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David Gatende joined Davis and Shirtliff as a fresh graduate engineer. He rose up the ranks to become the company’s first non-family CEO in 70 years in 2016. [David Njaaga, Standard]
I’m not sure why I am so fixated on the plush, blue carpet in David Gatende’s blue-themed office as my feet sink into it. It is pristine.
I get my answer without asking about the carpet – quality is huge to him. He comes across as proper. It’s how he does everything.
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