President Museveni has appointed environment specialist Lynda Biribonwa as the new chairperson of the board of directors of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU).
PAU is a statutory body mandated to monitor and regulate exploration, development and production, as well as refining, gas conversion, transportation and storage of petroleum in Uganda.
Biribonwa succeeds Jane Mulemwa, whose second and final four-year term ended in May.
Also appointed to the new board are Bernard Ongodia, Adrian Bukenya, Innocent Kihika, Oduka Ochan Achan Mary, Solome Galiwango, and Prof Vicent Bagire.
The new board members were appointed on Thursday following their vetting and approval by the Parliamentary Appointment Committee, led by the Speaker of Parliament in June.
Ruth Nankabirwa, the minister of energy and mineral development, will inaugurate and hand over instruments of power to the new Board today in Kampala.
The new board takes over when the industry is experiencing a ramp-up in activities during the development phase and will be expected to steer the Regulatory Authority in its mandate of monitoring and regulating the oil and gas sector to create lasting value for Uganda.
Who is Biribonwa?
Biribonwa, is a certified Lead Environmental Management Systems Auditor with over twenty-three years of experience in environment, health, and safety at strategic, policy, compliance, and practitioner levels, brings her environmental engineering and finance expertise to the board.
Before her appointment, Biribonwa served on the previous Board as the head of the Governance, Board, and Audit Committee, responsible for developing and recommending policies and procedures to ensure sound governance practices are in place and guides the Board in fulfilling its oversight role.
She holds an MBA in Oil and Gas from CWS School of Energy, London, UK; an MSc in Environment and Development from the University of Reading, UK; and a BA (Hons) in Environmental Management and Business Administration from Keele University, Staffordshire, UK.
