UGANDA’S 100 OIL AND GAS LEADERS: Ali Ssekatawa, Director, Legal and Corporate Affairs, Petroleum Authority of Uganda

Ali Ssekatawa was appointed the Director for Legal and Corporate Affairs at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) in 2017.

He has since amassed years of experience, specializing in tax and oil and gas law.

Before the Petroleum Authority, he served with the Uganda Revenue Authority from 2005, rising through the ranks, and was appointed Head of the Litigation portfolio and was a public tax prosecutor from 2011 to 2017.

He has litigated and won groundbreaking cases in Uganda and other International Tribunals such as the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

Mr Ssekatawa has also published several thought leadership articles in support of Uganda’s oil projects and has also featured as a key panellist at several oil and gas summits.

He’s a firm believer in just energy transition which should favour least developed countries, especially in Africa based on key considerations of national circumstances.

Ali is an ardent digital native on Elon Musk’s X platform where he has faced off with de-campaigners of the EACOP project.

He also believes oil and gas should transform communities from building hospitals and schools to providing clean water and road infrastructure; efforts which go beyond corporate responsibility.