Grow facilitators

Moses Rutahigwa is the Head of Consumer, Private, and Business Banking at Standard Chartered Bank Uganda. He has over 16 years of experience in the banking sector mainly focused on business model transformation, change management, and digitalization.

Grace Makoko is a career banker with over twenty-five years’ experience in the banking industry in East Africa. Grace is one of a few East African bankers with senior banking experience in both Corporate Banking and Financial Markets. She began her illustrious banking career at Standard Chartered Bank Uganda straight after graduating from Makerere University

Joseph Ajal is the Chief Executive Officer, Principal Consultant, Associate Certified Coach (ICF), and Content Curator and leads Precision HR Proprietary Ltd. Joseph is a Human Resources professional, formerly the Secretary-General of the Human Resources Managers’ Association of Uganda (HRMAU), a Certified Talent Practitioner (CTP), a Chartered HR Business Partner (CHRBP), Fellow of the American Academy of Project Management (F – AAPM), a Balanced Scorecard Professional (BSP), and a very passionate believer in the transformational power of people in the bigger picture of the organization, if they are excited, focused and in tune with the corporation’s strategy.

Gloria Bwandungi Mugarura is a writer, co-director at Tokra Innovation, creative director at Papura Inc., and an all-around geek hoping to have her immortal soul transferred into a robot body in the near future. With her hands constantly working on one creative endeavor or another, she often finds herself snagged by fantastical worlds ready for exploration, or scientific wonders hidden in science fiction.

Belinda Namutebi is a branding & communications professional with over 20 years of experience. She is also an entrepreneur, with over 11 brands, with messages that promote National Pride, culture, and child play. Her most notable innovation- I'm so Uganda #ondaba apparel has become a favorite travel item for Ugandans each time they travel overseas. Belinda is a member of the DFCU Women Business Advocacy Council and is a Mum to a 10 year old daughter. Read more

Dr. Lydia Mpanga Sebuyiraisthe Director, Capacity Building at Imprint (U) Ltd, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Global Health, University of Washington, and an internationally certified executive coach.Her executive coaching practice in Uganda and Kenya spans leaders and managers at C-Suite and top Talent in the private and health NGO sectors, especially in the context of culture or career change, leadership development and max-imising individual potential. Examples of impact: Lydia’s indi-vidual coaching of Regional Sales Managers in Nairobi Bottlers Coca Cola combined with leadership development of function managers improved the sales performance and employee engagement in that year. More

Dr Jeff Sebuyira-Mukasais the CEO of Imprint (U) Ltd, and an internationally certified executive coach. His coaching practice in East Africa focuses on Board Executives and leaders in Top Management positions, particularly in the private sector.

Jeff is a capacity building expert with a strong business leadership and financial background. He trained in the UK, and has worked for different multinational organizations in various parts of the world, including Coca Cola SABCO, where he was a company Director and Finance Director for the North East Africa Division. He is a faculty member of Duke University Corporate Education. More