Maphrida Wehrli is the initiator and execution engine behind PACHEDU. A natural connector and builder, she identifies opportunities at the intersection of people, capital, and ideas — and moves quickly to bring them into reality. She is deeply hands-on, driving partnerships, shaping experiences, and mobilizing networks to create tangible outcomes.

Her strength lies in turning vision into action and building momentum where none existed before. From curating convenings at the World Economic Forum to brokering relationships between founders, investors, and institutions, Maphrida operates at the speed of trust — translating ambitious ideas into relationships, programmes, and deals that hold.

Before PACHEDU, she spent over a decade working across sustainability, venture, and community-building, with a track record of activating diaspora networks and aligning diverse stakeholders around shared African opportunity.

Dorris Kirui is the long-term strategist behind PACHEDU's depth and discernment. She drives growth by setting multi-year goals, anticipating the trends shaping Africa's investment landscape, and building resilient, adaptable roadmaps. Translating high-level vision into actionable, sustainable plans, she focuses on competitive advantage, resource allocation, and lasting value creation.

Where momentum meets structure, Dorris ensures the work is not only dynamic, but grounded, intentional, and structured to endure. She brings rigor to strategy — stress-testing assumptions, sequencing priorities, and aligning capital deployment with measurable impact across the communities PACHEDU serves.

Her background spans sustainability strategy and long-range planning across institutions and growth-stage ventures, equipping her to anchor PACHEDU's ambition in disciplined execution that compounds over time.