OUR GOVERNANCE:
ROLE CLARITY AND EFFECTIVE EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES
OUR GOVERNANCE:
ROLE CLARITY AND EFFECTIVE EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Our Executive Committee
Mr. Patrick Ayota
Managing Director
- Appointed: July 2011
- Tenure: 13 years
Qualifications
- CPA(U) — Certified Public Accountant of Uganda
- MBA - University of South Carolina, USA
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance - Liberty University, Virginia, USA
- CPA – Georgia USA
Board memberships
- Chairman of the Board of New Vision Group
- Non- Executive Director Housing Finance Bank
- Board Member ICPAU (Quality Assurance)
Other Memberships
- League of East African Directors (LEAD)
- President ISSA focal liaison office East and Central Africa
Expertise
- Strategy formation and execution
- Innovation
- Financial reporting and accounting
- Taxation
- Leadership
- Project management
- Financial analytics
Mr. Gerald Paul Kasaato
Chief Investment Officer
- Appointed: April 2014
- Tenure: 10 years
Qualifications (1)
- LLB (Hons) Nottingham Trent University, UK
- CFA, USA - Charter Holder
- Chartered Accountant of the UK - a Fellow
- FCMI - Chartered Management Institute of the UK - a Fellow
- Alumnus of the Harvard Business School (USA)
Qualifications (2)
- CPA(U) - Certified Public Accountant of Uganda
- Aresty scholar of Wharton Executive Programme, University of Pennsylvania, USA
- MBA in Finance - University of Exeter, UK
- Master of Science (MSC) in International Finance and Investments — London Southbank University, UK
- Bachelor of Science (Hons) Degree in Accounting - Oxford Brookes University, UK
Expertise
- Investment and portfolio management—of Multi Asset Class Portfolios
- Corporate and international finance
- Capital and financial markets
- Risk management
- Financial reporting and accounting
- Taxation and audit
- Strategy formation and execution
- Leadership
- Operations management
- Financial economics
- Project management
- Banking and trade finance
- Corporate governance
- Coaching
- Research
Ms. Agnes Tibayeita Isharaza
Chief Legal Officer / Corporation Secretary
- Appointed: April 2019
- Tenure: 5 years
Qualifications
- Executive MBA - Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice - Law Development Centre (Awarded the Attorney General’s Prize)
- Bachelor of Law Degree (Hons) - Makerere University
- Chartered Governance Graduate (GradCG)
Other training
- Master Trustee Certification- Johannesburg School of Finance/ Jomo Investment
- Graduate - Female Future Programme – FUE/ Arbeidsforkininings Fond (AFF) Scandinavia, Retorisk Institut in Norway, and Confederation of Norwegian Enterprises (NHO) Business School
- Board Masterclass - Financial Times Non-Executive Directors Club, UK
- Being a Director - Institute of Directors, South Africa
- Several corporate governance, banking, and other technical trainings
Expertise
- Legal and compliance
- Governance
- Corporate and board affairs
- Banking, finance, pension, and capital markets
Stevens Mwanje
Chief Financial Officer
- Appointed: November 2017
- Tenure: 7 years
Qualifications
- CPA - Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU)
- Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK
- MBA in Business Management - Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh Business School)
- Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management - University of Leicester
- Bachelor of Arts Degree - Makerere University
Other trainings
- Alumni of the Executive Programmes of:
- The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania)
- The Gordon Institute of Business Science (University of Pretoria)
- Strathmore Business School (Strathmore University)
- Balanced Scorecard Professional – George Washington University College of Professional Studies
Expertise
- Strategy formulation and execution
- Coaching and mentoring
- Financial reporting and accounting
- Sales and marketing
- Taxation
- Operations management
- Leadership
- Change management
- Project management
Geoffrey Barigye
Head of Internal Audit
- Appointed: January 2010
- Tenure: 14 years
Qualifications
- FCCA - Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Uganda
- MBA - Makerere University, Kampala
- Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Accounting - Makerere University Kampala
- Diploma in Business Studies - Makerere University Business School, Kampala
Other training
- Alumnus of the Strathmore Business School - Executive Leadership Programme, Nairobi Kenya
- Corporate Governance
Expertise
- Auditing
- Accounting
- Finance
- Leadership and management
- Governance
- Risk management
- Coaching and mentoring
Mr. Geoffrey Waiswa Sajjabi
Chief Commercial Officer
- Appointed: November 2017
- Tenure: 7 years
Qualifications
- Diploma for Social Security Managers-International Training Centre-ITCILO Turin Italy (Ongoing)
- MBA - Heriot Watt University UK
- General Management Programme-Gordon Institute of Business Science-University of Pretoria
- Executive Leadership Programme-Strathmore Business School Nairobi Kenya
- Administrative Officers Law Certificate- Law Development Centre Kampala
- Bachelor of Arts - Makerere University Kampala
Other trainings
- CEO Apprenticeship Executive Programme-Strathmore Business School Nairobi
- Balanced Scorecard Professional - George Washington University College of Professional Studies and Balanced Scorecard Institute
Expertise
- Leadership
- Strategy formulation and execution
- Project management
- Customer service
- Operations management
- Procurement, disposal, and contract management
- Process re-engineering
- Job evaluation
- Business development
- Sales
- Compliance
- Financial literacy
- Retirement planning
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