Grace Nshemeire-Gwaku has been appointed the new Chief Operating Officer at Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU). Grace is a results-oriented business leader with extensive experience across various functions and countries. Having spent 18 years in the private sector, She has held various leadership positions some of which were at an executive level. She has collaboratively led projects across functions& countries, created growth drivers, written, and implemented annual business plans as well as strategies, partnered brilliantly with both internal and external stakeholders. Prior to this role, Nshemeire-Gwaku was the regional head of marketing, international premium spirits, and reserve brands at East…
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Former UBL Marketing Manager Beer, Estella Muzito, has been Appointed Marketing and Innovation Director at Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited. Estella Muzito is a marketer with a track record of performance rooted in strategy and execution excellence. She has been Marketing Manager – Malta Guinness & Orijin based in London United Kingdom. In this role which cuts across non-alc, RTD, and spirits beverage categories, my job is to ensure Diageo leads with enduringly profitable brands that sustainably rank above the pack on key consumer and commercial parameters. To achieve this I work closely with the in-market brand leadership teams and our…
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Johnnie walker, the world’s bestselling scotch Whisky has announced that DR Emma Walker will be taking over the reins from Jim Beveridge OBE who retires at the end of the year after a 40-year run at Diageo; 20 of which he spent as the Johnnie Walker Master Blender. Emma takes over from Jim Beveridge who retires after a four-decade career in whisky during which time he has been responsible for some of the world’s most popular and acclaimed Scotch whisky blends including Johnnie Walker Blue Label. With her appointment, Emma becomes one of a select group of people, and the…
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Uganda joined the rest of the world in a virtual tour as Johnnie Walker Princes Street, the eight-floor new visitor experience for the world’s best-selling Scotch whisky, officially opened, in the heart of Scotland’s capital city. A select few Ugandan whisky aficionados were invited to the virtual tour as they sipped on homemade highballs, made with guidance from JW Princes Street bartenders. Set over 71,500 sq ft, Johnnie Walker Princes Street uses world-first technology to reimagine the traditional whisky tour experience. When it opens its doors to the public on Monday September 6, visitors will be taken on a personalised…
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Members of the exclusive Johnnie Walker Blue Club bade farewell to outgoing Uganda Breweries Ltd Managing Director Alvin Mbugua, in a multisensory Scotch Experience at the Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort and Spa, on Wednesday August 25. L-R) UBL Board members Racheal Ddumba, Jimmy Mugerwa and Board Chairman Japheth Katto toast to Alvin Mbugua’s success as UBL MD. Mbugua was appointed UBL’s MD in 2019 and steered the business to a 33 per cent growth in the last financial year, despite operating in a volatile environment characterised by Covid-19 lockdowns. He now moves to Panama, where he has been posted…
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Following a short but impressive two years as Managing Director at Uganda Breweries Alvin Mbugua has been appointed as the General Manager of Diageo Caribbean & Central America (CCA) effective 1st September 2021. CCA, is the largest beer business in the Latin America & Caribbean (LAC) region. Alvin became the Managing Director of UBL in July 2019 and hit it off well, leading a +10% growth in net sales in the first 6 months of the year (UBL’s financial year starts in July). Repeated countrywide lockdowns due to Covid-19 however hit the second half causing a -21% decline in net…
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Juliana Kagwa is the Corporate Relations Director, Uganda Breweries Limited. She has a wealth of experience having held various leadership roles in Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies, ranging from marketing, strategy, commercial and innovation. Juliana has previously been the UBL Marketing & Innovations Director, responsible for ensuring the profitable and sustainable growth of the focus brands in the UBL portfolio. During her tenure Juliana built a formidable, high performing team that has now become the highest net exporter of talent in Africa. She has built a reputation for herself in growing both the brand portfolio and her team members…
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East Africa Beverages Limited (EABL), parent company to Uganda Breweries Limited, has announced annual performance declines driven by COVID-19 impact that has hugely hit the global economy. According to the annual performance results announced by EABL, the beer maker recorded a 9% decline in net sales for the financial year ended 30 June 2020, as first half growth of 10% was wiped by a 29% decline in the second half. This decline according to the brewer is attached to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic which saw containment measures implemented across East Africa from late March 2020 to curb spread…
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Silvia Nyambura Uganda Breweries Limited a subsidiary of the EABL of the Diageo group has recorded a 17 percent growth in revenues to emerge the best performing subsidiary market for East Africa Breweries Limited (EABL) in the region. This was announced in the company’s half-year results for the six months ended December 31, 2013. EABL group Managing Director Charles Ireland who announced the results at an investor briefing in Nairobi on February 14, 2014, attributed UBL’s performance to pricing interventions, the bell campaign, improved mix into premium beers, strong performance on Waragi gin as well as a successful launch of…
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