Movit’s Simpson Birungi firms up his African route-to-market agenda; hires ex-Unilever, GSK, Procter & Gamble, L’Oréal, Nestle and Godrej executives to run it The latest executive recruitments by Movit, have sparked off rumours of a possible takeover deal by Godrej Group, an Indian conglomerate, which has been making a series of acquisitions on the continent in the recent past. But Simpson Birungi, the Ugandan garage-to-manufacturing-giant billionaire whose rise from a Kampala suburb, to curve out a niche in the Eastern and Southern Africa personal and home care segment has a way of surprising the market with big ballsy moves and this could just be one of them.

by Muhereza Kyamutetera

November 7, 2022September 28, 2024

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Movit Founder & Executive Chairman, Simpson Birungi (top left), has surrounded himself with expert hands and eyes-on FMCG executives, that include, (clockwise from the top) Roni Chacko, CEO Uganda; Kudzaishe Chivige, Group Chief Product Supply Officer; Viola Awiti, CEO, Kenya; Mary Kibugi, CEO Tanzania; Amit Saxena, Group Head of IT and Analytics, Steven Mwesigwa, Group CFO; Robert Kitenda Gobii, Group Chief Category & Innovations Officer; Daphne Kakonge, Group Chief Human Capital Officer, and James Bisase Segawa, Chief Executive Officer, New & Emerging Markets.