Proscovia Nabbanja is a Ugandan

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althou ...

and corporate executive, who is the chief executive officer of the

Uganda National Oil Company The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), also known as the National Oil Company of Uganda, is a limited liability petroleum company in Uganda owned by the Ugandan government. The 2013 Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act of Uga ...

, since 1 October 2019. From 15 August 2019 until 1 October 2019, she was the Acting CEO at the company. She replaced the founding CEO, Josephine Wapakabulo, who resigned, after three years on the job. Previously, between November 2016 and August 2019, she was the

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(Upstream) of the Uganda National Oil Company. Prior to that, she was a Senior Geologist at the Petroleum Exploration and Production Department (PEPD), in the Uganda Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, the first woman to hold that position.

Background and education

She was educated at

Makerere University Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of ni ...

, Uganda's oldest and largest public university, graduating with a

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geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ear ...

and

chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

. Later, she obtained a

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Petroleum Geoscience ''Petroleum Geoscience'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Geological Society of London and the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. It covers research in geoscience and technology associated with pe ...

, from the

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

, in

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. She also holds a

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awarded by the Imperial College Business School, obtained in 2017. Her Certificate in International Petroleum, Oil and Gas Management was awarded by the Institute for Petroleum Management Inc., in

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Career

Nabbanja was hired by PEPD in 2000, right out of

, being the first female technical staff to be employed there. Over the years, she was promoted and as of May 2013, she was at the rank of Senior Geologist. In that capacity, she supervises a team of professionals who review the technical proposals from the oil companies, on all oil wells-related issues. The data that her team collects is used to estimate how much oil and gas lies beneath the ground in the country. For a period of nineteen months, from April 2015 until October 2016, Nabbanja was Acting Principal Geologist at PEPD, the position she left to join UNOC. In October 2019, the UNOC Board of Directors, confirmed Proscovia Nabbanja as the substantive CEO at the company.

Personal life

Proscovia Nabbanja is a married mother of three children.

Other responsibilities

Proscovia Nabanjja was appointed by Minister of Health in 2020 as member of board of directors of Malaria Free Uganda, a private public initiative by

Government of Uganda Uganda is a presidential republic in which the President of Uganda is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government business. There is a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is ...

under Ministry of Health charged with helping National Malaria Control Division (NMCD) in removing barriers towards implementation of National strategic plan through Advocacy, resource mobilization and accountability to all stakeholders. *

Cabinet of Uganda There are 32 Cabinet ministers and 50 Ministers of State in the Cabinet of Uganda (2021 to 2026). According to Section 111 of the 1995 Constitution of Uganda, as amended in 2005, "There shall be a Cabinet which shall consist of the President, t ...

* Economy of Uganda * Josephine Wapakabulo

References

External links

Profile of Proscovia NabbanjaWebsite of Uganda National Oil Company LimitedWebsite of the Uganda Ministry of Energy and Minerals
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