Florence Namatta Mawejje (née Florence Namatta), commonly known as Florence Mawejje is a Ugandan
businesswoman,
human resource professional and
corporate executive, who serves as the General Manager for human resource at
Centenary Rural Development Bank, a large
commercial bank in
Uganda.
Education
Mawejje holds a
Master of Science degree in
Human Resources Development
Training and development involve improving the effectiveness of organizations and the individuals and teams within them. Training may be viewed as related to immediate changes in organizational effectiveness via organized instruction, while devel ...
, obtained in 1993 from the
University of Manchester in the
United Kingdom. Later in 2004, she obtained an
Executive Master of Business Administration, awarded jointly by the
Eastern and Southern Africa Management Institute in East Africa and
Maastricht School of Management
The Maastricht School of Management (MSM) is a management school in Maastricht, the Netherlands. From 1 September 2022 MSM is part of the School of Business and Economics (SBE) of Maastricht University. MSM's activities in the fields of education ...
in the
Netherlands.
Career
From 1996 until 1998, she worked as a human resource manager for
Care International
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in Uganda, based in
Kampala, the capital and largest city in the country. She was then hired by
MTN Uganda
MTN Uganda is the largest telecom company in Uganda, with 11.2 million subscribers, accounting for 55 percent market share, as of 30 June 2017. By 31 December 2019, its customer base had increased to 12.6 million customers. In March 2021, the Uga ...
in August 1998 as the Human Resources General Manager, where she worked for the next eleven years. In May 2009,
Unilever hired her as the Human Resources Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, responsible for the company's staff in 7 African countries.
She served in that capacity for just over two years, until July 2011. In January 2012,
Centenary Bank
Centenary Bank is a commercial bank in Uganda licensed by the Bank of Uganda, the central bank and national banking regulator.
History
The bank was founded in 1983 as a credit trust, Centenary Rural Development Trust (CRDT), by Simeon Lutaa ...
hired her as the Director of their Human Resource Division, a position she had served in for almost six years as of November 2017.
Other considerations
Mawejje sits on a number of boards for public and private companies in Uganda. These include (a) Silver Spoon Limited, the operators of an international day-care, nursery and elementary school in Kampala, where she has been on the board since 1996
(b)
NSSF Uganda, where she is a member of the
Board of Trustees
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since 2015
(c)
Uganda Clays Limited
Uganda Clays Limited (UCL), commonly referred to as Uganda Clays, is a building materials manufacturer in Uganda. The company manufactures baked clay building products, using Italian-made heavy clay processing machinery. The clay is excavated ...
, whose shares trade on the
Uganda Securities Exchange (USE). She has been a member of that board since 2015
and (d)
Umeme Limited, the largest electricity distributor in Uganda, whose shares trade on the USE and on the
Nairobi Stock Exchange
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(NSE). She serves as a non-executive director of this company since April 2016.
See also
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Florence Nsubuga
Florence Nakimbugwe Nsubuga (née Florence Nakimbugwe), but commonly known as Florence Nsubuga, is a Ugandan businesswoman and corporate executive, who since 2012, serves as the chief operating officer (COO) of Umeme Limited, the largest elect ...
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Proscovia Nabbanja
Proscovia Nabbanja is a Ugandan geologist and corporate executive, who is the chief executive officer of the Uganda National Oil Company, since 1 October 2019. From 15 August 2019 until 1 October 2019, she was the Acting CEO at the company. S ...
*
Donna Kusemererwa
References
External links
Read about how Mrs. Florence Mawejje rose from a tutorial assistant at Makerere University
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Living people
1967 births
Ganda people
21st-century Ugandan businesswomen
21st-century Ugandan businesspeople
People from Central Region, Uganda
Makerere University alumni
Alumni of the University of Manchester
Eastern and Southern African Management Institute alumni
Maastricht University alumni
Ugandan women business executives