Executive Management Team

Ms. Juliet Mpiima

Ms. Juliet Mpiima is a Certified Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD, UK). She holds a Master of Science in Human Resources from the University of Edinburgh, and a bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management from Makerere University Business School. She has seventeen (17) years of experience in Human Resources (HR) practice working with regional, and multinational brands like Bank of Africa, Nation Media Group, Coca-Cola, Vivo Energy Uganda, and NCBA Bank Uganda. Juliet’s experience covers vast HR facets, including HR Strategy and Policy, HR information systems, organisational development, talent management, organisational cultural transformations, performance management, benefits, and compensations, to mention but a few. Before joining the Petroleum Authority of Uganda, Juliet worked as Head Human Resources Manager for NCBA Bank Uganda.

Mr. Clovice Irumba Bright

Mr. Michael Otonga Ochan

Mr. Otonga Ochan is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom, and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Edinburgh Business School, Herriot-Watt University, Scotland. Mr. Otonga Ochan has over 21 years’ experience in strategic planning, financial management, corporate governance, leadership and administration. He has been the Commissioner Corporate Services in Uganda Revenue Authority for nine years, serving as head of the department of Finance, Administration, Human Resource and Information Technology.

Mr. Dozith Abeinomugisha

Mr. Abeinomugisha holds a Master of Science in Petroleum Geoscience from the Royal Holloway College, University of London.  He was the Assistant Commissioner, responsible for refining in the Midstream Petroleum Department, Directorate of Petroleum, in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development(MEMD) before joining the PAU in 2017. He is part of Uganda’s technical team, which assessed the suitability and selection of the pipeline route for exporting Uganda’s crude oil during 2016 and the team that negotiated and concluded the agreements required by the licensed oil companies to take Final Investment Decisions for the country’s Oil and Gas(O&G)  projects between 2019 – 2021. He worked with MEMD since 2000 and has extensive experience in geological mapping and management of petroleum exploration licences. He was the President of the Geological Society of Uganda (GSU) from 2005 to 2012 and has authored several publications, reports and presentations that have been published in international journals.

Mr. Alex Nyombi

Mr. Nyombi, a Petroleum Geophysicist, holds a Master of Science degree in Petroleum Geophysics from the University of Leeds, and a Master of Laws degree in Petroleum Law and Policy from the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom. Mr Nyombi has over twenty years’ experience in the Oil and Gas(O&G) industry.  He has experience in geoscience data acquisition and interpretation, and he has been involved in the establishment, and promotion of Uganda’s petroleum potential.

He has experience in petroleum policy and law and has been directly involved in drafting the O&G laws in Uganda and their attendant legal instruments. Mr Nyombi spearheaded and led the Government team that drafted and put in place the Model Production Sharing Agreement which is in use today. He has vast experience in O&G transactions, and has been involved in licensing, contract negotiations and the farm-in/farm-down transactions in the country.

He currently leads the PAU’s team that spearheads the monitoring and regulation of technical aspects for the O&G activities in the development and production regime in Uganda.

Ms. Peninah Aheebwa

Ms. Aheebwa holds a Master of Science degree in Energy Studies specialised in Oil and Gas Economics from the University of Dundee UK and a Master of Arts in Economic Policy and Planning, from Makerere University. She has worked with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development since 2002 where she rose through the ranks to the position of Principal Petroleum Officer in 2015. She has vast experience in the areas of economics, commercial aspects, policy and planning for the oil and gas sector.

Dr. Joseph Kobusheshe

Dr. Joseph Kobusheshe is a Civil and Environmental Engineer with over twenty-two years’ experience in Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) aspects of Uganda’s mining and Oil and Gas (O&G) sectors. He is the Director Environment, Health, and Safety at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda.  He is, therefore, responsible for overseeing the Authority’s role of ensuring that O&G activities are safely undertaken and do not cause adverse impacts on the environment and host communities. He has vast experience in development and regulation of EHS policy, legislation, standards, programmes and plans in the extractives industry.

Previously, he worked with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development in various roles relating to EHS in the mining and petroleum sub-sectors.

Dr. Kobusheshe holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering and a Master of Science in Environmental and Resource Engineering, both from University of Nottingham, UK; a Master’s in Business Administration from the Eastern, and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI); and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Makerere University.

Mr. Ali Ssekatawa

Mr. Ali Ssekatawa was appointed the Director for Legal and Corporate Affairs in the Petroleum Authority of Uganda during 2017, and has over 11 years’ experience, specializing in tax and oil and gas law. He served with the Uganda Revenue Authority from 2005, rose through the ranks, and was appointed Head of the Litigation portfolio and was a public tax prosecutor from 2011 to 2017.

Mr. Ssekatawa holds an MBA from the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI) and an LLM in Oil and Gas Law & Policy from the University of Dundee. He is an advocate of the High Court of Uganda and holds an LLB (Hons) from Makerere University. He has litigated and won ground breaking cases in Uganda and in other International Tribunals such as the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

He has been the Country Representative for Uganda on the African Team of Tax Experts under African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) and also at the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information under the OECD. He is a certified Arbitrator for tax matters. He served as the Chairman of Uganda Revenue Football Club from 2009 to 2017, winning three national trophies.