Wim Vanhelleputte and the 14 MTNers with a mission to connect you, Everywhere You Go “Never underestimate the power of local knowledge” is an age-old piece of business wisdom, that Wim Vanehellepute, MTN Uganda’s Chief Executive Officer, not only knows so well but is practicing as well. He may be driven by the agenda to connect all MTN customers everywhere they go- in Uganda, regionally and globally, but he also knows so well that to successfully be global, you must think and act local first. It is therefore not surprising that, to deliver a bold MTN digital world, he has chosen an 80% local Ugandan team to get the job done. CEO East Africa takes a slightly deeper look into the profiles of the 15 men and women at MTN Uganda charged with delivering that bold vision.

Meet 12 Ugandan Senior Executives that make up the telco's 80% leadership team

Joseph Bogera GM- Sales & Distribution

Juliet Kakayi Nsubuga General Manager, Wholesale and Carrier Services

Samuel Gitta GM Risk & Compliance MTN Uganda Samuel has over 15 years’ experience in Information Systems Audit and Management with a strong background in Information Risk Assurance and Management. He started his career with Africa Online (U) Ltd as a Network Systems Administrator from 2003 to 2004 and then moved to MTN Uganda as a Senior IT Administrator from 2004 to 2006. He was then appointed to the position of Manager-Technology, Risk and Security advisory services at Ernst and Young (EA) from 2006 to 2008. He then returned to MTN Uganda as the Manager-Information Security until 2012 when he was promoted to the position of Senior Manager- Information Risk Assurance. In 2018, he was laterally transferred to the position of Senior Manager- Enterprise Risk Management from whence he was appointed as the Acting GM-Risk & Compliance in June 2020. Samuel has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Maths and Computer Science from Makerere University (Uganda). He is also a Chartered Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Chartered Information Systems Manager (CISM).

Stephen Mutana GM - Mobile Financial Services MTN Uganda He says the transformative role of mobile financial services will depend largely on whether stakeholders private, government or international organization invest in approaches to solve every day problems.

Michael Kawesa-Sekadde; GM Human Resources