Annet Nakawunde Mulindwa (née Annet Nakawunde) is a

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and

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, the third-largest economy in the

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. She is the

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and

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Finance Trust Bank Finance Trust Bank (FTB), commonly called Finance Trust, is a commercial bank in Uganda. It is licensed by the Bank of Uganda, the central bank and national banking regulator. Location The headquarters of FTB are located at TWED Plaza, Lumumb ...

, a financial service provider with assets valued at about US$92 million, as of 31 December 2020.

Background and education

Mulindwa was born in the Central Region of Uganda circa 1960s. She studied at local primary and secondary schools before she entered

Makerere University Makerere University (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922, and the oldest currently active university in East Africa. It became an independent national university in ...

, the oldest and largest public university in the country. She graduated from Makerere with a

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degree. She obtained a postgraduate diploma in financial management from the

Uganda Management Institute Uganda Management Institute (UMI) is a government-owned national center for training, research, and consultancy in the field of management and administration in Uganda. It is one of the nine public universities and degree-awarding institutions in ...

(UMI) in Kampala. Later, she obtained a

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in finance, also from UMI.

Career

In the early 1990s, Mulindwa started out at

Pride Microfinance Limited Pride Bank Limited, is a Tier II credit institution in Uganda. It is licensed by the Bank of Uganda, the central bank and national banking regulator. Overview , the institution's total assets were valued at UGX:455,557,125,000 (approx. US$125.5 ...

and later moved to

Nile Bank Limited Nile Bank Limited was a private commercial bank in Uganda, operating from 1988 until its acquisition by Barclays Bank in August 2007. Headquartered in Kampala, it provided consumer and commercial banking services, including savings accounts, loa ...

, before joining Finance Trust Bank. At Finance Trust, she has worked in different capacities, including operations and compliance manager, and head of operations. Over time, she was recognized for her leadership skills and was offered further training in leadership, management, and problem-solving. On 3 April 2012, she was appointed as managing director and CEO of what was still known as Uganda Finance Trust, a microfinance institution. When the

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granted the Finance Trust a full commercial banking license, Mulindwa became the second woman in the banking history of the country to rise to the rank of CEO at a commercial bank in Uganda, behind Edigold Monday. The new commercial bank was launched officially in January 2014.

References

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