Paul Wafula Wabwire

Paul is a career banker with now over 26 years of banking experience. He holds an MBA from Hult
International Business School, a Post Graduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management from
Uganda Management Institute and a bachelor’s degree in Statistics and Applied Economics from
Makerere University Kampala, Uganda. He also has an ACI Settlements Certificate from the Financial
Markets Association, Paris. And is an Alumni of the Haggai International Leadership Institute in Hawaii.

He has previously worked in various roles within Standard Chartered Bank Group PLC across different
regions in Africa, Middle East and Asia based out of the United Arab Emirates, Kenya, and Uganda. He
has served as Regional Director Risk & Policy Legal for Africa Middle East and Asia, Regional
Operational Risk Officer for Global Markets Africa, Senior Operational Risk Officer for Wholesale
Banking in Kenya and East Africa, Zimbabwe, and Angola and as Head of Wholesale Banking
Operations Uganda among many other significant positions.

Paul is also the President and Founder of the Inspire Synergy, that started as a network of Market
place fellowships in Kampala and is now across Africa and the Diaspora focused on raising a
generation of effective transformational leaders from Afrika for the Global Market place. Inspire is also
an institutional member of the Uganda Christian Lawyers Fraternity (UCLF).

He joined Equity Group Holdings in June 2023, as the Group Director for Internal Controls and
Compliance, where he oversees the first line risk management across the Banking, Insurance and
Technology Groups as well as the Equity Foundation.
Paul is passionate about the gospel of Jesus Christ and about raising a generation of effective leaders
in the marketplace who will transform the continent of Africa. He is part of the Inuka Africa Apostolic
Team, where he serves as their Treasurer. Inuka Afrika is the Salt & Light International African Chapter,
a family of churches on mission together driven by the great need to quip the church

When he is not in the bank demystifying enterprise risk, it is not uncommon to find Paul in a school or
online discipling and mentoring young people both in the ways of God and in general life skills. He is
the Founder and Leader of a Weekly online fellowship – Cyber fellowship; for professionals, where he
leads their Discipleship for Deployment to Dominate the spheres of influence they have been called to.
He is also a passionate bible reader and a bible reading advocate having read through the bible now
over 35+ times in the past 14 years. Paul is married to Diana and they are blessed with two lovely
children Alexis and Asher.

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