Rose Kimotho is the founder and Managing Director of Regional Reach Ltd, a media and marketing company she set up in 1994 to operate community television.

She was also founder and Managing Director of Kameme FM and K24 TV before the change of management to TV Africa Holdings, after which Kimotho founded Three Stones Limited, which produces the 3 Stones TV station airing on Zuku TV. She has previously served on the Board of Directors of McCann-Erickson (K) and is a former Director at Young & Rubicam Inc. She joined McCann-Erickson as a Client Service Director, eventually rising to become the company’s General Manager.

Kimotho started her career as a journalist for The Weekly Review, a highly influential news magazine, and its short-lived sister newspaper Nairobi Times. She then changed the direction of her career to become a Copywriter and later an Account Director with the advertising firm Ogilvy & Mather.

She is a trustee of Rhino Ark and a Board member of Stanbic Bank (K) Ltd, Nairobi Hospital and a founding member on the Advisory Board of Population Services International (PSI).

She is a past Chairperson of the Marketing Society of Kenya and the Media Owners’ Association. Kimotho is a former CEO of MediaMax Network Ltd.

She has a degree in Journalism from the University of Nairobi, and has completed various professional programmes, including a management course from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in New York.