Emmanuel Mugagga is the Chief Financial Officer of the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) and Winner of the Strategy Execution Award at the 9th edition of the Chief Financial Officer Awards 2025– an initiative of ACCA Uganda and Deloitte Uganda. At UNOC, an institution entrusted with managing Uganda’s commercial interests across the petroleum value chain, Mugagga sits at the intersection of a sector where decisions span decades, capital runs into billions, and outcomes shape national destiny and strategy is only as powerful as its execution. In this conversation with CEO East Africa’s Paul Murungi, Mugagga reflects on his journey into…




