OUR REPORT OVERVIEW

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PROFILES

Mr. Patrick M Ayota

Managing Director

Appointed: July 2011

Tenure: 12 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
Expertise
  • Strategy formulation and execution
  • Innovation
  • Financial reporting and accounting
  • Taxation
  • Leadership
  • Project management
  • Financial analytics
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

Mr. Stevens Mwanje

Chief Financial Officer

Appointed: November 2017

Tenure: 6 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 Training

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 Score Card Professional – George Washington University College of Professional Studies
Expertise
  • Strategy formulation and execution
  • Financial reporting and accounting
  • Taxation
  • Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Sales and marketing
  • Operations management
  • Change management
Board Memberships
  • Cipla QCI (Listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange)
  • Deputy Chairperson and Chair Audit Committee: Entrepreneurs Financial Centre - EFC (a Microfinance Deposit - Taking Institution)

Mr. Benoni Katende

Chief Technology and Enterprise Solutions Officer

Appointed: September 2021

Tenure: 2 years

Qualifications
  • Masters in data science - Eastern University, United States
  • BSc Mech Eng. - Makerere University
  • MBA - Makerere University
  • Six Sigma Black Belt-American Society of Quality
  • Certificate in digital financial services - Tuft University
  • Certificate in data science - Analytics Vidya
  • Project management by numbers - Shell Academy
  • Emergent change leadership - Shell Academy
  • ACCA (Partial)
Expertise
  • Strategy
  • Cyber security
  • Digital financial services
  • Business process re-engineering
  • Six Sigma methodology
  • Machine learning
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Mechanical engineering process design
  • Leadership
  • Account management
  • Financial product and channel design
  • Business intelligence
  • Coaching
  • Failure mode and effect criticality assessment
  • Project management

Mr. Edward Senyonjo

Head of Enterprise Risk Management

Appointed: September 2010

Tenure: 12 years

Qualifications
  • Fellow of the ACCA, United Kingdom
  • CPA, Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda
  • Certified Risk Manager (CERM)
  • MBA - University of Nicosia, Cyprus
  • BCOM - Makerere University, Uganda
  • GMP - Gordon Institute of Business Science, South Africa
Expertise
  • Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) strategy
  • ERM implementation
  • Corporate governance
  • Business continuity management
  • Crisis management and disaster recovery
  • Risk modelling, scenario, and stress testing

Mr. Gerald Mugabi

Head of Procurement and Disposal Function

Appointed: July 2013

Tenure: 10 Years

Qualifications
  • MBA - Uganda Management Institute
  • Graduate Diploma Procurement and Logistics, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, UK
  • Bachelor of Commerce (Transport Economics) - University of South Africa (UNISA)
  • Diploma Stores and Stock Control - The College of Professional Mgt, UK
Other Training
  • Certificate in Senior Leadership - Strathmore University
  • Certificate in General Management - University of Pretoria
  • Mini MBA in Procurement and Supply Chain Management - Purchasing and Procurement Center Malaysia
  • Performance Management certification – Institute of Balanced Scorecard Nairobi
Expertise
  • Procurement and supply chain management
  • Transport and logistics management
  • Leadership

Ms. Agnes Tibayeita Isharaza

Chief Legal Officer/Corporation Secretary

Appointed: April 2019

Tenure: 4 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
Executive CommitteE Profiles (cont.)