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Profile: Juma Kisaame

Kisaame was thrown into the deep end at Dfcu Bank when senior bank officials were accused of complicity in the Global Fund corruption scandal, which forced his predecessor to leave after less than two years on the job
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Profile: Mathias Katamba, chief executive of Dfcu Bank

Mathias Katamba was named as the chief executive designate of Dfcu Bank on 31 October and took over from Juma Kisaame, who had led the bank for over 11 years, in January 2019
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Profile: Mathu Kiunjuri, British American Tobacco Uganda’s managing director

Mathu Kiunjuri was named British American Tobacco Uganda's managing director in October 2017, replacing Dadson Mwaura. Before his elevation, he was the head of trade marketing and distribution at the company
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Profile: Anne Juuko, Stanbic Bank’s chief executive

Anne Juuko, the chief executive of Stanbic Bank Uganda, is the first female to lead Uganda's largest bank and one of its biggest companies
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Profile: Fabian Kasi, managing director of Centenary Bank

Fabian Kasi, 51, is an accountant. He joined Centenary Rural Development Bank in August 2010 from FINCA Uganda, where he had served as Country Director (2002-2010). In 2015, after five years under his leadership, the bank's customer deposits grew by 17.5% above the industry average of 12.1% in that year.
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Executive Profile: Rakesh Jha

Jha has increased the use of digital technology in the bank operations and also spearheaded more interactions with bank customers to improve service delivery
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Executive Profile: Florentin de Loppinot

de Loppinot came to Uganda from the Egypt office where he had led Total's take over of Shell. He has worked with Total for over 15 years, and has been head of Total E&P Uganda since September 2015.
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Executive Profile: Wim Vanhelleputte

Wim Vanhelleputte was appointed MTN Uganda's Chief Executive Officer at the end of July 2016, replacing Brian Gouldie who left after only two years on the job.
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Executive Profile: Hans Paulsen

Paulsen joined Vivo Energy in 2013, a couple of months after the company had taken over Shell operations in Uganda in February 2013. He took over from Ivan Kyayonka.
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Executive Profile: Bayo Folayan

The Nigerian entered the insurance industry in 1983 with Sakiina Insurance Brokers in Nigeria. Folayan has a BSc in Insurance from the University of Lagos and an MBA from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
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