Leadership

James Onyutta is the Managing Director of FINCA Uganda Limited (MDI). As Managing Director, James leads an Executive Leadership Team focused on FINCA’s vision to build a network of sustainable and scalable social enterprises that improve lives. Under his leadership, FINCA Uganda is empowering its customers through access to sustainable financial solutions.

James has over 17 years microfinance and banking experience. Prior to joining FINCA Uganda, James served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Musoni Kenya Limited, the first institution in the world to deliver a 100% cashless/branchless banking model. He was responsible for overseeing the transformation of the institution to a paperless, cash free and data driven microfinance banking model, making it a leader in financial services innovation in the Kenyan Market.

Before joining Musoni, he worked for 13 years in FINCA Africa subsidiaries of Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi, notably serving in management capacities as Chief Finance Officer in Uganda and Tanzania. James was a key part of the finance team that revised the Global Subsidiaries’ Policy for FINCA International, led the project design and implementation team of Orbit Core Banking system for FINCA Uganda prior to an Africa Region roll out, supported the transformation of FINCA Tanzania to a Microfinance Bank and oversaw the post implementation, training and support of SIEM core banking in FINCA Malawi.

James is an Alumnus of Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, where he is a Certified Expert in Risk Management. He is a Certified Chartered Accountant with ACCA-UK and holds a First Class Honors degree in Bachelors of Business and Management from Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi, Uganda. James is a sports enthusiast and actively supports the development of Volleyball in Uganda. He is married and has two children.

Gideon joined FINCA Uganda in 2017 as the Head of Internal Audit. Prior to joining FINCA Uganda, Gideon worked at Standard Chartered Bank, KCB and Ernest and Young. He is a Certified Information Systems Auditor and Certified Fraud Examiner with over 10 years experience in planning and execution of both Operational and Information Systems Audits (internal and external); fraud risk management and investigation experience. Gideon is also a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). Over the year, Gideon has acquired experience in audit leadership at organizational and engagement level from various engagements in Internal Audit Management, Information Systems Reviews, Business Continuity Planning; IT project implementation quality assurance, System Post Implementation Reviews, Information Security Framework Advisory, fraud risk management strategy implementation and fraud investigations. His professional experience portfolio comprises work performed across a diverse range of sectors – banking and financial services, telecommunications, energy, hospitality, manufacturing and development organizations. He has designed and facilitated a number of trainings to organizations in the use of Data Analytics tools and processes; Business Continuity Plan simulation test programs, Fraud Risk awareness programs; and implementation of Information Security Management Systems according to ISO 27001 specifics. E.g. He facilitated training and conference presentations to both the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Uganda, the ACFE Uganda and ISACA Kampala chapters on Information Security Risks, Investigating Anti-Money Laundering and Information Security Auditing.