Anthony Kituuka

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Anthony Kituuka
Bornc.1975 (age 4849)
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
Education Makerere University
(BSc in Statistics and Applied Economics)
Middlesex University
(MBA in Oil and Gas)
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
(FCCA)
Years active2006–present
Known forBusiness, management
TitleManaging Director and CEO of Equity Bank Uganda

Anthony Kituuka is a Ugandan accountant, business executive and banker. He is the managing director and chief executive officer of Equity Bank Uganda, a commercial bank in that country, effective November 2022. [1]

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From 2016 until 2022, he was the executive director of Equity Bank Uganda, under the leadership of his predecessor as CEO, Samuel Kirubi, a Kenyan national. [1] [2]

In November 2024 the Daily Monitor reported that he had given notice of his intention to resign from the Equity Bank Group, effective 1 March 2025. [3]

Education

Kituuka had his primary and secondary education in Uganda. He then entered the Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university, where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Statistics and Economics. His second degree, an MBA in Oil and Gas, was obtained from Middlesex University, in the United Kingdom. He is also a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, designated by the letters FCCA. [1]

In addition, he has completed advanced management courses and executive leadership programs from Strathmore Business School, Lagos Business School, IESE Business School, Gordon Institute of Business Science and INSEAD. [1]

Work experience

As of November 2022 his work experience went back, over 15 years. [1] His banking career began at Barclays Bank Uganda (today Absa Bank Uganda Limited), as a corporate relations manager. When he left Barclays, he was hired by KCB Bank Uganda, where he spent six years, rising to the position of head of corporate banking. He was seconded to the bank's group headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, where he spent nine months.[ citation needed ] He was then hired in 2014 by Equity Bank Group, as the group executive director, responsible for regional subsidiaries in five African Great Lakes countries. [1]

Kituuka took over as CEO of Equity Bank Uganda from Samuel Kirubi, who held the position from 2015 to 2022. Kirubi was appointed group chief operating officer (Group COO) for the six banking subsidiaries and was relocated to the group's headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. At Equity Bank Uganda, Kituuka is the first Ugandan to hold the position of CEO. [1] [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kenneth Kazibwe (21 November 2022). "Anthony Kituuka appointed new Equity Bank Uganda's MD". Nile Post Uganda. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. Daily Monitor (30 August 2019). "Ugandans in the Diaspora to run bank accounts back home". Daily Monitor . Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  3. Dorothy Nakaweesi (30 November 2024). "Anthony Kituuka Resigns As Equity Bank Managing Director". Daily Monitor . Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  4. Ambrose Gahene (22 November 2022). "Anthony Kituuka Appointed Equity Bank Uganda MD". CIO Africa. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  5. 256BN (21 November 2022). "Anthony Kituuka becomes first Ugandan To Head Equity's local unit". 256businessnews.com (256BN). Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 3 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)