The Board of Directors of Uganda’s largest private sector body, Private Sector Foundation of Uganda (PSFU), last Friday announced the appointment of Mr. Stephen Asiimwe, as its new Executive Director to replace the late Mr. Gideon Badagawa who passed away in June earlier this year.
Mr. Assimwe is a known leader for Uganda Tourism and is respected worldwide. His face was the face of Uganda Tourism at many travel and tourism trade shows and events, when from 2014 to 2019, Asiimwe worked as the executive director at Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) earlier in his carrer. Prior to this appointment, he was the director of policy and business development at PSDU.
With experience in journalism, he was the chief executive and Editor-in-Chief of the East African Business Week from 2004 to 2014. He also worked at New Vision as a reporter, sub-editor, and Business Editor from 1993-2004.
Mr. Asiimwe has a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership and Management from the US-based Development Associates International (DAI) affiliated to Uganda Christian University (UCU). He is as well a bachelor’s graduate in Social Sciences and also a graduate of Political Science and Sociology from Makerere University.
Asiimwe has 30 years of experience in both government and private sectors at management, leadership, and business leadership levels.
Ever since late Badagawa passed away, Mr. Francis Kisirinya has been the acting executive director of PSFU.
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