Senior Management

Mrs. Josephine Mukumbya

Group Chief Executive Officer

Josephine is an experienced executive with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry as well as in the development world. She is skilled in Portfolio Management, Business Planning, Risk Management, Capacity Development and Coaching.

She holds a Master’s Degree in Banking and Finance for Development from the Giordano Dell’Amore Fondazione in Italy and has been awarded 154 hours of ICF Approved Coach Specific Training as part of International Coach Federation Certification (Strathmore Business School and The Performance Solution of the UK). Her ambition is to become a Certified Regional Coach, especially for the Financial Services Sector.

Having previously worked in five financial institutions and one International Development Agency, she has now been in Agricultural Business Initiative (aBi) Trust’s (an entity with the objective of promoting private sector agribusiness development to enhance wealth creation in Uganda), employ since 2010.

Josephine leads the team at aBi to promote private sector investment in Agribusinesses through Grant support for interventions that are designed to address specific constraints identified in six priority agro value chains. At the same, aBi also promotes access to agricultural financing, through the use of varied financial instruments and inclusive strategies, including but not limited to digital transformation in financial services, which contribute to sustainable development of agribusinesses.

Mr. Simon Belcher

Chief Operating Officer - aBi Corporate Services

Simon heads the corporate services section of aBi providing financial reporting, ICT, HR, legal, grants management and procurement services for the organisation. A qualified Chartered Accountant, he has over 15 years’ experience at Senior executive/ Director level in Africa and Europe , leading the finance and administrative functions of governmental organisations, funding major long term development projects and has previously worked on bringing the Kinyara Sugar Works estate back into full scale commercial production in Uganda.

His strong financial background combined with a broad knowledge of ICT platforms means that he is a specialist in building robust financial reporting and internal control systems which directly support the organisation achieving its mission objectives and provide assurance to the donors on how funding has been utilised.

Mr. Francis Chesang

Chief Operating Officer - aBi Development Limited

Mrs. Mona Ssebuliba

Chief Operating Officer - aBi Finance Limited