KAMPALA: The Chief Executive Officer of Stanbic Bank Uganda, Anne Juuko, and city lawyer Apollo Nelson Makubuya are now engaged and set to wed later this year.
According to sources, the engagement was held last week at a ceremony attended by friends and family.
“Dear friends. I am pleased to announce that Omumbejja Anne N. Juuko and I were engaged this last Sunday. We plan to get married this year. We thank all of you for your love and support. God bless,” Makubuya announced.
Makubuya lost his wife, Stella Nansikombi Makubuya in 2018.
Juuko began her banking career in 2001. She has worked with Citibank Uganda Limited and Citibank Kenya Limited.
In 2012, she was hired by Standard Bank Group, as head of Global Markets for Stanbic Bank Uganda, serving in that capacity until December 2017. In January 2018, she took up a new appointment as Head of Corporate and Investment Banking at Standard Bank Namibia, a role she served in until February 2020.
On March 1, 2020, Juuko replaced Patrick Mweheire, as CEO of Stanbic Bank Uganda, becoming the first female Ugandan to serve in this position. Mweheire was appointed Regional Chief Executive at Standard Bank Group, responsible for Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Sudan.
