
Josephine Olok
Cofounder & Director
I am a Chair, Non-Executive Director, Committee Chair, Board Audit and Risk Committee Member, Director and Co-Founder with fifteen years board level experience across public and private sectors with particular experience in the Fintech, Banking, Multimedia, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Software industries. At board level I drive business growth through digital transformation and asses IT security risks. I do that by leveraging my extensive IT governance, risk and compliance, strategy, change management, operational accountability and policy-making skills. Board highlights include: Chair of the Financial Technology Service Provider Association of Uganda where I have been able to attract funding and supported programmes and activities promoting Women in Fintech; Non-Executive Director of United Bank for Africa where I Chair the Credit Committee and I have been able to provide business leads within manufacturing and technology; Member of the Board Risk and Audit Committee of Vision Group where I championed an integrated, cost-effective approach to systems acquisition and raised awareness on Cyber Security; Non-Executive Director of the Uganda Manufacturers Association, where I Chaired the Research, Development, and Innovation Committee.
Expertise
- Small to Medium Enterprise - SME (10 -199 employees) - listed
- Small to Medium Enterprise – SME (199+ employees) – unlisted
- Not-for-profit organisation Small (1-9 employees)
- Not-for-profit organisation Small (10-199 employees)
- Banking
- Computer Software
- Financial Services
- Media Production
- Newspapers
- Oil & Energy
- IT
- Risk
Experience
- Chair
- Non Executive
- Committee Chair
- Committee Member
- Executive Director
- Senior Manager
Board or Committee Experience
Title | Sub Committee | Company Name | Industry |
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Member | Board Audit and Risk Committee | Vision Group Uganda | Multimedia |
Chair | Credit Committee | United Bank for Africa Uganda | Banking |
Member | Audit & Risk Committees | United Bank for Africa Uganda | Banking |
Chair | Board | Financial Technology Service Providers Association | FinTech |
Chair | Research, Technology and Innovation Committee | Uganda Manufacturers Association | Manufacturing |
Member | Group IT Strategy and Projects & Executive Operations Committees | Tullow Oil | Oil & Gas |
Member | Spend Better, Audit, Risk and Security Committees | Barclays Bank Uganda Ltd | Banking |
Member | Audit and Risk Committees | Equity Bank Uganda Ltd | Banking |
Executive Career Summary
Title | Company Name | Industry |
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Cofounder & Director | LumJo Consultants Ltd | Software |
Regional Information Systems Manager for East Africa | Tullow Oil | Oil & Gas |
Head of Information Technology Barclays Bank Uganda Ltd | Barclays Bank Uganda Ltd | Banking |
Head Information and Communications Technology | Equity Bank Uganda Ltd | Banking} |