Annet Nakawunde Mulindwa (née Annet Nakawunde), is a
businesswoman and
corporate executive in
Uganda, the third-largest economy in the
East African Community. She is the
managing director and
chief executive officer (CEO) of
Finance Trust Bank
Finance Trust Bank (FTB), commonly called Finance Trust, is a commercial bank in Uganda. It is licensed by the Bank of Uganda, the central bank and national banking regulator.
Location
The headquarters of FTB are located on Plot 121 & 115, Bl ...
, a financial service provider with assets valued at about US$92 million, as of 31 December 2020.
Background and education
She was born in the
Central Region of Uganda circa 1960s. She studied at local primary and secondary schools before she entered
Makerere University, the oldest and largest public university in the country. She graduated from Makerere with a
Bachelor of Arts degree. Later, she obtained a postgraduate diploma in financial management from the
Uganda Management Institute (UMI) in Kampala. Still later, she obtained a
Master of Business Administration in finance, also from UMI.
Career
In the early 1990s, Mulindwa started out at
Pride Microfinance Limited and later moved to
Nile Bank Limited
Nile Bank Ltd was a private bank registered in Uganda, with shareholders from Uganda, Israel, and South Africa. Nile Bank has an emphasis on consumer banking.
History
Nile Bank was established in 1988 for the purposes of providing banking servi ...
, before joining Finance Trust Bank. At Finance Trust, she has worked in different capacities, including: (a) operations and compliance manager and (b) head of operations.
Over time, she was recognized for her leadership skills and was offered further training in leadership, management, and problem-solving. On 3 April 2012, she was appointed as managing director and CEO of what was still known as Uganda Finance Trust, a microfinance institution. When the
Bank of Uganda granted the Finance Trust a full commercial banking license, Mulindwa became the second woman in the banking history of the country to rise to the rank of CEO at a commercial bank in Uganda, behind
Edigold Monday
Edigold Monday, a Ugandan accountant, businesswoman, bank executive, and educator. She is the Uganda Country Director of Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe's foundation for international cooperation (german: Sparkassenstiftung für internationale Koopera ...
. The new commercial bank was launched officially in January 2014.
See also
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List of banks in Uganda
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Banking in Uganda
Before Uganda's independence in 1962, the main banks in Uganda were Barclays (UK based); Grindlays (also UK), Standard Bank (South Africa based) and the Bank of Baroda from India. The currency was issued by the East African Currency Board, a Lon ...
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Economy of Uganda
References
External links
Webpage of Finance Trust Bank
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Living people
21st-century Ugandan businesswomen
Ganda people
Ugandan bankers
Makerere University alumni
Uganda Management Institute alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Kampala
20th-century Ugandan businesswomen
Ugandan women business executives
Ugandan women chief executives