About

Robert is result driven, dependable upon with over 10 years’ experience in providing strategic leadership and accelerating growth in medium and large- scale financial service entities. MBA(Management) and BBA (Accounting) Gulu university recipient with over 40 on the job certificated professional banking and management trainings. Best service, business growth, cost containment award winner, and unparalleled increase in company revenue 40% year on year for three consecutive years while managing at Stanbic bank Uganda. Robert has vast knowledge of East Africa and seek to lead and grow with the financial Service Industry business more especially in Operations department.

Skills

  • • Strategic Management and leadership
    10
  • • Business/General operations and strategy
    10
  • • Effective communication and delegations
    10
  • • Forward thinking and calculated risk management
  • • Financial Management
    9
  • • Corporate governance
    9
  • • Adoptability and determination
    10
  • English
    9
  • Luo
    10
  • Kiswahili
    4

Experience

robert akena

Work experience
  • My major roles include: The sound extension, monitoring and documentation of branch operations; the efficiency and effectiveness of branch operations; the quality of the loan portfolio of Talanta and Overall quality control of the institution’s products, systems, human resource, Legal, procurement /Logistics and services.

robert akena

Work experience
  • January, 2022 - December, 2023
  • Fulltime
  • Area of specialty, Business operations& strategic management, trainings in Human Resources management, Communication & Business Development

robert akena

Work experience
  • January, 2021 - December, 2022
  • Fulltime
  • I provided oversight role to management. I headed the committee of assets and liabilities at Talanta finance limited and also a member of the finance committee at East Africa Institute of Medical and Business studies(EAIMBS).

robert akena

Work experience
  • January, 2019 - December, 2022
  • Fulltime
  • Managing retail insurance, overseeing and supporting branches within Northern region by providing business leadership, driving a culture of customer service excellence and fostering operational effectiveness and efficiency by leading and coordinating all planned branch business development activities in order to grow market share and enhance achievement.

robert akena

Work experience
  • January, 2010 - December, 2018
  • Fulltime
  • My roles were to develop and execute on business plans for the branch in line with the local market opportunity targeted toward mining identified ecosystems, deliver a consistent high-quality service to all customers by effectively managing all available resources. Account for the day-to-day management of all the branch operations and maintain a sound financial risk and control environment.

robert akena

Work experience
  • January, 2007 - December, 2009
  • Fulltime
  • In charge of branch operations and deputize the branch manager

robert akena

Work experience
  • January, 1996 - December, 2006
  • Fulltime
  • Blended career with Dev enterprise in Kampala, Ministry of education and sports-Uganda and started a career in banking with Stanbic bank Ltd

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