Proscovia_Nabbanja
Proscovia Nabbanja
Ugandan geologist and corporate executive
Proscovia Nabbanja is a Ugandan geologist and corporate executive, who is the chief executive officer of the Uganda National Oil Company, since 1 October 2019.[1] From 15 August 2019 until 1 October 2019, she was the Acting CEO at the company. She replaced the founding CEO, Josephine Wapakabulo, who resigned, after three years on the job.[2]
Previously, between November 2016 and August 2019, she was the chief operating officer (Upstream) of the Uganda National Oil Company.[3] Prior to that, she was a Senior Geologist at the Petroleum Exploration and Production Department (PEPD), in the Uganda Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, the first woman to hold that position.[4]