PDG Emmanuel Katongole
Member
Mr Emmanuel Katongole is a Co-Founder of Quality Chemical Industries Ltd and was appointed Chairman in November 2013 after serving as Founder CEO of the Company from 2005. Previously, he served as Managing Director of Quality Chemicals Limited (QCL), a pharmaceutical distribution company concentrating on animal health.
He has a wealth of experience in corporate governance, strategy, and business entrepreneurship. Emmanuel holds a Master of Arts Degree in Economic Policy and Planning and a Bachelor of Statistics Degree, both from Makerere University.
Emmanuel is also a member of the Initiative for Global Development (Frontier 100) – a group that brings the most successful business leaders operating in frontier markets together. He was the first Chairman of the Uganda National Oil Company, a former Chairman of Mauritius Union Assurance (U) Ltd, a former Board Member of Absa Bank (U) Ltd and current Chairman of the Advisory Board of London-based TLG Capital Ltd.
In April 2020, he was appointed by His Excellency the President of Uganda to chair the National Response Fund on the COVID-19 Taskforce in Uganda. In February 2021, he was installed as the Chancellor of Nkumba University in Uganda, and he was appointed a Papal Knight by Pope Francis in June 2021.
He was the East African Winner and representative at the 2013 Ernst and Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in Monte Carlo, Monaco, where he was inducted into the prestigious World Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame, received the 2012 Africa Business Leadership and the Africa Entrepreneurship Awards, and was a finalist for the East Africa Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 Awards.
He is a Rotarian who has steadily and diligently served his Rotary Club of Muyenga as President, Uganda Country Chairperson for Annual Giving, Assistant Governor, Chairperson of the 2010/11 Rotary District Conference, and was the first District Governor for Rotary District 9211, which comprised Tanzania and Uganda in 2013-14. He has further served on committees at both Rotary Africa zone and at Rotary International, where he served as Chairman of the Peace Major Gifts Initiative Committee for two years, among others.