Emmanuel Kiberu

Emmanuel Kiberu is the chief financial officer of Ecobank Uganda.

His professional career started in 2014 at dfcu Bank, where he interned in consumer and corporate banking. In 2015, he joined Citi as an intern in treasury and trade solutions. That same year, he began working with KPMG East Africa as an audit associate, later rising to audit senior and learning and development trainer. 

Emmanuel joined Absa Group in 2019 as financial reporting manager. He was later appointed financial controller before becoming the head of business performance and analytics in 2024.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in statistics from Makerere University, an ACCA qualification, a CPA from the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda, and an MBA from Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University. He has also completed the Transition to Business Leadership Programme at IMD.

Work 
November 2025 – present: chief financial officer, Ecobank Uganda
April 2024 – October 2025: head of business performance and analytics, Absa Group
September 2019 – April 2024: financial controller, Absa Group
February 2019 – September 2019: financial reporting manager, Absa Group
September 2018 – February 2019: audit senior, KPMG East Africa
August 2018 – February 2019: learning and development trainer, KPMG East Africa
August 2015 – August 2018: audit associate, KPMG East Africa
June 2015 – August 2015: intern, treasury and trade solutions, Citi
June 2014 – August 2014: intern, consumer and corporate banking, dfcu Bank
June 2014 – May 2015: local chapter vice president, outgoing exchange, AIESEC Uganda (Makerere University)
February 2016 – January 2019: member, board of advisors, AIESEC Uganda Christian University

Education
September 2024 – December 2024: Transition to Business Leadership, executive leadership programme, IMD
March 2022 – December 2023: MBA, Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University
December 2020 – September 2021: CPA, Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda
2016 – 2017: ACCA, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
2012 – 2015: Bachelor’s in statistics, Makerere University

Ecobank Uganda
Ecobank Uganda is part of Ecobank Group, a pan-African banking conglomerate with operations in over 30 countries. The bank provides retail, corporate, and investment banking services with a focus on financial inclusion and digital innovation to support regional growth.