Our Governance
Our Board
Dr. David Ogong, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Appointed:September 2024
Tenure: 1 year
- Global MBA, Oxford Brookes University (UK)
- MSc Accounting & Finance, London South Bank University (UK)
- BA Accounting & Finance, London South Bank University (UK)
- Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), UK
- Prince 2 Practitioner Certificate (UK)
- Leadership
- Strategic thinking: strategy and planning, linking budgets to strategy
- Coordinating the organisation-wide cascading of strategic objectives to key activities in the annual operational plans
- Policy making, policy analysis, strategic planning, and implementation
- Regulation of primary and secondary capital markets to promote efficiency, transparency, and fairness
- Facilitating competition in the communications sector
- Human capacity building in ICTs
- Competition, Corporate and Consumer Affairs
- Finance and IT
- Growth and sustainability
Certifications: Administrative Law, Executive Leadership, Strategic Planning & Organizational Development, Building Cybersecurity Capacity, Financial Management and Disbursement in World Bank financed projects.
- Member, Institute of Chartered Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU)
- Fellow, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK)
Mr. Patrick M. Ayota, Managing Director
Appointed:December 2022
Tenure: 2 years, 10 months (to the Board)
- CPA(U) - Certified Public Accountant of Uganda
- MBA - University of South Carolina, USA
- BSc Finance - Liberty University, Virginia, USA
- CPA - Georgia, USA
- Strategy formation and execution
- Innovation
- Financial reporting and accounting
- Taxation
- Leadership
- Project management
- Financial analytics
- Chairman of the Board of New Vision Group
- Non-Executive Director of Housing Finance Bank
- Board member, ICPAU, (Quality Assurance)
- League of East African Directors (LEAD)
- President ISSA focal liaison office East and Central Africa
Dr. Eng. Silver Mugisha, Non-Executive Director
Representative Federation of Uganda Employers
Appointed:September 2021 | Tenure: 4 years
- Ph.D. in Engineering and Economics and Management from Makerere University – Uganda in Collaboration with PURC-University of Florida, USA
- MSc. Sanitary Engineering (Sector Utility Management)- IHE Delft-Netherlands
- BSc. Civil Engineering- Makerere University-Uganda
- Fellow of the International Water Association and Sense Research School of the Netherlands
- Certificate in Public- Private Partnerships – ‘Contractualisation in WSS - World Bank Institute, USA/AfWA
- Certificate in Corporate Governance: Enhancing Board Effectiveness- Institute of Corporate Governance of Uganda
- Certificate in Private Sector Participation- Catalyst2 – UK
- Certificate in Result Oriented Change Management-African Management Development Centre
- Certificate in Private Sector Participation and Financing- Technical University of Berlin – Germany
- Certificate in Utility Regulation and Strategy- PURC-University of Florida, USA
- Master Trustee Certification – Johannesburg School of Finance.
- Board Finance Committee Development Programme 2025 by Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria.
- Organisational development
- Business process re-engineering
- Capacity development, networking and partnerships development
- Performance development planning and implementation
- Project management, negotiations and financing
- Strategic management and enterprise reforms
- Performance monitoring and regulation
- Human resources development and productivity analysis
- Performance incentives design and benchmarking
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Hydraulic structures and design
- Management of Water supply and sanitation systems
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Operations research and industrial organization
- Stakeholder mapping and buy-in
- Member of the Board of Trustees NSSF
- President, African Water and Sanitation Association
- Chairman, Federation of Uganda Employers
- Chairman, Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board
- Chairman, Governing Council of Uganda Technical College, Bushenyi
- Member, Board of National Water and Sewerage Corporation
- Vice Head of Laity, Mbarara Archdiocese
- Member, Umeme Limited
Mr. Ramathan Ggoobi, Non-Executive Director
Government representative from the ministry of finance, planning and economic development (mofped)
Appointed: October 2024 | Tenure: 11 months
- PhD Candidate, Walden University, USA, on-going since 2019
- MA Economic Policy and Planning (MAEPP), Makerere University
- Certificate in Sustainable Development (With Distinction), Columbia
- Certificate in Energy Economics, Total Global, 2016
- BA (Economics Major) (Hons), Makerere University, 2003
- Certificate in Strategies for Inclusive Growth, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
- Certificate in Leading Economic Growth, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
- Certificate in Sustainable Development, Columbia University, USA
- Certificate in Energy Economics
- Certificate in Public Service Leadership Excellence, Chandler Institute of Governance, Singapore
- Economic Policy and Analysis
- Bank of Uganda
- East African Development Bank
- Uganda Revenue Authority
- Economic Policy Research Centre
- Uganda Energy Credit and Capitalisation Company
- Judiciary Council
- Presidential CEO Forum
Ms. Annet Nakawunde Mulindwa, Non-Executive Director
Representative Federation of Uganda Employers
Appointed:February 2022 | Tenure: 3 years, 7 months
- Master's in Business Administration majoring in Finance - Makerere University Kampala
- Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Management - Uganda Management Institute
- Bachelor's Degree in Arts - Makerere University Kampala
- Strategic Leadership in Inclusive Finance - Harvard Business School (USA)
- Business Continuity Management - Certificate in ISO 22301 Foundation.
- Balanced Scorecard Professional (BSP) - George Washington College of Professional Studies (USA)
- Advanced Leadership Training - Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania (USA).
- Boardvisory Audit and Risk Training
- Board Trustee Certification
- Corporate Governance, Risk & Ethics Management for Board Members
- SACA Training – Mombasa
- Financial Risk Management - London School of Economics
- Advanced Management Programme - Strathmore University Business School
- Coaching Programme for Mission, Leadership & Performance - Creative Metier Oxford (England)
- Strategic Management Course for Microfinance Practitioners by The Microfinance Association UK-Washington DC
- Africa Board Fellowship by ACCION/ Centre for Financial Inclusion – Cape Town, South Africa
- Micro, SME & Housing Finance Summer Academy by the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management - Germany
- Strategic Response to Risk in Microfinance Markets by Boulder Institute of Microfinance and International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Board and Audit Committee Workshop – Corporate Governance by The Institute of Internal Auditors Uganda
- Corporate Governance Training by Institute of Corporate Governance in Uganda
- Coaching Programme for Mission, Leadership and Performance by Creative Metier, Oxford, England
- Training in Balance Scorecard by Ernst and Young
- Women in Leadership - Women's World Banking & Center for Microfinance Leadership
- (New York), awarded Financial Women Association's 'Financial Woman of the Year 2008'
- Basic banking by Institute of Bankers – Uganda
- Banking
- Leadership
- Women Development
- Coaching
- Asset-Liability Management
- Audit and Risk Management
- Corporate Governance
- Strategic Planning and Performance Management
- Member of the Board and Chairperson Audit and Risk Assurance Committee NSSF
- Member of the Board Finance Trust Bank (FTB)
- Member of the Board Agent Banking Company Limited (ABC)
- Member of the Uganda Revenue Authority Tax Agents' Registration Committee (TARC)
- Deputy Chairperson - Federation of Uganda Employers (FUE)
- Member of the Board - Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU)
- Member of the Board - Buganda Heritage / Culture and Tourism
- EXCO Member of the Uganda Banker’s Association
- Board Member and Chair Audit Committee Rural Electrification Agency (2018 to 2020)
- Chairperson of the Microfinance CEO Working Group Uganda, [October 2016 to 2018]
- Member of the Board of Trustees, The Insurance Institute of Uganda (IIU) [December 2016 t0 2020]
- Vice President, Association of Microfinance Institutions in Uganda (AMFIU) [September 2016]
- EXCO Member of the Uganda Banker’s Association as Honorable Auditor [2015 to May 2018]
- Member of the Board, Association of Microfinance Institutions in Uganda (AMFIU). [2015 to August 2016]
- Member of the Board of Network of African Business Women in Uganda (NABWU) [2014 to 2015]
- “Financial Women of the Year 2008” by Women’s World Banking, New York, USA
- “Appreciation Award” by The Lions Club of Entebbe, Uganda. (2015)
- “Honorary Fellow Award” by Uganda Institute of Banking and Financial Services. (2015)