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

Experience

  • Chair
  • Non Executive
  • Committee Chair
  • Committee Member
  • Executive Director
  • Senior Manager

Board or Committee Experience

Title Sub Committee Company Name Industry
MemberBoard Audit and Risk CommitteeVision Group UgandaMultimedia
ChairCredit CommitteeUnited Bank for Africa UgandaBanking
MemberAudit & Risk CommitteesUnited Bank for Africa UgandaBanking
ChairBoardFinancial Technology Service Providers AssociationFinTech
ChairResearch, Technology and Innovation CommitteeUganda Manufacturers AssociationManufacturing
MemberGroup IT Strategy and Projects & Executive Operations CommitteesTullow OilOil & Gas
MemberSpend Better, Audit, Risk and Security CommitteesBarclays Bank Uganda LtdBanking
MemberAudit and Risk CommitteesEquity Bank Uganda LtdBanking

Executive Career Summary

Title Company Name Industry
Cofounder & DirectorLumJo Consultants LtdSoftware
Regional Information Systems Manager for East AfricaTullow OilOil & Gas
Head of Information Technology Barclays Bank Uganda LtdBarclays Bank Uganda LtdBanking
Head Information and Communications TechnologyEquity Bank Uganda LtdBanking}