Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) has confirmed the appointment of Ms. Proscovia Nabbanja, as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, a month after the resignation of Dr. Josephine Wapakabulo.
Ms Nabbanja was on August 12, 2019 appointed the acting CEO of the company after Dr. Josephine Wapakabulo resigned from office. At the appointment, Nabbanja, 41, was the Chief operating Officer Upstream at UNOC.
According to a statement released by UNOC, the board of directors is confident that Ms. Nabbanja’s appointment will propel the company to greater heights given her vast Knowledge, drive and experience in the petroleum industry.
“Ms Nabbanja has been tasked with ensuring UNOC becomes a profitable company that brings value to its shareholders and implementing the company’s five-year strategy.” read in part of the statement.
Nabbanja a geologist with 19 years’ experience in the Oil and Gas industry has been substantively the Chief Operating Officer Upstream at UNOC for the last three years.
She formerly served as a Principal Geologist in the Petroleum Exploration and Production Department under the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, and headed the Technical Division that was at the forefront of reviews of technical proposals especially field development plans and petroleum reservoir reports.
She additionally headed the estimation and reporting of the oil resources and reserves in the country, and field operations monitoring and management of petroleum data. She holds a BSc (Chemistry, Geology) – MUK, MSC Petroleum Geoscience – Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, DIC, Dip Petroleum Management and Operations, and an MBA from the Imperial College Business School, London.
“We are confident about Nabbanja’s abilities the UNOC Board Chairman stated, and UNOC has got a solid foundation to continue in a seamless manner he told the staff during Dr. Josephine’s farewell party.” The board noted during her appointment as the acting CEO of company.
