Suzan Mweheire Kitariko (born c. 1975), is a
Ugandan businesswoman and
corporate executive, who is the General Manager of ''SICPA Uganda Limited'', a subsidiary of the Swiss conglomerate
SICPA
SICPA (acronym for the former name ''Société Industrielle et Commerciale de Produits Alimentaires,'' no longer in use) is a Swiss company that provides security inks for currencies and sensitive documents, including identity documents, pass ...
. She has been at her current job since February 2019 and is based in
Kampala, Uganda's capital city.
Before that, she served as the Country Manager for Uganda at
Google Inc.
Google LLC () is an American multinational technology company focusing on search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics. I ...
, also based in Kampala.
Background and education
Kitariko is a Ugandan national born in the 1970s. She attended local primary and secondary schools, before being admitted to
Makerere University, Uganda's largest and oldest
public university. She graduated with a
Bachelor of Mass Communication. Later, she was awarded a
Master of Business Administration degree from
Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University ( gd, Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute, and subsequently granted univ ...
, in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Career
In 2000, she was the head of sales and customer service at
Uganda Telecom
Uganda Telecom, whose full legal name is Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL), is an information and communication technology network company in Uganda owned by the government of Uganda and currently under receivership due to large debts of about USh 700 ...
(UTL), at the time the mobile component, ''Mango'', was being integrated with the fixed portion of UTL. She served there for seven years.
She spent the five years between 2010 and 2015 at
Orange Uganda, serving in various roles including (a) Head of Operations and Customer Service (b) Acting Chief Commercial Officer and (c) Head of Strategy.
She was then hired by Google Inc., working for one year as the Operations Manager of their subsidiary in Uganda and for the next five years as the Country Manager of the Google unit in the country.
She joined SICPA Uganda in February 2019, as the Country Head.
Other considerations
Effective November 2021, Kitariko sits on the board of ''Next Media Solutions Uganda Limited'', as a non-executive director. The company owns and operates three television stations and owns publishes about 6 online publications.
See also
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Grace Muliisa
Grace B. Muliisa (born c. 1975), is a Ugandan banker and corporate executive, who in August 2021, was appointed as the managing director and chief executive officer of Ecobank Uganda Limited, a commercial bank in the country. Prior to tha ...
References
External links
Website of NextMedia UgandaWebsite of SICPA
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1970s births
Living people
21st-century Ugandan businesswomen
21st-century Ugandan businesspeople
Ugandan women chief executives
Ugandan chief executives
Makerere University alumni
Alumni of Heriot-Watt University