Dr Peter Kimbowa, the new Board Chairman of NSSF
The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija has appointed Dr Peter Kimbowa (PK) the new Board Chairman of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) effective September 1, 2021. But who is Dr Peter Kimbowa?
He is also a Global Leadership Catalyst, Coach, Author, Speaker and International Award-Winning Futurist.
He is a Co-founder of the CEO Summit Uganda, the CEO Apprenticeship Programme (CAP), League of East African Directors (LEAD) and IFE Consultants Limited.
PK is the Board Chairman of Tondeka Metro Company and a Board Member of ESKOM, Baylor College of Medicine and Kampala Archdiocese Land Board. He is a Governance Advisor to many local and regional public, private and Civil Society organisations. He is also a Global platform speaker at many universities.
PK has interests in human and organisational transformational work and Learning from the future. He is passionate about Strategy and Sustainability Projects.
PK is a Rotarian (a major donor) and Past Assistant Governor.
Speaking for the first time about his appointment, Mr Kimbowa said that he views the appointment as a challenge given the stability the Fund has enjoyed over the last decade.
“It is a big challenge at a personal and professional level, because the Fund has been very successful beyond expectations over the last 8 years or so. So, we will have to find what is missing, or the next opportunity that can regenerate the Fund, re-imagine what else is possible to create the Fund of the future”, he said.
He added that his vision for the next 3 years is three-fold – reshape and repurpose the investment portfolio to make it more responsive to the market, take advantage of the 5th industrial revolution by prioritising digitisation and analytics, and ensure the right culture to make NSSF fit for purpose.
He also pledged to work with all the stakeholders and to build mutual trust with management while raising substantive issues to improve governance of the Fund.
“We will ask the right questions, be open minded with a deep sense of curiosity but we must also be willing to remain agile and very adaptive, move with the times but also ahead of the times. In summary, we will ask, analyse and follow through,” he added.
