Suzan Mweheire Kitariko

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Suzan Mweheire Kitariko
Born1975 (age 4748)
NationalityUgandan
Alma mater Makerere University
(Bachelor of Mass Communication
Heriot-Watt University
(Master of Business Administration)
OccupationBusinesswoman Corporate Executive
Years activesince 2000
Known forProfessional competence
TitleGeneral Manager at SICPA Uganda Limited

Suzan Mweheire Kitariko (born c. 1975), is a Ugandan businesswoman and corporate executive, who is the General Manager of SICPA Uganda Limited, a subsidiary of the Swiss conglomerate SICPA. She has been at her current job since February 2019 and is based in Kampala, Uganda's capital city. [1] Before that, she served as the Country Manager for Uganda at Google Inc., also based in Kampala. [2]

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Background and education

Kitariko is a Ugandan national born in the 1970s. She attended local primary and secondary schools, before being admitted to Makerere University, Uganda's largest and oldest public university. She graduated with a Bachelor of Mass Communication. Later, she was awarded a Master of Business Administration degree from Heriot-Watt University, in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. [1] [2]

Career

In 2000, she was the head of sales and customer service at Uganda Telecom (UTL), at the time the mobile component, Mango, was being integrated with the fixed portion of UTL. She served there for seven years. [2]

She spent the five years between 2010 and 2015 at Orange Uganda, serving in various roles including (a) Head of Operations and Customer Service (b) Acting Chief Commercial Officer and (c) Head of Strategy. [3]

She was then hired by Google Inc., working for one year as the Operations Manager of their subsidiary in Uganda and for the next five years as the Country Manager of the Google unit in the country. [3]

She joined SICPA Uganda in February 2019, as the Country Head. [1] [4]

Other considerations

Effective November 2021, Kitariko sits on the board of Next Media Solutions Uganda Limited, as a non-executive director. The company owns and operates three television stations and owns publishes about 6 online publications. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Samuel Muhimba (10 November 2021). "Next Media appoints Suzan Mweheire as non-executive director". Nile Post Uganda. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 The EastAfrican (30 April 2016). "Susan fancied studying law but now she is enjoying ICT". The EastAfrican . Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 Susan Mweheire Kitariko (November 2021). "Kitariko Mweheire Suzan: General Manager at SICPA Uganda". LinkedIn.com . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  4. Javira Ssebwami (8 October 2020). "Digital tax collection firm, SICPA responds to Museveni call, donates five brand new ambulances for Coronavirus fight". PML Daily. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 11 November 2021.