Celeste Shirvani
Celeste joined the Kenya Society Committee in 2020 and is now leading the Society’s Education Partner initiative. She brings to this role over 11 years of working with schools in the Sierra Leone, the UK and Kenya. In her professional life, she is Data Manager for EducAid Sierra Leone.
Her activities in Kenya included serving at Chairperson for Nyumbani UK. In this capacity she led Nyumbani’s partnership with a leading UK school trusts and organised the first UK teacher training team visit to Nyumbani’s schools in Kenya. Prior to taking a career break to raise three children in the UK, Celeste was National Director of Sales at MetLife. Celeste holds an MSc in Development Studies from SOAS and an MBA in Global Finance from New York University.