Apollo Makubuya

Non-Executive Chairman

Apollo holds a graduate of Cambridge University, UK and a first class Honours Bachelor’s law degree from Makerere University. Apollo is a Senior Partner at MMAKS Advocates and works with the Corporate Advisory Team. He has worked as a legal advisor at a private bank and was the Assistant Head of the Financial Sector Adjustment Credit (FSAC) Division of the Bank of Uganda. He has worked with the Uganda law reform commission and consulted extensively the Uganda human rights commission, DANIDA and UNDP. He is also the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Buganda.

Samuel Kirubi

Managing Director

Samuel holds a Master’s 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 was previously the Chief Operations Officer in Equity Bank South Sudan and most recently the Managing Director, Equity Bank Rwanda.

Anthony Kituuka

Executive Director

Anthony holds an MBA in Oil and Gas from Middlesex University, London and a Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics and Applied Economics from Makerere University, Uganda. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Certificate (FCCA) and recently completed an Advanced Management Program from Strathmore, Lagos and IESE (Spain) Business Schools. Equity Group Holdings Plc and Subsidiaries Integrated Report & Financial Statements He has over 12 years 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.

Mark Ocitti

Non-Executive Director

Mark, holds a Bachelor of Statistics degree from Makerere University in Uganda, an Advanced Management Program certificate from the London Business School and a Master in Business Administration degree from the Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. He has over 24 years of experience working with Shell Uganda, Bharti Airtel International, Celtel Zambia, Airtel Zambia, Airtel Group and EABLI. He is currently the Managing Director of Uganda Breweries Limited.

Geoffrey R. Rugazoora

Non-Executive Director

Geoffrey holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Chemistry (Honours) of Makerere University Kampala and postgraduate training in the field of tribology, operations management, leadership and governance at Wits Business School Johannesburg, among other reputable institutions of learning. He has held various positions within TOTAL Uganda and is the Group Chief Executive Officer of MOGAS.

MARY WAMAE

Non-Executive Director

Mary holds a Master’s 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 Advanced Management Programme (Strathmore - IESE Business School, Barcelona Spain) and 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 a graduate of Advanced Management Programme (Strathmore - IESE Business School, Barcelona Spain) and Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School. 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.

Dr. James Mwangi, CBS

Non-Executive Director

James holds five honorary doctorate degrees in recognition of his positive impact to the Kenyan society. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a Certified Public Accountant. He has been honoured thrice with National Presidential Awards: The First Class Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear (CBS), the Moran of the Burning Spear (MBS) and Head of State Commendation (HSC).

On the global front, he has won several awards including the G8 Global Vision Award, 2007. He was named among the Top 50 Emerging Market Business Leaders and the 20 most influential people in Africa in 2011; the World Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2012; the Forbes Africa Person of the Year in 2012 and was recently named in the Bloomberg 50 list of people who defined 2019 globally. He is an honoree of the 2020 Oslo Business for Peace Award, also described as the ‘Nobel Prize for Business’.

On the regional front, James was also recognized as the Africa Investor Awards, CEO of the Year in 2009 and 2015; Innovation Leader of the Year in 2012; African Business Leader of the Year in 2013 and African Banker of the Year in 2010, 2011 and 2017 at the African Banker Awards. He was also named the Banker of the Year during the Banker Africa (East Africa) Awards in 2017 and 2018, and named African CEO of the year by the African Business Leadership 2020 Awards. Locally, he has received the Think Business CEO of the Year award for the last 4 years.

James has served on board and advisory roles at the Global Advisory Council for VISA Inc., the Clinton Global Initiative, The G8 New Alliance For Food Security And Nutrition, US President Barack Obama’s Initiative for Global Development, the G20 Advisory Board of Agriculture and Initiative for Global Development and The Global Agenda Council on New Economic Thinking of the World Economic Forum from 2003-2007. He also served as the Founding Chair of Kenya’s Vision 2030 from inception in 2007 to 2019.

He currently serves on several international bodies as an advisor and was appointed to the Nairobi Advisory Board of Columbia Global Centres. He is a member of the continent-wide PACT initiative, a Board member of the Economic Advisory Board of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), The Mastercard MEA Advisory Board, the Africa Leadership Academy in South Africa, the Global Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. He is also a guest lecturer at Stanford, Columbia, MIT, Harvard, IESE and Lagos Business School where Equity Bank Business Model is a case study. Locally, he is the Chancellor of Meru University College of Science and Technology and the Chairman of the Health Committee of Kenya COVID-19 Fund Board.

Samuel Kirubi

Managing Director

Samuel holds a Master’s 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 was previously the Chief Operations Officer in Equity Bank South Sudan and most recently the Managing Director, Equity Bank Rwanda.

Anthony Kituuka

Executive Director

Anthony holds an MBA in Oil and Gas from Middlesex University, London and a Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics and Applied Economics from Makerere University, Uganda. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Certificate (FCCA) and recently completed an Advanced Management Program from Strathmore, Lagos and IESE (Spain) Business Schools. He has over 12 years 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.