Leadership

Claire brings a wealth of legal experience in Banking, Regulatory Compliance, Legal & Compliance Risk Management, Corporate and Company Secretarial matters. Claire is proactive, a seasoned Corporate Legal Practitioner with vast experience across many banking functions and financial service sector segments. Over the 12 years, Claire has worked as Head Legal, Company Secretary and Head of Compliance in the Commercial and Microfinance industry having last worked at Cairo Bank Uganda as the Head Legal & Company Secretary for seven years prior to joining FINCA Uganda. She has for ten years worked with diverse Boards spread across many geographies, gained practical experiences and expertise on Governance, Corporate law, Regulatory compliance, Legal advisory, Risk management and Corporate Strategy.

Claire has also served in different capacities in the Uganda Bankers Association – Legal committee and was Chairperson of the Legal Committee for the year 2021 with an objective to serve the industry jointly with other licenced institutions to promote and protect sector interests and provide advisory on developments in legislation, emerging legal trends, and banking best practices.

As an inhouse legal and strategic advisor, Claire focuses on developing creative legal solutions that stimulate innovation and enable growth. She is at the helm of leading a legal and compliance team that has positioned the law and regulation as a consistent conduit to business growth.  Claire career mission is to develop and transform inhouse teams to think and run like the business. She is an advocate of close and proper collaboration with business stakeholders, increased effectiveness, efficiency, and optimized value creation to support organisational short, midterm and long-term goals.

Claire holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from Makerere University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from Law Development Center with various professional trainings in the areas of Governance, Leadership, Compliance and Risk Management. She is a member of the Uganda Law Society, East Africa Law Society and is completing her master’s degree in business administration (UMI) pending dissertation.

Kobusingye Primrose joined FINCA Uganda as the Head of Marketing overlooking marketing, communications, research and customer service

She has experience in Corporate Marketing Communications and a biased history of working in the banking industry.

Prior to joining FINCA, she served as the Head of Marketing, Communication, Brand and product development at Ecobank Uganda.

Primrose Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mass communication from Makerere University and Masters of Business Administration (MBA) majoring in Public Relations, advertising and applied communication.  She is also an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)

Robinah Siima is an accomplished accountant and financial leader with an impressive track record. As the first female Head of Finance at FINCA Uganda, she brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the organization.

Throughout her distinguished career, she has excelled in various facets of finance, including internal controls, compliance, financial analysis, and strategic advisory. Her experiences working with Ernst & Young, and the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) have further enriched her understanding of the financial landscape.

Robinah holds an MBA from the esteemed Amity University of India, complemented by a First-class Honors degree in Bachelor of Commerce (B.COM) from Makerere University Business School (MUBS). Her commitment to professional development is evident through her membership in prestigious organizations, such as the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU), the Corporate Finance Institute (FMVA), and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Her appointment underscores her exceptional expertise, including her strong analytical mindset and her ability to excel in various aspects of finance. With a focus on meticulous planning, compliance, and robust internal controls, Robinah is dedicated to driving the financial institution’s success. She firmly believes in leveraging financial potential to create positive impacts and foster sustainable growth, a philosophy she has honed through her multi-sectoral experience, including roles at the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) and Ernst & Young.

Beyond her exceptional financial prowess, Robinah’s strategic thinking and ability to provide valuable advisory services play a pivotal role in the organization’s long-term financial planning. She firmly believes in leveraging financial potential to create positive impacts on communities and foster sustainable growth.

Robinah’s dedication to her role at FINCA Uganda is unparalleled. As a passionate advocate of excellence and results-driven leadership, she eagerly contributes to the growth of the organization and its mission. The journey, from her academic achievements to her diverse professional background, has shaped her into a visionary financial leader.

Joanita is a well-established, distinguished, experienced policy monitoring and fraud risk officer at FINCA Uganda. As such, she leads FINCA Uganda’s internal controls Unit: providing strategic direction and focus. She is responsible for the implementation and maintenance of a compliance risk management framework within the institution; he/she develops the institution’s wide controls coverage plans that help FINCA Uganda remain compliant and avoid regulatory sanctions.

Her Unit purposes to;

• Maintain an optimal control framework for the organization that facilitates a proactive approach to issue identification, resolution, escalation and implementation of actions to manage control gaps in order to mitigate any risk that could occur and harm the organization.
• Lead and manage the controls team in discharging their responsibility towards overall improvement of the control environment across the organization and providing assurance that processes for implementing controls, monitoring and reporting on the environment are in accordance with the organization’s management framework, standards and policies.
• Contribute to the organization’s business strategy through partnership with the executive management of business/enabling areas in formulation/execution of their programs towards achievement of a compliant and sound control environment.
• Establish and maintain a routine monitoring framework upon which Internal Audit can place reliance at its discretion, on the effectiveness of controls at such a time and basis agreed to in consultation with Group Internal Audit.

Joanita Nansubuga is currently the Internal Controls Manager – FINCA Uganda. She is experienced in the Microfinance Industry with a vast wealth of achievements and experience that spans over a decade in the same industry. She is a resourceful person with a value-oriented approach to the work situation; she mixes with people readily with a driving manner that is motivating. Certainly, she expects people to keep up with her, an enthusiastic, team player, and dependable person. Therein, she is also a proactive credit analyst and management expert, experience she gained over years in credit management positions and other senior management positions at the branch level, with the same institution.

Joanita is an experienced fraud risk management specialist with an over 10+ hands on application of great quality controls to FINCA’s operations.

Over the years, she has taken training certifications and workshops in Fraud Risk Management with, The Association of Certified Compliance Professionals in Africa (ACCPA). She equally holds certifications with; The Institution of Banking and financial services with vast knowledge which helps her in execution of her duties. Among them are; Compliance for Supervised Financial Institutions, Combating Financial Crime, Ethics and Professionalism in Financial Services, Anti-Money Laundering.

For more information and reach, find her on;

LinkedIn: Joanita Nansubuga

Email: Joanita.nansubugarub@gmail.com

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