Managing Director
Director
Studio Director
Associate Director
As a practice-wide project architect, Henry is passionate about the reconciliation of complex project requirements to create dignified, humane, and innovative places. He has served as urban designer and project architect for several building and large-scale master planning projects especially those entailing the creation of dynamic architecture integrated with a strong urban realm.
Through his commitment to the impact of design, he leads the advancement of the firm’s service offerings in architecture, land-use planning, and urban design, while ensuring that regionally relevant solutions, quality, and project delivery service exceed Client expectations and are executed at the highest level of professionalism.
Henry also serves as PLANNING’s firm-wide Managing Director responsible for overseeing practice-wide strategy development, advancement, and operations, with a focus on financial planning, business activities, organizational performance, and the general daily operations of the Firm’s offices.
Licensed in both the United States of America and Kenya, Henry is an internationally experienced architect and leader with an extensive history of working across various project typologies and complexities. He is a strong advocate for the impact of technology in architecture and personally skilled in advanced Building Information Modelling using Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD on various project typologies and challenges including mixed-use developments, sustainable design exploration, and design research. Henry brings to architectural practice a strong arts and design perspective and holds a Master of Architecture degree from The University of Tennessee at Knoxville USA and Bachelor of Science, Architectural Studies from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale USA. He enjoys watching car reviews on YouTube – especially for the comparison of automotive design to architecture – as well as photography and geeking out on international geopolitical podcasts.
Mumo is an extensively experienced architect and serves as a Director at PLANNING Systems Services Ltd. Mumo’s career at PLANNING has focused on building design, urban regeneration, and sustainable development. He is also founding director of PLANNING Project Management Ltd, the group’s project and development management arm, and a trustee of PLANNING’s impactful award- winning Corporate Responsibility initiative: The Community Cooker Foundation.
Mumo has broad experience in projects of various types and scales including hospitality, retail, high rise office buildings, large scale mixed-use masterplans as well as project structuring in conjunction with client teams. He oversees PLANNING’s portfolio of projects in Kenya as well as Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.
Mumo’s career at PLANNING has focused on building design, urban regeneration and the impact and opportunities that sustainable urban development provides. Mumo is currently serving as a key leader towards the program structuring for the design and implementation of the Nairobi Rivers Regeneration Project working in conjunction with the Nairobi County Government and the Government of Kenya.
Mumo holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.
As an extensively experienced architect and firm-wide Studio Director, Susan is responsible for setting up project teams, facilitating and coordinating the implementation of projects, negotiating briefs and project delivery strategies. She was integral in establishing PLANNING’s coastal region studio based in Mombasa.
Susan brings to each project and initiative a combined pragmatic leadership in design, project management, client management, and construction. She is passionate about mentoring project teams while expertly wielding candour, empathy, humour, and coaching to advance team performance.
She brings her experience and expertise in practical design and project management. She has been committed to enhancing effective client partnership in her projects. She works across all project delivery stages from conception to realization as an architect across various architectural typologies, varying from schools to residential communities, amongst others. Prior to joining PLANNING in 2010, she worked at two firms as an architect in Nairobi.
Susan holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Nairobi and is an ardent follower and collector of local artwork and furniture.
Michael is an architect, project leader and Associate Director at PLANNING where he is responsible for overseeing and working alongside clients, consultants, and the wider design team within the firm to ensure that projects are excellently delivered on time and that contractual obligations are maintained.
He is especially keen on effectively guiding clients on project status and strategy by bringing each client into the project front row and an extensive and continual conversation around each project’s goals, the design process, construction pragmatics such as design, trends, construction methodology, materials application, and manufacturer-supplier appropriateness.
Michael Kinyumu joined PLANNING shortly after his graduation. He has immense design skills in both sketching and building information modeling.
He worked on both small and large-scale projects, including a design proposal for a modern residential building at TATU CITY in Kiambu as well as leading the design, production, and construction administration team for a 21-storey bank regional headquarters high rise office building at Kilimani in Nairobi. In addition to his projects, Michael assists in the technical department as an Energy & Environment (sustainability design) architect as well as also assisting the technical and design team of the Community Cooker Foundation. He provides Building Information Modelling mentorship in the office. Prior to joining PLANNING, Michael interned in various architectural firms in charity and voluntary programs.
Michael complements architecture with community participation and champions certain Community Social Responsibility programs. He earned his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Jomo Kenyatta.
As a licentiate Architect managing and based at PLANNING’s Mombasa office, Felix has developed a unique perspective when it comes to coastal architecture. He is focused on both conceptual design support through detailed design, plus construction administration for a variety of project typologies including commercial and residential projects.
Felix is adept at client management, and together with with senior project leaders and the firm’s principals/directors, developing projects from concept to realization, generating design studies and production documents.
As a key contributor to PLANNING’s delivery of clearly illustrated and annotated building and planning design information, William serves as firm-wide Visualization Lead.
He is responsible for bringing relevance to all graphic design, photography, and presentation material within the company; reflecting PLANNING’s design agenda, and especially celebrating the process, importance, and completion of each project.
Moses is a Senior Accountant and Associate Director of Finance at PLANNING. He directly helps to manage the firm’s accounting, leads the integration of project delivery fee forecasting, supervises accounts payable, payroll and a number of other general accounting functions.
Moses joined PLANNING as a senior accountant in 2011 and has played a lead role in the preparation of audited financial statements, tax returns and managerial financial reports to support the firm’s board of directors.
He is also a passionate Chess and football player, supporting his local neighbourhood league since his primary school days.
Dennis is an Audit & Operations Accountant at PLANNING. Along with the wider Finance team, he directly manages the firm’s accounting with a focus on supporting daily operations.
Dennis also plays a key role in the firm’s annual audit and tax filings, weekly accounts payable, monthly payroll and a number of other general accounting functions.
Vicky Awiti is a certified Human Resources professional and has been with PLANNING for over 12 years. She serves as firm-wide Associate Director of Human Resources.
She has over her years at PLANNING, contributed to the development, implementation and updating of PLANNING’s firmwide policies, processes, and initiatives, that has been successfully used to mentor, grow, and establish the practice as a celebrated career destination.
Her oversight responsibility spans all areas of HR, including performance management, recruiting, productivity, and office staff facilities. She is an active member of the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM).
With her enthusiastic approach to office administration, Edna serves as a Document Control Administrative Assistant at PLANNING. As part of the firm’s environmental sustainability values.
Edna oversees and manages the day-to-day paperless practice at PLANNING in its operations and design delivery; enhancing, applying, and enforcing PLANNING’s designated document control management system and standards.
Edna also oversees all hospitality functions within the firm, ensuring that especially our guests, but also our staff, feel welcome each and every day.
Chris serves as firm-wide Information Technology Manager and is passionate about digital transformations’ relevance and value, especially Building Information Modelling, in the architecture and construction industry.
He currently oversees and manages the effective linkage of software and hardware in ensuring seamless and very collaborative project delivery workflows as well as those of the finance and administrative support teams. Chris has most recently transitioned the firm to a fully cloud-based working platform.
Eric serves as Assistant Information Technology Manager. He supports the firm’s Information Technology Manager. He supports the firms digital mandate and strategy by ensuring the effective linkage of software and hardware to a collaborative project delivery workflow across all practice and operational entities. Eric has most recently played a critical role in the firm’s transition to a fully cloud-based working platform.
