Nationality Ugandan Home town Kampala Ethnicity Muganda Name Robin Kibuuka | Citizenship Uganda Residence Kampala, Uganda Years active 1988 — present Known for Economics, Statistics | |
Occupation Chairman
Standard Chartered Uganda
Chairman
Uganda Bureau of Statistics Education Yale University, Harvard University | ||
Robin Kibuuka PhD, is a Ugandan economist. His last name is sometimes spelled Kibuka. He currently serves as the Chairman of Standard Chartered Uganda, the second-largest bank in the country, by assets, valued at about US$965 million (UGX:2.465 trillion), at 31 December 2012. He also serves as he Chairman of Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), the government-owned statistics evaluation and monitoring agency.
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Education
Robin Kibuuka holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics from Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. His Doctor of Philosophy in economics was obtained from Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Work History
Dr. Kibuuka spent over 20 years at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), working at the Executive Board of the Institution and in several departments. He also served, at one time, as the Resident Representative for the IMF in Ghana. He has taught Economicsat Harvard University and at Makerere University. He has also worked as a Research Assistant at the Yale Economic Growth Centre. He currently serves as the Chairman of both Standard Chartered Uganda and Uganda Bureau of Statistics. He is on the faculty at Strathmore Business School.
Personal details
Dr. Robin Kibuuka is married. He has written extensively on a wide range of economic subjects and his work has been widely published in journals and books.