and property taxation, property valuation and investment appraisals, property management and estate agency. He has worked with the Methodist Church in Kenya as an Estates Manager, Ministry of Lands & Housing as a Building Surveyor and the City Council of Nairobi as a Senior Valuer amongst other work assignments.

Godfrey is a full member of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya and an examiner at the institution.

He is a registered and practising valuer and is the current Chairman of Valuation and Estate Management Surveyors, a chapter of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya.

PROF. WASHINGTON H.A. OLIMA, PhD. (Spatial Planning), M.A (Housing Administration), B.A. (Land Economics).

Consultant, responsible for Valuation and Property Appraisals, Property Management and Consultancy Services.

Prof. Olima, who for many years, worked as a senior lecturer and Chairman of the Department of Land Development, University of Nairobi-Kenya is a trained and widely experienced land economist, researcher, consultant and valuer. He has wide experience in issues relating to land policy, land tenure, land management and administration, property valuation and appraisal, housing and urban economic studies and urban land use planning. He is a Full Member of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (MISK) and The African Real Estate Society (AFRES) besides being a Registered Practising Estate Agent. Prof. Olima is both a Registered and Practising Valuer.

• Member, Drafting Team for National Land Policy Document, Contracted by DFID, September 23- December 2005
• Resource Person, Urban Land Use, Environment and Informal Sector Thematic Group in the National Land Policy Formulation Process, Contracted by DFID, 2004- August 2005
• Carried out a study on Land Tenure and Tenancy Concerns and Issues in Kibera, Nairobi, Sponsored by World Bank, May – July 2000.
• Facilitated training on PRA and carried out Participatory Rural Appraisal in selected 10 villages in Lamu District. December 1998 and January 1999, Kenya Government and IFAD.
• Carried out an evaluation of the 3^rd Nairobi Water Supply Project: Environmental Action Programme Final Appraisal between August 1998 and November 1998.
• Carried out a Study on Innovative Strategies towards Reforming Urban Land Ownership Systems in Kenya, World Bank Project under McNamara Fellowship’s Program.
• Participated in the Construction Wood Markets Project, sponsored by European Union between 1997 and 1999.
• Third Nairobi Water Supply Project: Environmental Action Programme. A Socio - Economic Mid - Term Appraisal, 1994.