Mr. P. Masambu

Moderator

Mr. Patrick Masambu is the Chief Executive of Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), the regulatory agency for communications in Uganda. He is the pioneer Chief Executive of UCC and has been in this role for slightly more than 9 years. Prior to his present employment, Mr. Masambu served as Managing Director of Uganda Telecom for the period of two years that commenced with the company incorporation following telecommunications sector reform in 1998 and included the critical preparatory phase for privatization of the company that took place in mid 2000. His other national and international responsibilities include: Chairman of Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation, based in London, Member of the Presidential Investor’s Roundtable on ICT, Member of Makerere University Business School Council and Member of the International Advisory Committee of University of Florida’s Public Utility Research Centre. His immediate past responsibilities included serving as ITU’s Standards Study Group 19, that was charged with mobility, for a period of 8 years. Mr. Masambu holds B.Sc (Eng)(Hons) and MBA Degrees as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Telecom Systems Management.