Dennis Igweta BSC. (Hons), TQM, MBA (UK), Technical Director, Principal Consultant,
Lead Auditor and Trainer.
Dennis Igweta is one of the Kenya’s leading food safety experts. His knowledge and
qualifications in Food Safety have been gained through years of Local and international
industry experience as a senior food safety, technical and quality professional. He has
also been involved in developing capacity across 9 Countries in Africa
Dennis is a qualified BRCGS (Food, storage and distribution and packaging materials);
FSSC 22000 (Food and Packaging materials) and ISO 22000: 2018 Lead Auditor and a
registered consultant. He is also a lead auditor and consultant in ISO 9001: 2015
Quality management systems. He has advanced diplomas in Total Quality Management
and Packaging Technology for auditors by NVC Netherlands Packaging center.He
is an approved assessor for BRC GS and FSSC 22000 i.e. new auditors-sign off witness
assessor and on-going assessor for maintenance of External auditor qualification
Dennis has supported over 25 sites achieve and maintain GFSI benchmarked
standards certification in his career.
He assists manufacturers to achieve their first
certificate, simplifies complex FSQMS systems at mature sites, and supports sites to re-
gain certification quickly if it is removed. He advices on the site layout and design for
food safety, conducts gap assessments and pre-assessments to reduce risk and
improve food safety and identify opportunities for improvement and support continuous
improvement.
He provides calm support in crisis and recall situations, conducts complaint
investigations, allergen, foreign matter, supplier and site security audits, and
microbiological contamination investigations. He helps develop and implement HACCP
studies; supplier management systems; internal audit, allergen, environmental
monitoring, TACCP and VACCP risk assessments, and food safety and quality culture
reviews and action plans
He supports clients with practical operational support to embed new ways of working
and facilitates succession planning and technical skill development through coaching
and training technical and operational teams.
He has excellent interpersonal, cross cultural and influencing skills and build trust with
teams, customers and clients through a consistent approach and delivering results
quickly and efficiently. He is always practical and challenges existing ideas and
processes in a positive and constructive way. He works in close partnership with clients
to ensure their businesses meet regulatory requirements, reduce operational and
reputational risk and reduce costs.
Under his leadership, Dennis has assembled a team of highly qualified and experienced
consultants (THE GO TEAM) who are aligned with his vision of making PAL Continental
Consulting Ltd a consultancy firm of choice across Africa.
Please contact Dennis Igweta to receive a copy of his professional profile and those of
his team which provides details of their professional experience and continuing
professional development.