Kate Kabaingi Kiiza takes on chief corporate and institutional banking officer role at dfcu Bank

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Kate Kabaingi Kiiza has been appointed as chief corporate and institutional banking officer at dfcu Bank. She also serves concurrently as the institution’s executive director, a role she has held since August 2023.

She now relinquishes her position as the institution's CFO after nearly a decade, with Rebecca Birungi taking over as acting chief finance officer. Kate brings to her new role more than 20 years’ experience across the banking and energy industries.

The celebrated finance leader joined dfcu Bank in 2015 after a one-year stint as CFO of United Bank for Africa (UBA). She previously held senior finance roles including financial controller and subsequently CFO at Shell Uganda Limited (now Vivo Energy). Between 2002 and 2004, she served as OPMIS manager at Shell Oil Products before joining Shell Uganda as finance manager in 2006.

Kate is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA-UK) and a member of the institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU).

 

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