Nicodemus Mutinda is currently the Director Strategy, Planning and Compliance at Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (KIRDI). He has previously worked for Terra Nuova Eastern Africa where he was the Project Manager for Small and Micro Enterprises development project.

He also worked for Morogoro Canvas Mills Ltd (Tanzania) as Business Development Manager and Southern Range Nyanza Limited (Uganda) as Assistant Quality Assurance Manager. He is a holder of Master of Business Administration (MBA) Strategic Management from Kenyatta University and a Bachelor of Technology Textile Engineering from Moi University.

He has attended courses in Leadership, Management, Business Development, Risk and Quality Assurance and is a member of the Kenya Institute of Management (MKIM). He has passion for innovation co-creation and management of innovation eco-systems.