Patrick Mweheire
Regional Chief Executive – East Africa
Standard Bank Group
The amiable Mweheire is a man of many firsts. He was the first Ugandan Chief Executive Officer of Stanbic Bank in the bank’s 116-year history. He is as well the first Ugandan to rise to the level of Regional Chief Executive.
Patrick joined Stanbic Bank Uganda in 2012, as Executive Director- Head of Corporate & Investment Banking from whence he was in January 2015, appointed Managing Director. In March 2020 he was appointed Regional Executive, East Africa, overseeing Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and South Sudan.
In the 4 years, he was at Stanbic, he led a 9.91% average annual growth rate in assets from UGX3.7 trillion in 2015 to UGX5.4 trillion. Customer lending grew from UGX1.9 trillion to UGX2.5 trillion (CAGR 7.10%) and customer deposits grew from UGX2.4 trillion to UGX3.9 trillion (CAGR 12.91%).
Born and raised in Uganda, Patrick Mweheire, went to Buganda Road Primary School and then to Kings College Budo for six years. At the age of 18 years, he left for the United States of America where he would spend a good chunk of his education and work life.
He graduated from Daemen College in New York in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics with distinction. At the age of 23, he started work at Prudential Securities as a Financial Analyst. In June 1999 he completed an MBA from the prestigious Ivy League Harvard University and immediately joined Prudential Securities Inc. (1994-97) as a Financial Analyst and went on to work at Merrill Lynch & Co, one of the top 5 biggest investment banks, as an Associate- Mergers & Acquisition Group.
In 2002, he was promoted to Director of the Financial Services Group for a colourful 6 years, which saw him get involved either as a Mergers & Acquisition Advisor or Book Runner in several major transactions worth a combined USD11 billion. He returned to Uganda in 2008 and took up a position as Managing Director- Head of Investment Banking, Africa and CEO, East Africa, for
Renaissance Capital, one of Russia’s largest investment banks with offices across the world. It is from here that he joined Stanbic Bank.
Doreen Rwakatungu
Head of Audit Africa Regions
Standard Bank Group
As Head of Audit Africa Regions, Doreen her audit role covers 17 Countries where Standard Bank Group has a presence.
She was previously the Head of Internal Audit at Stanbic Uganda and the East Africa Region covering 5 countries, since 2016. has been promoted to Standard Bank Africa Regions Head of Audit.
Before joining Stanbic Bank, Doreen, was Director, Internal Audit at Barclays (now Absa) having risen from Chief Internal Auditor and Associate Director in the same bank. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Makerere University and a Master of Business Administration from Bradford University School of Management.
She has also worked in various roles at PwC Uganda and the United Kingdom.
She is also an FCCA Fellow
Anne Aliker
Group Head, Client Coverage
Standard Bank Group
A prolific investment banker, Anne is the Group Head, Client Coverage at Standard Bank Group since March 2022.
Before that, she was the Head, of Investment Banking- Africa Regions at the Group since 2015. Before that, she was Executive and Head of Investment Banking, East Africa at CFC Stanbic Bank Kenya (2008 to 2015) where she led a Regional Investment Banking team that provides solutions to the bank’s client base focusing on project finance, capital markets (both debt and equity) and advisory, and diversified lending including acquisition finance. Before working in Kenya, she was Director and Head of Corporate & Investment Banking at Stanbic Uganda from 2004 to 2008. Here, she led the Corporate & Investment Banking team.
Francis Karuhanga (FCCA, CFSA)
Chief Audit Officer
Standard Bank Group
Francis is the Chief Audit Officer for the Standard Bank Group. He has over 22 years of banking experience with reputable multinational banking groups where he has held executive and senior managerial positions at country, regional, and group levels within the risk and audit functions.
Francis is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA UK), and a Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA). He holds a Masters’s degree (MSc, Accounting and Finance), a bachelor of commerce degree and a diploma in Business Studies, both from Makerere University.
Francis has grown through the ranks within the Group, starting as an Internal Auditor for Uganda in 2001, then Internal Audit Manager for Uganda in 2005; Country Head of Internal Audit for Uganda in 2012; Regional Internal Audit Executive (East Africa) from 2013 to 2015. Here, his role was to provide leadership to internal audit teams in the region covering Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Mauritius. He then went on to become Group Head; Risk Management Audit in 2015 based in Johannesburg, South Africa as well as Head; Risk, Compliance and Corporate Functions Audit in 2019 still based in Johannesburg.
It is from here that he was appointed to the Chief Audit Officer, Standard Bank Group role.
Brian Tahinduka
Senior Manager, Logistics and Infrastructure
Standard Bank
Brian is an energy, sustainability and infrastructure expert specialising in logistics, renewables and oil and gas.
He was appointed Senior Manager of Logistics and Infrastructure in Standard Bank’s Natural Resources division in 2021. The role involves driving client solutions especially trade finance, payments, infrastructure, energy and renewables as well as developing Standard Bank’s sustainable energy footprint across Africa.
He has served in various roles in and outside of Standard Bank. These include Manager Trade Sales, Business Development Manager, Sector Manager for Power, Infrastructure and Telecoms, and China-Africa Banking Strategy Lead at Stanbic Bank Uganda.
From May to December 2020, Brian also led Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited’s Economic Enterprise Restart Fund before becoming Standard Bank’s Senior Manager of Natural Resources, Renewables and Oil and Gas.
Brian is a graduate of Makerere University.
Makuru Hosea Naturinda
Regional Information Security Officer
Standard Bank Group
He describes himself as a “visionary information security leader with over fourteen (14) years experience in technology risk and information security management for banks, FinTech and telecoms across different markets in Africa and the UK.”
He is the Regional Information Security Officer at the Standard Bank Group, overseeing Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Before that, he was at Stanbic Bank Uganda as the
Head, of Technology Risk and Information Security.
Before joining Stanbic, Makuru worked as
Senior Manager – Networks and IT SecuritySenior Manager – Networks and IT Security at
Housing Finance Bank and before that, as Systems Security Analyst and Auditor at
Ernst & Young, Uganda.
He also worked as an Assistant IT Lecturer at Makerere University.
CPA Johnson Semikore, FUIB, ADIT, PB(SA)
Senior Manager, Africa Regions Tax Risk Advisory
Standard Bank Group
Johnson is a graduate of Commerce, B.com (Hons) and a qualified Certified Public Accountant with over 13 years of banking experience in senior management roles with regional exposure. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) majoring in Accounting and Finance from Makerere University, a professional banker qualification from the Uganda Institute of Banking and Financial Services, and a Post-graduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management. He also holds advanced diplomas in International Tax (ADIT) and Transfer Pricing.
He has broad experience in finance across multiple disciplines including financial management, accounting and investment advisory, regulatory reporting and tax risk management; with experience in a multi-country operations environment.
Johnson’s professional work extends to both corporate and personal taxation, financial, commercial and investment advisory, mainly in the financial services, telecoms and manufacturing sectors.
He was a member of the Taxation and Economic Policy Sub-Committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda and a member of the Board of the Uganda Institute of Banking and Financial Services until his secondment to Standard Bank Group in South Africa. Johnson is also a member of the Institute of Bankers in South Africa.
As Senior Manager, Africa Regions Tax Risk Advisory at Standard Bank Group he is charged with financial investment and tax risk advisory in respect of operations in the East African region (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Malawi), and Cote d’Ivoire in West Africa.
And before that, he was the Tax, Regulatory & Payments Manager at Stanbic Bank Uganda.
Before joining Stanbic, he worked as
Manager, Tax & Interconnect at the then Celtel Uganda Limited (now Airtel Uganda) and as Tax Advisor at KPMG Uganda between May 2002 – Apr 2006. Between 1994 and 2002, he was a Principal Revenue Officer – Tax Audit & Investigations at Uganda Revenue Authority.
Emmanuel Osanga
Executive Head Data & Analytics Africa Regions
Standard Bank Group
Emmanuel describes himself as a “passionate business leader, strategist, futurist, data scientist, technology integrator and data specialist.
Before being appointed Executive Head, Data & Analytics Africa Regions he was
As Executive Head, Data & Analytics Africa Regions, he is responsible for ensuring that the Groups data vision and strategy are translated into applicable data strategies that drive the Group’s objectives.
Before that role, he was the Head of Customer Insights and Analytics for the Personal and Business Banking (PBB) in the Africa Regions. He has also served as Regional Head, Information Management (Africa Regions). Before joining the Group, Emmanuel worked as Head of Information Management at
Stanbic IBTC Nigeria and as Country Business Information Officer at Stanbic Bank Uganda among other roles.
Emmanuel holds a Master’s and a Bachelor’s degree, both in computer science and mathematics, from Makerere University, Kampala.
Michael Muhangi
Head Business Development East Africa, Business and Commercial Clients
Standard Bank Group
Michael describes himself as a “Financial Services Professional passionate about the growth of SMEs and dedicated to partnering with my clients to achieve their aspirations.”
A banker with expertise in Oil and Gas Finance and over 10 years of experience in the promotion of Local and National Content across Eastern Africa, Michael has spent 8 years within the Standard Bank Group, 6 of them at Stanbic Bank Uganda.
Before his current role, he was the Sector Head: Oil & Gas, at Stanbic Bank, in charge of driving the Oil & Gas strategy in the bank’s retail division and positioning Stanbic as the go-to bank for Oil & Gas and a thought leader in the Local Content space. Before that, Senior Client Analyst, Energy at D.Craven Consulting.
Amongst other qualifications, he holds a Master of Science in Energy Finance from the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom.
Doreen Kyobugira
Head Business & Programme Management For Africa
Standard Bank Group
Doreen has over 10 years of people management and is a Certified Executive Coach with core skills in performance coaching, talent management, transformation, coaching & mentoring, organisation change and culture shifts.
Doreen assumed the Head, Business & Programme Management for Africa role in September 2022. Before that, she played various roles in Stanbic Bank Uganda’s human capital management division, including Head of Learning & Development, and Senior Human Resource Business Partner.
Before Stanbic, she worked as a Human Resource Consultant at People Performance Group.
She holds a bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management from the Makerere University Business School (MUBS), amongst other qualifications.
Robert Rugadya
Head of Finance
Standard Bank, Wealth International
Robert is an astute finance professional who has been with the Standard Bank Group for 11 years, four and a half of them at Stanbic Bank.
At Stanbic Bank Uganda which he joined in August 2011, he has played the Finance Manager role (August 2011-February 2013) and Head of Treasury & Capital Management (March 2013-November 2015). In December 2015, he was elevated to Group level as Head of Finance.
Before joining the banking industry, Robert worked for Deloitte and Lafarge East Africa.
He holds an MBA from Heriot-Watt University and a Bachelor of Statistics from Makerere University.
Patrick Ocailap Enotu
Head, Products (Cash Management, Trade Finance and Investor Services)
Standard Bank, Angola
Patrick has over 18 years of banking experience spanning sales and client relationship management, product development/management, operations and risk management.
Before his Head of Cash Management, Trade Finance and Investor Services role, he was the Acting Head, Transactional Products and Services at Standard Bank, Angola.
Before Angola, he was the Group Product Owner in Trade and Supply Finance, Transaction Products and ServiceGroup Product Owner in Trade and Supply Finance, Transaction Products and Service at Standard Bank Group.
Prior to joining the Group, he worked in various roles at Standard Chartered Bank in Kenya and Uganda.
He holds a Master of Science in Professional Accountancy, Accounting and Finance from the University of London; a Master of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from Makerere University and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Accounting) also from Makerere University.
Bob Kiggundu CFA, ACCA
Head of Product Control for Africa Regions
Standard Bank Group
Bob, describes himself as an “innovative, hard-working and approachable” finance professional.
As Head of Product Control for the Africa Regions subsidiaries of Standard Bank Group, his role involves running the treasury and financial markets business segments of the bank.
His finance career started in 2009, as a graduate trainee in the finance department of Stanbic Bank Uganda. Following the end of his internship, his passion for finance landed him a treasury accountant role where he got to amass a wealth of knowledge in various treasury financial instruments such as valuation, measurement and recognition. His hard work and passion, saw him grow through the ranks, to his present role.
He is a certified Financial Analyst, Chartered Accountant of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Makerere University.
Gloria Tsentumbwe
Vice President, Corporate Financing Solutions
Stanbic Bank, Kenya
Gloria describes herself as an “experienced Solutions Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry” with rich banking, data and business analysis skills.
Before being appointed the Vice President, Corporate Financing Solutions in September 2021, Gloria was the Manager, Corporate Financing Solutions in the Investment Banking unit at Standard Bank, South Africa.
Before that, she was a Client Analyst, Debt Solutions in the Investment Banking unit at Stanbic IBTC in Nigeria.
Before Nigeria, she worked with Stanbic Bank Uganda first as a Relationship Officer and then Client Analyst.
She joined the bank as an intern in the Corporate and Investment Banking unit.
She holds a Bachelors of Commerce Degree from Rhodes University in South Africa