Patrick Mweheire
| Patrick Mweheire | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Patrick Mweheire |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Alma mater |
Daemen College (BA in History & conomcs) Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration) |
| Occupation | Bank Executive |
| Years active | 1994 - present |
| Home town | Kampala |
| Title |
Managing Director & CEO Stanbic Bank Uganda |
| Spouse(s) | 1 |
Patrick Mweheire is an investment banker and bank executive, in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community. He is the current Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Stanbic Bank Uganda,[1] the largest commercial bank in the country, by assets[2] and branch list.
Background and education
Mweheire was born in 1970, to an affluent family, with three other siblings. He grew up on Nakasero Hill, arguably one of the most upscale residential neighborhoods in Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda. He attended Kings College Budo, for his O-Level and A-Level education, graduating in 1990. In 1990, he enrolled in Daemen College in upstate New York, graduating in 1994, with a magna cum laude degree of Bachelor of Arts in History and Economics, in 1994, also receiving the President's Medal awarded to most distinguished student for that graduating year. In 1999, he graduated from Harvard Business School with the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA).[3]
Career
In 1993, while still an undergraduate, Mweheire interned for three months on Wall Street, at Prudential Securities. After graduation in 1994, he was hired as a Financial Analyst in the investment banking division, working there until 1997. Following his MBA studies at Harvard Business School, he was hired by Merrill Lynch & Co, a leading American Investment Bank. He worked in their mergers & acquisitions -- investment banking division from 1999 until 2008, rising from a junior banker all the way to the top. In 2008, he was hired by Renaissance Capital to run their African investment banking unit, based out of London, with a presence in 7 African countries. In 2012, he relocated back to Uganda to take up the position of Executive Director and "Head of Corporate and Investment Banking at Stanbic Bank Uganda (SBU).[3] In January 2015, the Board of Directors at SBU appointed Patrick Mweheire as Managing Director and CEO of the bank, replacing Philip Odera, a Kenyan national. Mweheire is the first Ugandan to head the bank since Standard Bank became majority shareholder in 2001.[4][5]
Other responsibilities
He is married with one son. He is a fan of Chelsea FC, in the English Premier League.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Businge, Julius (5 January 2015). "Uganda: Patrick Mweheire Named New CEO for Stanbic Uganda". The Independent (Uganda) via AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ↑ Herbling, David (16 April 2014). "Stanbic Bank Uganda Raises Dividend Despite Net Profit Drop". The EastAfrican (Nairobi). Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- 1 2 3 Mbanga, Jeff (20 January 2015). "Uganda: Mweheire Brings Wall Street Vigour To Stanbic". The Observer (Uganda) via AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ↑ Tumusiime, Abdulaziizi (8 January 2015). Ugandan-boss/-/688610/2581642/-/v2x7gsz/-/index.html "Stanbic Gets Ugandan Boss" Check
|url=value (help). Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 22 January 2015. - ↑ Gachiri, John (6 January 2015). "Ugandan Takes Over From Kenyan At Stanbic Uganda". Business Daily Africa (Nairobi). Retrieved 22 January 2015.