Anne Juuko
{{short description|Ugandan investment banker and corporate executive}}
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| name = Anne Juuko
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1981}}
| birth_place = Uganda
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| alma_mater = Makerere University
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Heriot-Watt University
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| occupation = Banker and corporate executive
| years_active = Since 2001
| nationality = Ugandan
| title = Regional head of global markets in Standard Bank's Eastern Africa Region
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Anne Juuko (born c. 1981) is a Ugandan investment banker and corporate executive, who was appointed by Standard Bank Group as the regional head of global markets in the group's Eastern African region, covering South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. Her appointment took effect on 1 April 2024. Her position is located in Nairobi, Kenya.{{cite web| work=New Vision |date=5 March 2024 | url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/business/stanbics-anne-juuko-appointed-to-new-regional-NV_182781 |title=Stanbic's Anne Juuko Appointed To New Regional Role |author=Ali Twaha | location=Kampala, Uganda}}
Before that, from 1 March 2020 until 31 March 2024, she was the managing director and CEO of Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited, the largest commercial bank in the country, by assets, valued at US$1.6 billion as of June 2019.{{cite web| url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Stanbic-Uganda-boss-heads-EA-bank-units/2560-5476776-ld23hc/index.html |title=Stanbic Uganda boss heads EA bank units |date=3 March 2020 |newspaper=The EastAfrican |access-date=14 March 2020 | author=Bernard Busuulwa |location=Nairobi}} She took up this appointment on 1 March 2020.{{cite web| newspaper=Daily Monitor |access-date=26 February 2020 | url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Finance/Anne-Juuko-Stanbic-Bank-CEO-appointment-Patrick-Mweheire/688608-5468540-a1bq9q/index.html |title=Stanbic appoints Anne Juuko as new CEO | date=25 February 2020 |author=Martin Luther Oketch | location=Kampala, Uganda}}
Background and education
Juuko was born in the Central Region of Uganda in the 1980s. She attended local primary and secondary schools, before being admitted to Makerere University, Uganda's largest and oldest public university. She graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from there. Her second degree, a Master of Strategic Planning, was obtained from Heriot-Watt University Business School, in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Juuko has also completed various professional courses and programmes in leadership and management.{{cite web|publisher=Watchdoguganda.com | url=https://www.watchdoguganda.com/business/20200225/88120/who-is-anne-juuko-the-new-stanbic-bank-ceo.html |title=Who is Anne Juuko, the new Stanbic Bank CEO |access-date=26 February 2020 | date=25 February 2020 |author=Ivan Mubiru | place=Kampala}}
Career
Juuko started her banking career in 2001. For a period in the 2000s, she served as vice president and head of Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities at Citibank Uganda Limited. She was then transferred to Citibank Kenya Limited, serving there as vice president, Customer Sales and Derivatives Marketing, for two years, from June 2010 until June 2012.
In 2012, she was hired by Standard Bank Group, as head of Global Markets for Stanbic Bank Uganda, serving in that capacity until December 2017. In January 2018, she took up a new appointment as head of Corporate and Investment Banking at Standard Bank Namibia, a role she served in until February 2020.{{cite web| url=https://economist.com.na/32864/human-resources/standard-bank-appoints-new-executives/ |title=Standard Bank Appoints New Executives |newspaper=Namibia Economist |date=16 February 2018 |author=Donald Matthys |access-date=26 February 2020 | location=Windhoek, Namibia}}
On 1 March 2020, Juuko replaced Patrick Mweheire, as CEO of Stanbic Bank Uganda,{{cite web|date=25 February 2020 |url=https://www.busiweek.com/anne-juuko-appointed-new-stanbic-bank-uganda-chief-executive/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229164343/https://www.busiweek.com/anne-juuko-appointed-new-stanbic-bank-uganda-chief-executive/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=29 February 2020 |title=Anne Juuko Appointed New Stanbic Bank Uganda Chief Executive |access-date=12 March 2020 |work=East Africa Business Week (EABW) |author=EABW |location=Kampala, Uganda}} becoming the first female Ugandan to serve in this position.{{cite web| work=PML Daily |date=25 February 2020 | url=https://www.pmldaily.com/business/2020/02/anne-juuko-named-new-stanbic-uganda-ceo.html |title=Anne Juuko named new Stanbic CEO | access-date=26 February 2020 |author=Javira Ssebwami | location=Kampala, Uganda}}
Awards and honors
As head of Global Markets, at Stanbic Bank Uganda, Juuko won the Primary Dealer of the Year award for six consecutive years.{{cite web| url=https://www.ceo.co.ug/sources-anne-juuko-reportedly-frontrunner-for-stanbic-top-job/ |title=Sources: Anne Juuko reportedly frontrunner for Stanbic top job |date=4 November 2019 | magazine=CEO Magazine Uganda |access-date=26 February 2020 | author=CEO Magazine Uganda |place=Kampala}}
Family
Juuko is married to lawyer Apollo Makubuya, a partner at MMAKS Advocates, a commercial law firm in Kampala, Uganda.{{cite news |title=Stanbic Bank CEO engaged to lawyer Makubuya |work=New Vision |date=24 January 2022 | url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/articledetails/125205 |
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References
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External links
- [https://ugbusiness.com/8159/anne-juuko-named-new-stanbic-chief-executive-as-patrick-mweheire-moves-to-regional-unit Anne Juuko named new Stanbic chief executive as Patrick Mweheire moves to regional unit] As of 25 February 2020.
- [https://www.stanbicbank.co.ug/Uganda/About-Us/News/Executive-Appointments Stanbic Bank Uganda: Executive Appointments] As of 25 February 2020.
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Category:21st-century Ugandan businesswomen
Category:21st-century Ugandan businesspeople
Category:Makerere University alumni
Category:Alumni of Heriot-Watt University
Category:People from Central Region, Uganda
Category:Ugandan women chief executives
Category:Ugandan chief executives
Category:Ugandan women business executives