Apollo Makubuya

Non-Executive Chairman

Apollo is a graduate of Makerere University (cum laude) and the University of Cambridge. He is a founding partner of MMAKS Advocates a leading commercial Law firm in Uganda. He heads its Commercial Transactions team. He has 26 years in legal practice and specialises in corporate and commercial transactions. He has handled several high-profile commercial transactions in the banking, telecommunications, insurance, real estate, energy and mining sectors. He has previously worked as a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law Makerere University and with a private commercial bank and Uganda’s Central Bank. Apollo is the Chairman of the Board of Equity Bank Uganda Ltd; Prudential Insurance Uganda Ltd; Ssanga Courts Ltd and a Cancer Charity known as ‘Art with a Cause’ based in Uganda. He is the author of Protection, Patronage or Plunder? British Machinations and Uganda’s Struggle for Independence. For over 25 years, Apollo served in many senior positions in the Kingdom of Buganda including as its Attorney General and 3rd Deputy Katikkiro (Prime Minister). He is presently the Chief Palace adviser to Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II.

Samuel Kirubi

Managing Director

Samuel holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration (Finance) from Moi University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Statistics from Egerton University. He is a graduate of Advanced Management Programme (Strathmore IESE Business School, Barcelona Spain). He joined Equity Bank in 2001 and has gained vast experience in operations, marketing and customer service. Samuel previously served as the Chief Operations Officer in Equity Bank South Sudan and most recently as the Managing Director, Equity Bank Rwanda.

Anthony Kituuka

Executive Director

Anthony holds an MBA in Oil and Gas from Middlesex University, London and a Bachelors Degree in Statistics and Applied Economics from Makerere University, Uganda. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Certificate (FCCA) and has completed an Advanced Management Program from Strathmore, Lagos and IESE (Spain) Business Schools as well as several other executive leadership programs at Gordon Institute of Business and INSEAD. He has over 13 years of banking experience and has previously worked with Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) and Barclays Bank Uganda Limited. He joined Equity Bank in 2014 and was previously the Group Executive Director for Regional Subsidiaries.

Evelyn Kamagaju Rutagwenda

Non-Executive Director

Evelyn holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Makerere University, Kampala and is a Certified Public Accountant. She previously worked as the Auditor General for the Republic of Rwanda; as the Secretary General of Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UNCCI); consultant/project accountant for Decentralization Secretariat (Institutional Capacity Building Project); Ministry of Local Government, Uganda and also as Chief Auditor at UCA Auditing Services among others. Evelyn also spearheaded the formation of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Rwanda (ICPAR) and subsequently served the Institute in various capacities including, Chairperson of the Interim Governing Council, Ex Officio and elected member of the Governing Council. In 2009 she received an ACCA Achievements Award for her outstanding contribution to developing the accountancy and finance profession. She is currently the Chair-MTN Rwanda and Crystal Telecom Limited Boards of Directors, Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, Rwanda Development Board and also serves on the Board of Directors of Victoria Motors Rwanda.

Peter Kimbowa

Non-Executive Director

Peter is a leadership catalyst, Talent Optimization Coach, Strategy execution expert, Author and Futurist. He is named one of the World’s 101 most fabulous Global Coaching leaders in 2020 by the World Human Resource Development Congress (HRD) Peter is a Board member and advisor to several Boards in Corporate Uganda including ESKOM Uganda, Equity Bank Uganda, Baylor College of Medicine both in Mulago Hospital and Houston Texas. He is also the Board Chairman of the Tondeka Metro Company (TMC). Peter is a Founder and team leader at CEO Summit Uganda, - a private sector Think Tank in Uganda and co-founder and trustee of the League of East African Directors as well as Managing Partner at IFE Consultants Limited. He is an Academic Director and Adjunct Faculty at Strathmore Business School, an Adjunct Faculty at University of Cape Town, an Associate of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences.

Mark Ocitti

Non-Executive Director

Mark is currently the Managing Director of Serengeti Breweries Limited in Tanzania, a member of the East African Breweries group. He holds a Bachelor of Statistics degree from Makerere University in Uganda, a Masters in Business Administration degree from the Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK and an Advanced Management Program certificate from the London Business School. He has 30 years of operational and executive experience working in blue-chip companies in Downstream Oil, Telecoms and FMCG sectors.

Geoffrey R. Rugazoora

Non-Executive Director

Geoffrey holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Chemistry (Honours) of Makerere University Kampala and received postgraduate training in the fields of tribology, operations management, leadership and governance at Wits Business School Johannesburg.. He has held various managerial positions within TOTAL Uganda, sat on various Boards including Uganda Airlines and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Rushere Community Hospital, a member of Uganda Fuel Supply Coordination Committee under Ministry of Energy & Mineral Development and the Group Chief Executive Officer of MOGAS.

MARY WAMAE

Non-Executive Director

Mary holds a Masters degree in Leading Innovation and Change from York St. John University, UK, a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Nairobi and a Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law. She is a graduate of the Advanced Management Programme (Strathmore - IESE Business School, Barcelona Spain) and the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School. She is a Certified Public Secretary (Kenya) and member of The Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya (ICPSK), Law Society of Kenya, Women Corporate Directors and the Kenya Section of International Commission of Jurists. She is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Gender and Development and has over 15 years’ experience in private legal practice.

Samuel Kirubi

Managing Director

Samuel holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration (Finance) from Moi University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Statistics from Egerton University. He is a graduate of Advanced Management Programme (Strathmore IESE Business School, Barcelona Spain). He joined Equity Bank in 2001 and has gained vast experience in operations, marketing and customer service. Samuel previously served as the Chief Operations Officer in Equity Bank South Sudan and most recently as the Managing Director, Equity Bank Rwanda.

Anthony Kituuka

Executive Director

Anthony holds an MBA in Oil and Gas from Middlesex University, London and a Bachelors Degree in Statistics and Applied Economics from Makerere University, Uganda. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Certificate (FCCA) and has completed an Advanced Management Program from Strathmore, Lagos and IESE (Spain) Business Schools as well as several other executive leadership programs at Gordon Institute of Business and INSEAD. He has over 13 years of banking experience and has previously worked with Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) and Barclays Bank Uganda Limited. He joined Equity Bank in 2014 and was previously the Group Executive Director for Regional Subsidiaries.

Jimmy Mwangangi

Head of Credit

Jimmy holds a Bachelors of Commerce; is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA-K) and currently a finalist of the MSc – Finance program. He has over 12 years’ experience in banking and in the fields of Credit growth and Credit Risk management. Prior to re-joining Equity Bank Uganda Ltd, Jimmy was working at the Equity Bank Kenya Ltd as Head of Retail Credit. Further, for the period November 2010 till August 2014, Jimmy worked with EBUL as our Head of Credit Risk and intermittently acted in the position of GM Credit.

Joseph Kimuli

Head of Internal Audit

Joseph holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University (UK) and Professional Qualification with Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). He is an active member of the Institute of the Internal Auditors (Uganda charter). He is pursuing a Master of Arts in Financial Services at Makerere University and Leadership Development Program at Strathmore Business School. He is an accountant with 15 years of experience in Accounting, Finance, External and Internal Audit. His Banking career started at Equity Bank in 2009 as an Internal Auditor.

Sarah K. Nakkazi

Head of Compliance

Sarah holds a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics from Makerere University Kampala Uganda, a Master’s Degree in Financial Management from Amity University, India and a professional certification in Banking Risk & Regulations with the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). She is also a licensed trustee (staff appointed) of the Bank’s retirement benefit scheme. She joined Equity Bank in June 2012 from Standard Chartered Bank where she had worked for 5 years. She joined the bank as a Compliance Officer. From March 2015, when she acted as the Compliance Manager until January 2016 when she was appointed to the position of Risk Manager. In September, 2016, the board approved her appointment as the Bank’s Compliance Manager.

Kenneth Onyango

Head of Operations

Kenneth holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree of Makerere University and is an affiliate member of the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) – UK. He is also currently undertaking research leading to the award of a Master of Science degree in Accounting and Finance of Makerere University. Kenneth has attended several Risk Management courses and trainings within Uganda, Kenya and Morocco. He is very passionate about enterprise risk management and has financial services risk management experience spanning nine years.

Kezia D. Asiimwe

Manager, Finance

Kezia is a holder of a B.com (Accounting) bachelor’s degree, is an affiliate of ACCA and is currently a finalist of the MBA program at Edinburgh Business School. She joined Equity Bank in November 2014 as a financial accountant from PWC, where she worked in Uganda and Rwanda.

Juliet Muheirwe

HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Juliet holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Human Resource Management. She has over 10 years’ experience as a Human Resource Practitioner in the banking and telecommunication industry and has previously worked with Centenary Bank, Airtel Uganda and Airtel Africa (Nairobi). She joined Equity Bank in 2019.