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    Varghese Thambi

    Godfrey Sebaana, DTB Uganda’s new CEO commits to more customised products and enhanced customer experience

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesCompany NewsNews & AnalysisMay 24, 2024May 24, 2024

    Godfrey Sebaana, the incoming Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Trust Bank Uganda (DTBU) has committed to building on the foundation left by his predecessor, Varghese Thambi to create an even…

    How I grew Diamond Trust Bank Uganda by 40 times in 17 years⏤ Varghese Thambi’s Untold Story

    Muhereza KyamuteteraExecutive ProfilesNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMay 24, 2024May 24, 2024

    It all started with a call from a recruitment agency executive.  At the time, Thambi had spent 30 years in the banking industry, rising to become a Senior Vice President…

    DTB Uganda rides on strong growth in lending to post UGX41 bn in net profit

    CEO East Africa MagazineBanking & Financial ServicesCompany NewsThe Big StoryApril 29, 2024April 29, 2024

    Diamond Trust Bank Uganda has today released its annual performance results for 2023 reporting a steady double-digit growth across all major metrics such as deposits, customer lending and income, as…

    Diamond Trust Bank Uganda names Godfrey Sebaana as its new CEO and Managing Director

    Muhereza KyamuteteraC-Suite LeadershipExecutive ProfilesNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMarch 25, 2024March 25, 2024

    The Board of Directors of Diamond Trust Bank Uganda Limited (DTBU) has named Godfrey Sebaana, a seasoned banker with over twenty years of experience, as its new Chief Executive Officer…

    DTB’s Varghese Thambi: In 2022, we laid a solid foundation for DTB’s future, a financial technology-led and beyond-banking future

    Varghese ThambiC-Suite LeadershipThe Big StoryThought LeadershipMay 12, 2023May 12, 2023

    Esteemed Customers, Over the years, DTB has prided itself as a contributor to the financial well-being of our customers by offering them unmatched services and innovative solutions, anchored on convenience,…

    2022 net profits at Diamond Trust Bank’s Ugandan unit grow 16.2% to UGX35.8 bn

    CEO ReporterCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMay 2, 2023May 2, 2023

    Diamond Trust Bank Uganda, the Ugandan subsidiary of the Kenya-headquartered Diamond Trust Bank Group has released its 2022 financials reporting double-digit growth in deposits, lending, income, profits and assets. According…

    DTB Uganda opens 36th branch at Kapeeka Liao Shen Industrial Park 

    CEO ReporterBanking & Financial ServicesCompany NewsJanuary 18, 2023January 18, 2023

    DTB Uganda, one of Uganda’s largest banks, has opened its 36th branch at the Kapeeka Liao Shen Industrial Park, with a promise to continue easing access to convenient banking, necessary…

    Mathias Katamba’s term as Bankers’ Association Chairman ends on a high as Citibank’s Arapta elected the new chairperson

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesBusiness & MarketsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipMay 17, 2022May 17, 2022

    Members of the Uganda Bankers’ Association (UBA) held their Annual General Meeting on the 13th of May 2022 and elected Sarah Arapta, as the new Chairperson of the association’s Executive…

    PEOPLE, MONEY & POWER: Uganda’s 45 Most Powerful and Influential People in Banking, 2019

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryNovember 17, 2019January 15, 2023

    The total assets of Uganda’s financial services industry reached UGX.45.81 trillion, or 44.3 percent of Uganda’s GDP, as at end December 2018. The banking sector, dominated 69% of these assets,…

    Money men: The 8 gentlemen who control 77% of Uganda’s banking industry

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesC-Suite LeadershipCompany NewsManufacturing & IndustryThe Big StoryThe Uganda 300 IndexMay 6, 2019June 4, 2019

    Yes, they are all men. They are powerful. They run 8 of Uganda’s largest banks and they are paid handsomely too. The 8 CEOs are each paid on average a…

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