Vicky Karuga
EI, Everything DiSC Practitioner & a Psychometric Consultant
Vicky is a creative, dynamic executive leader, and serial entrepreneur having begun her professional journey as a registered architect creating and transforming spaces for various organisations and later transitioning into Managing Director for Profiles International, a leading Talent Management Solutions provider. Profiles focuses on moulding cultures by creating teams that work. They do this through their emotional intelligence tools, team tools, digital learning
platform and various psychometric assessments. Profiles equips organisations with the data they need to maximize human potential.
Vicky’s career began as an architect working with Beglin woods. She later transitioned into Symbion International before setting off on her entrepreneurship journey to found Tarakibu Architects. Tarakibu grew steadily over time and continues to serve clients to this day, servicing a strong portfolio of clients such as International NGOs like UNICEF, Health care Providers such Gertrude’s Childrens Hospital, Oil and Gas (Shell/VIVO), Food and Hospitality (KFC), Retail Commercial developments as well as residential developments. Tarakibu has worked.with various private developers like HassConsult across Eastern Africa.
Vicky’s curiosity led her to discover a gap in availability of data for companies to make decisions on talent. Vicky is a founder and majority shareholder of Profiles International. She discovered her passion for people and psychometrics and started forming various alliances and partnerships with WILEY, a well known company that is a leader in the area of publishing under Research and Education. John Wiley and Sons are listed in the NYSE and have a yearly Revenue of approximatley Two Billion US Dollars and partnerships all over the world. Vicky signed off as National Director and Partner with Profiles International LLC (A Wiley company) in 2015. She also signed off on contracts with other assesssment providers in the South Africa and Europe.
She went on to partner with Genos International as a Regional Master trainer and facilitator for Emotional Intelligence assessments and Programmes in the Year 2018. Since then she has certified over 50 Emotional Intelligence Practitioners and coaches in Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi among others. Vicky’s Key Strength in creating partnerships and collaborative opportunties has seen her grow the Genos EI
Client Portofio, Genos offerings, and Projects. This partnersips have seen the Genos Brand grow to what will become Genos Pan-Africa – distributing for the Genos Emotional Intelligence Programmes in over twenty countries in Africa.
In August 2019, Vicky signed off a contract with CrossKnowledge, a leading and award winning digital learning provider, making Profiles a regional partner and a player in the EDTECH space delivering content over Profiles Academy, the training arm of Profiles.
Under her leadership, Profiles has grown from a little-known company to a well known brand in the Human Resource Circles. It is on a path to exponential growth with the renewed focus on business growth and partnerships.
Vicky is the COMFWB (COMESA Federation of Women in Business) Kenyan Chapter Chair. This role will see her enhance networks within the Twenty Women Member states across the region. Her mandate encompasses aggressively
growing the National Membership base, creating partnerships with supporting Banking and Financial insititutions to facilitate amongst other services, Credit Guarantee schemes that will be made available to Kenyan Women In Business.