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After 18 months as the Chief Financial Officer of Uganda Airlines, Andrew Ssekamwa has left the national carrier and joined Movit Products as a Chief Commercial Officer responsible for the Tanzania, Western DRC and Zambia markets. The transition happened effective 1st September 2024, according to an industry update from CFO East Africa.
This will be his second stint at Movit having previously worked for the company as a business development manager and head of finance.
Andrew has also worked in the banking sector in finance roles at Standard Chartered and as CFO of I&M Bank of Uganda.
Asked about the reason for his departure from Uganda Airlines, Andrew explained that it was a necessary step in his quest to become a business leader.
“I feel like my career is missing something from the commercial bit of things. I have taken up the commercial officer position at Movit as it will provide me with wider responsibilities than what I am doing currently. I am excited about the prospect of scaling up Movit products in emerging markets which will be a great challenge that I can add to my experience,” he explained.
Movit Porducts is Uganda’s leading personal care company, manufacturing a range of beauty and personal care brands. The company has operations across East and Central Africa, and Andrew’s immediate priorities will be stabilising the business in the aforementioned markets; while entrenching and scaling the market share.
“Since leaving Movit, I feel like I have grown my experience at I&M and at Uganda Airlines in a manner that would be beneficial on my return. At I&M, I was involved in a merger and acquisition followed by efforts to penetrate a new market. At Uganda Airlines, I learnt a lot of stakeholder management given it is a government owned entity. I feel better equipped to build relationships that will be necessary in navigating new territories,” he explained.
Uganda Airlines is in the process of hiring a new CFO following Andrew’s departure.