PROFILE: Who is Doreen Asaasira Muhangazi the new Chief Human Resource Officer at PostBank?

PostBank Uganda has appointed Doreen Asaasira Muhangazi as its Chief Human Resource Officer. Her appointment took effect, February 2023.

Doreen joins PostBank from Sanlam Life Insurance (Sanlam Group) where she has been the Regional Human Resource Executive, based in Nairobi, Kenya. 

Doreen launched her people-shepherding career at the Office of the President in Uganda as an HR Assistant. She then went on to work with Centum Investment Company Limited in Kenya as a Senior HR Business Partner for five (5) years before joining Sanlam, first as Head Of Human Resources at  Sanlam Life Insurance(U) Limited. She later moved to Nairobi as the Regional Human Resource Executive.  

She is a graduate of the Executive Program at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. She also holds a Master’s in Business Administration in Human Resource & Strategic Management from the University of Nairobi, a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial & Organizational Psychology (First Class Honors) from Makerere University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from Cambridge College (UK).

She is a member of the Human Resource Managers’ Association of Uganda (HRMAU), where she is currently serving in her second term as Secretary-General on the Governing Council. She is also a Chartered Member of the globally recognised Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD-UK).

At PostBank, Doreen will provide strategic oversight and direction to the human resources department while facilitating change management and championing organizational development in line with the bank’s overall strategy.