Former New Vision boss Kabushenga named to KCB bank Uganda board
KCB Bank Uganda has announced the appointment of new members to its board of directors.
The trio of new members appointed includes; Robert Kabushenga, Allen Asiimwe and Lawrence Kimathi Kiambi.
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“We are so excited to welcome Allen Asiimwe, Robert kabushenga and Kimathi kiambi as board members. The bank looks forward to tapping into their leadership and wealth of experience,” the bank announced on Wednesday.
Robert Kabushenga
Robert Kabushenga is an entrepreneur, law advocate and former Chief Executive Officer of media conglomerate, Vision Group.
Before becoming the CEO at Vision Group, Kabushenga had earlier worked as Board Secretary for the New Vision PPCL for three years until 2005. Before then, he served as the Executive Director of the Uganda Media Centre.
He is also the proprietor of Rugyeyo Farm, a commercial coffee and banana farm in Central Uganda.
Kabushenga is a holder of Bachelor of Laws Degree from Makerere University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre (LDC), Kampala.
He is also a fellow of the Africa Leadership Initiative-East Africa and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
Allen Asiimwe
Allen Asiimwe is a Ugandan advocate and policy leader with over 20 years’ experience as a development advisor and practitioner having worked across the African region (including in all East African Countries, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and DRC).
Asiimwe is currently the Deputy CEO and Chief of Programmes at TradeMark East Africa.
She has served in the past as CEO of AVID Development, a regional consulting firm working on key issues of trade, development and governance in Africa.
She has also worked as a consultant for (attached to the Managing Director) at the African Export Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK) in Cairo, Egypt.
Asiimwe holds a master’s in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School (Edward Mason Fellow, 2017) and a Masters in International Business Law from the University of Manchester, UK (1998).
Lawrence Kiambi
Lawrence Kiambi boasts over 20 years’ senior leadership experience having worked in a number of multinational organization which include BAT, AIG and East Africa Breweries both in Kenya and UK.
Lawrence has been serving at KCB Group since May 2015 when he joined as the Chief Finance Officer at the Kenyan financial firm.
He has also served as a trustee of the KCB Staff Pension Fund (Defined Benefit Scheme), as a member of the KCB Bank South Sudan Limited Board and also as a trustee of the KCB Staff Pension Fund (Defined Benefit Scheme).
Lawrence holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States International University – Africa (USIU) majoring in accounting.
He is a qualified Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (CPAK), a member of Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) and Institute of Directors.
