Francis Kisirinya has been appointed as Acting Executive Director for Private Sector Foundation Uganda. His appointment follows the death of Gideon Badagawa, who passed away on 21st June 2021.
In a statement, Dr Elly Karuhanga, the PSFU board chairman says Kisirinya’s appointment commences 1st July 2021 for a period of six months until a substantive Executive Director shall be appointed by the Board.
“Francis has served PSFU in various capacities including deputizing the Executive Director and we are optimistic that he will follow through to continue promoting private sector competitiveness and development through this transition period,” Dr Karuhanga says.
Who is Kisirinya?
Francis is a multidisciplinary professional with specialism in finance & accounting, is an educator and an enterprise development enthusiast.
He is served as the Deputy Executive Director at PSFU since March 2019 a position he was appointed to after a competitive search and selection process. In this role, Kisirinya led a team of senior staff and developed an innovative enterprise growth approach that utilizes and promotes market led linkages for the benefit of the participants (households, small & medium enterprises and large firms). This approach attracted funding and is under implementation to date.
He has also participated in identification of bottlenecks that affect the business environment, generated and articulated policy options and required business development services interventions. Besides, he has led the development of corporate plans with the most recent being the PSFU 2020/25 Strategic Plan. He has also coordinated three major development projects and several short-term initiatives that have benefited the business community over the years.
Why Weekends No Longer Mean Stalled Business - dfcu’s Weekend Agent Float Loan Is Transforming Uganda.He also served as the Director Corporate Services at PSFU responsible for Finance, Human Resources, Administration and Corporate Secretarial services.
He also served as the Technical Advisor-Commercial to the Ministry of Education and Sports’ Higher Education and Science Project responsible for advising 8 public universities in establishing Business Incubation Centres (BICs) to link training, research and commerce.
He is passionate about young people and serves as Chairman; the Initiative for Youth Empowerment and Transformation (IYET), an advocacy group that strives to advocate for young people’s issues and influence national programs in their favour.
He loves education and is a member of Board of Governors St. Lawrence Schools and Colleges, the biggest integrated educational services organization in Uganda comprising a preschool, a primary, several secondary schools and a University. Besides he donated a modern 90 bed dormitory to a rural school to house female pupils as a means of improving their education achievements.
Kisirinya holds a Master’s of Business Administration (MBA)-University of Nicosia, Cyprus; is a Member; Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) and holds a Bachelor of Science/Education (Hons), from Makerere University. He is a Certified Balanced Score Card Professional and is also Certified Financing for Development
