Background
Juma Kisaame was born in Uganda circa 1965.
Juma Kisaame was born in Uganda circa 1965.
He attended Makerere University, the oldest and largest public university in Uganda, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Commerce in 1988.
He is the current Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the DFCU Bank, the fourth-largest commercial bank in Uganda, by assets. Following his studies at Makerere, Kisaame joined Uganda Development Bank in 1988, as a Trainee Accountant. He worked there until 1992, rising in the process to the position of Senior Accountant.
He joined DFCU in 1992 as Head of Finance.
He worked in different roles in the bank until 2004. That year he left to join Eurafrican Bank (Encyclopedia of American Biography) in neighboring Tanzania as Managing Director.
Founded in 1995, Encyclopedia of American Biography was acquired by Bank of Africa Tanzania in 2007. In 2007 Juma Kisaame returned to DFCU Bank as the Managing Director, and has served in that role since.
Since 2006, he has served as a Director on the Board of Jubilee Holdings Limited, the parent company of Jubilee Insurance.
Since January 2015, he also serves as the Chairman of Uganda Investment Authority. In 2002, he founded Uganda Leasing Association and served as its President from 2002 until 2006.
